# Scrubs moves to ABC - It's Official! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064 "2008-05-12T18:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/1 "2008-05-12T18:35:03Z")
Zach Braff posted this on MySpace: > [@](#): > > Dear friends, > > Many of you have been understandably confused by the Fairy Tale episode of Scrubs serving as the series finale. It was not. I was not allowed to say it until today, but Scrubs will be moving to ABC for its final season. We are currently filming the 8th and final season. The true finale of the show will air on ABC in the fall. NBC merely promoted the Fairy Tale episode as the finale, as it was the last episode they owned. > > Also, several of you were very confused by the fact that Dr. Kelso and Laverne were still working at the hospital in the Fairy Tale episode. Because of the writer’s strike, the last remaining episodes for NBC were aired out of order. This is why Dr. Kelso was still chief of medicine. That was not Laverne however, for those of you who have been following closely; it was a new nurse “Shirley” who no one thinks looks anything like Laverne except for JD. > > Hope this clears some things up. > > peace and love, > zb ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/2 "2008-05-12T19:24:45Z")
The show can only get worse with another season, given their current trend, but at least it will give them an opportunity for a more fitting finale. ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/3 "2008-05-12T19:43:50Z")
I’m not a fan of how Scrubs has been going most recently, but I loved the first few seasons and it’s a really great show overall. I’m glad it will get a chance to have a proper ending. ---
**Author:** ![DCTrekkie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dctrekkie/32/18862_2.png) [@DCTrekkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCTrekkie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/4 "2008-05-12T21:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=Soapbox Monkey] The show can only get worse with another season, given their current trend, but at least it will give them an opportunity for a more fitting finale. [/QUOTE] Although I agree it’s not as good as it once was, it’s still a very good show IMHO. I’m glad it’s having another season. I just wish they’d put more of the focus back on the comedy rather than the drama of it. ---
**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/5 "2008-05-12T21:28:36Z")
[QUOTE=DCTrekkie] Although I agree it’s not as good as it once was, it’s still a very good show IMHO. I’m glad it’s having another season. I just wish they’d put more of the focus back on the comedy rather than the drama of it. [/QUOTE] We must be watching different shows if you think there’s been more drama than comedy lately. I can’t remember the last time this show actually focused on the fact that these characters work in a hospital. Probably hasn’t been since season 3. Every once in a while they’ll have a story revolving around a patient, but for the past 3 years we’ve basically just watched as Turk and Carla becoming the know-it-all, holier-than-thou married couple (and no, it wasn’t really that funny when they poked fun at themselves to that effect in the finale) and we’ve watched JD and Eliot become caricatures of themselves. JD in the beginning was a slightly quirky, dorky day-dreamer who’s biggest flaw was that he cared too much. Now he’s just an incompetent buffoon who can’t even put his pants on in the morning without tripping over himself. I continue to watch the show mainly for Janitor and Cox, and also for the sake of closure, but the decline of the shows central characters has been painful to watch. ---
**Author:** ![DCTrekkie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dctrekkie/32/18862_2.png) [@DCTrekkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCTrekkie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/6 "2008-05-12T22:11:25Z")
[QUOTE=Soapbox Monkey] We must be watching different shows if you think there’s been more drama than comedy lately. I can’t remember the last time this show actually focused on the fact that these characters work in a hospital. Probably hasn’t been since season 3. Every once in a while they’ll have a story revolving around a patient, but for the past 3 years we’ve basically just watched as Turk and Carla becoming the know-it-all, holier-than-thou married couple (and no, it wasn’t really that funny when they poked fun at themselves to that effect in the finale) and we’ve watched JD and Eliot become caricatures of themselves. JD in the beginning was a slightly quirky, dorky day-dreamer who’s biggest flaw was that he cared too much. Now he’s just an incompetent buffoon who can’t even put his pants on in the morning without tripping over himself. I continue to watch the show mainly for Janitor and Cox, and also for the sake of closure, but the decline of the shows central characters has been painful to watch. [/QUOTE] Perhaps drama was the wrong word, but there seems to be a lot more about JD and Turks kids, Dr Cox and Jordans relationship, Turk and Carlas relationship etc. It’s fine if there’s plenty of jokes **during** those bits, but now they just seem to have odd jokes **in between** character moments. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/7 "2008-05-13T02:59:51Z")
I think they went off-track when they creators decided to have every frickin’ character on the show start popping out babies. Since the show started, Jordan has had 2, Carla one (and is ready for another, despite Turk’s single gonad), and JD and Kim have had one as well. And let’s not forget Elliot constantly whining about having a baby. Enough already! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrubs-moves-to-abc-its-official/449064/8 "2008-05-13T12:56:28Z")
[QUOTE=Soapbox Monkey] JD in the beginning was a slightly quirky, dorky day-dreamer who’s biggest flaw was that he cared too much. Now he’s just an incompetent buffoon who can’t even put his pants on in the morning without tripping over himself. I continue to watch the show mainly for Janitor and Cox, and also for the sake of closure, but the decline of the shows central characters has been painful to watch. [/QUOTE] I was thinking about that the other day. How I can actually like a show, when I loathe the main characters. JD, Turk, Elliot, and Carla have always been annoying as hell. But Cox, Kelso, Janitor, Doug, Ted etc, make it one of my favorite shows ever.