The beloved medical sitcom Scrubs is officially returning as ABC has given a greenlight to the reboot.
For several months, there have been reports that Scrubs is being rebooted with the original stars and creator returning. Fans have been wondering whether it will move forward and how it will bring the series to the current generation.
Is the Scrubs Revival Officially Moving Forward?
It was recently announced that the Scrubs revival is officially moving forward on ABC for the 2025-26 broadcast season.
Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke are confirmed to reprise their roles from the original series. They will also serve as executive producers.
Original series creator Bill Lawrence will also be involved as an executive producer. Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra, who worked as writers in the original, have been tapped to serve as showrunners.
"Scrubs means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together," Lawrence said in a statement.
As for the other returning cast members, Judy Reyes is currently in talks to reprise her role in the revival. However, her scheduling needs to be figured out as she currently stars in the ABC procedural High Potential, and she will likely work on both shows at the same time.
What to Expect in the Scrubs Revival?
According to the logline, the revival will "follow JD Dorian (Braff) and Christopher Turk (Faison), who scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time."
Similar to the original, "characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart, and some surprises along the way."
When Lawrence previously discussed the revival, he said that he is planning the Scrubs revival to be a hybrid of a revival and reboot, and a combination of the original characters and new ones.
"We’ve been talking about a lot, and I think the only real reason to do it is a combo. A: people wanting to see what the world of medicine was like for the people they love, which is part of any successful reboot," he said.
"But B: I think that show always worked because you get to see young people dropped into the world of medicine, knowing young people that go there are super idealistic and are doing it because it’s a calling.
Lawrence continued, "There’s no cliché ‘rich doctors playing golf’ — that’s not what it is anymore. So I think that, no matter what it is, it would be a giant mistake not to do as a combo of those two things."
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