Zach Braffs Blog

heres what he has to tell us about scrubs

Dear Friends,I am sorry it has taken me so long to write, but I feel kindo silly posting without anything too interesting to say. I've also been stalling to talk about some big Scrubs news, however I've just been informed that I'm not allowed to talk about anything related to Scrubs and it's current fate. What I can tell you is that we are currently shooting 18 episodes for the 8th season. I am not allowed to discuss where one might watch them. (More news to come.)But I can tell you that the coolest episode we've ever done is going to air on May 8th at 8:30(E/P). I directed it and it's a GIANT homage to "The Princess Bride". Dr. Cox has to make up a fairy tale for his son and he does so using everything that happened in the hospital that day. It's by far the most epic (and expensive) episode we've ever done. (Monsters, potions, evil wizards, giants, hunchbacks, gnomes – like "World of Warcraft", but Scrubs…)I'll be posting an exclusive clip on this site in a few days.

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Scrubs: Outta here like Vladimir

Scrubs: Outta here like Vladimir

"Thanks for everything, Ted. Sincerely."
God, I'm going to miss Ken Jenkins -- who's been the "Scrubs" MVP for the last two seasons -- if, in fact, he's leaving the show.
I understand why Bill Lawrence wants to do a bonus final-final season on ABC next year. NBC wouldn't let him make the handful of episodes he needed to send the show off properly, and it wouldn't make fiscal sense for ABC to pick the show up for a half-dozen episodes or less. But episodes like "My Dumb Luck" -- funny and touching and classic "Scrubs"-ian though it was -- concern me, because now certain characters are getting their closure well ahead of schedule.
I imagine Jenkins will stick around with the show in some capacity -- Kelso could become a private practice doc based in the hospital (ala Elliot), or a member of the board (ala Jordan), or a pharmaceutical rep (ala Heather Locklear), to name just three possibilities -- and if Cox gets the chief of medicine job, there could be some entertaining role reversal in Cox having to make the unpopular decisions while Kelso needles him about it.
But part of what made this episode so good -- and what's made the last few so good after nearly two years of very uninspiring "Scrubs" -- was that knowledge that the end was in sight, and that the writers could pull out all the stops and give Kelso a proper farewell (from his job, if not from the series).
This reminds me of the last two years of "The Sopranos." Season 6 (or 6A, if you want; the one with the Kevin Finnerty experience) started off like gangbusters, because the writers at the time assumed this would be the last year. About halfway through the writing process, David Chase agreed to do one final batch of episodes, and they had to put the brakes on a whole lot of storylines. (That's why Vito's gay awakening got so much play, for instance.)
If "Scrubs" can be as good as it's been for the last few episodes for another year, then I have no problem getting another season out of the show. But if it's been this good of late solely because the finish line was in sight, then I worry about how much of the ABC season is going to feel like filler.
Oh, and was I the only one driven batty by every character mispronouncing Porphyria? It's poor-FEAR-ee-uh, not poor-fur-EE-uh.

Spoiler for Thursday

Click here for a big spoiler about My Waste Of time airing thursday night

NBC plans low-key exit for ABC-bound 'Scrubs'

NBC plans low-key exit for ABC-bound 'Scrubs'

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Like a tipsy party guest, it's going to be pretty tough for "Scrubs" to exit NBC gracefully.
The network's final "Scrubs" episode airs next week, concluding its run with the network after seven seasons. But you'd never know it from watching NBC or perusing the entertainment media.
At the conclusion of what was the comedy's third-to-last episode on NBC Thursday, viewers were simply urged to check out the show's interactive features on NBC.com. The usual array of creator and cast interviews that usually accompany the final episodes of a concluding series are likewise largely absent.
The super low-key exit for "Scrubs" is tied to what's become the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: that the veteran comedy is moving to ABC. The long-pending deal for ABC to pick up 18 episodes of "Scrubs" for next season is effectively, pretty much, essentially, done.
Production has been under way for weeks, while cast and crew have been encouraged to keep quiet. A television studio producing a drama costing north of $1 million per episode without anybody saying who the episodes are for is considered highly unusual, if not a little weird.
ABC plans to confirm the acquisition at next month's "upfront" presentation to advertisers.
Holding series pickup news until the upfronts is a typical network strategy. In the case of "Scrubs," ABC also is waiting for the show to end its NBC run. NBC came out swinging when news of the series' move to ABC first leaked, accusing the show's producer ABC Studios of violating NBC's right of first negotiation. The parties have since patched things up, but a premature celebration by ABC could inflame the situation.
That leaves NBC in the similarly odd position of promoting a farewell to a longtime series that's headed across the dial.A network spokesperson said NBC will run promos for the final "Scrubs" episode and gamely bill it as "a season finale" rather than "a series finale." Back in 2001, WB Network called its last episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" the "WB series finale" rather than acknowledge the show had scored a second life on UPN.
In an interesting twist, "Scrubs"' stock has shown some life on NBC recently.
When paired with NBC's hit "The Office" since the conclusion of the Hollywood writers strike, the medical comedy has outperformed its average last year by 17% among adults 18-49, a demographic coveted by advertisers. But the show's real test will come when it moves to ABC, where it will likely have to help jump start a freshman comedy.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

4.10 Promo

Heres the promo for Thursday night not much scrubs but still shows a little clip

Ratings

NBC (2.9/8) rearranged its schedule last night, moving “Scrubs” to 8:30 p.m. and “30 Rock” to 9:30 p.m. “Scrubs” (2.4/7) took a 37% slip from last week’s episode. “30 Rock” (2.8/7) held steady, remaining flat from last week’s episode and its season average.

My Dumb Luck Ending Clip

7.09 My dumb Luck Ending

Ending song

The song at the end of tonights episode was Little Victories - Matt Nathanson you can check It Out here

Scrubs: My Dumb Luck Review

check out Tv Squad Scrubs: My Dumb Luck review

"Scrubs" co-star Reyes joins Lifetime TV movie

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Scrubs" actress Judy Reyes will star in the fact-based drama "Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story," which will air on Lifetime Movie Network this year.
Reyes will play Luz Cuevas, who believed that her infant daughter, Delimar, had perished in a fire in their Philadelphia apartment. But six years later, Luz spots a little girl at a birthday party who she knows in her heart is her daughter and sets out to prove it.
Ana Ortiz (Hilda on "Ugly Betty") will play Luz's distant relative. A. Martinez, known for his role as Roy on ABC's "General Hospital," will play a councilman who helps Luz.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Scrubs actress chuckling all the way to work

Judy Reyes (Carla)Was Interviewed and confirmed theres going to be season 8 for sure

Last year NBC announced the seventh season, which was then in production, would be the last. But recent reports confirm the series will see an eighth season and move to rival network ABC.
Depending on how the show fares on the new channel, and how much promotion and support the new network is willing to give it, the switch could see Scrubs continue well into the future.
"In this business, we're well aware that it's a one season at a time deal," says Reyes of the future of the show. "I think I see it as just one more season."
While the writers' strike has been causing headaches for programmers everywhere, it was thanks to the strike that fans will get an extra season of Scrubs.
"We were winding down and committed to doing our final season. We were ready to end it," says Reyes.
"It was like senior year in high school. You don't want to not see your best friends but you are so ready to go to college. But then we got cut short by this weird but necessary strike that went on longer than it needed to."
Though Reyes believes the strike was "botched and exploited and taken advantage of" by both the studio and the writers' guild, supporting the writers was important to the actress, who joined the picket line along with her fellow cast-members.
"It's naive to think that without the writers you would exist at the end of the day. You have to support the people who put the words in your mouth."
By the time the strike was settled, ABC had agreed to pick the series up for another season and cast and crew got back into the swing of things.
Reyes isn't quite sure what is happening with the negotiations or where things stand, as she and the cast try to steer clear of the business side of things.
"They try to keep us out of that process as much as possible until it's done. Only because it's inevitable that it's going to affect the vibe on set.
"It's only when it starts to affect us directly that we're going to be involved."
Until then, it's business as usual on set. Which generally entails the cast mocking each other ruthlessly and trying to spoil each other's scenes.
"If Donald and Zach are giving each other the same old crap they've been giving each other and cracking us up into ruining takes, that's the reason to do it each day."

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New Ask Ausiello

Question: What do you know about the upcoming episode of Scrubs titled "My Princess?" — Nadav
Ausiello: I know that it's the last original episode of Scrubs to air on NBC ever, it was a crapload of work, and Bill Lawrence doesn't really care if no one likes it. "Even now, after seven years, we try to do one show that we spend way too much money and time on in the hopes that people… actually, you know what? We're ultimately just making ourselves happy," Bill confesses. "It's like last year when we did the musical. Some of the response was like, "Who gives a s--t?" But we were happy. Same thing when we did the live-action sitcom. And this year, partly because my wife always jokes that I haven't written an episode of Scrubs that my kids can watch, and partly because one of our favorite family movies is The Princess Bride, we did a huge homage to The Princess Bride. Zach directed it like a major feature; we blew our entire season's budget on it. There are horse chases and castles…. Janitor is a giant, Elliot is a princess, Dr. Cox is a knight. It's crazy and silly for a seventh-year show to be trying this stuff, but, man, I'm really proud of it." BTW, there's still no official (tee-hee) news about Scrubs moving to ABC next season.

Episode 7.09 - My Dumb Luck - 3 Sneak Peeks

check out 3 Sneak Peeks from MY Dumb Luck Here- Here

Sarah Chalke Returns to 'Mother' While 'Scrubs' Moves

Sarah Chalke Returns to 'Mother' While 'Scrubs' Moves

It's getting hard to keep track of where you might find Scrubs actress Sarah Chalke on television these days. The NBC comedy disappeared for over four months due to the writers' strike, then finally returned earlier this month to Thursdays at 9:30pm following The Office. Now the network has announced that they'll be moving the remaining episodes of the series to 8:30pm, swapping the show with 30 Rock for the remainder of the season.However, even if you can't remember when Scrubs is on, you'll still be able to catch Chalke on How I Met Your Mother. It was announced today that the actress will be returning to the CBS comedy after making her first appearance in the infamous Britney Spears episode

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Fairytale

A Video Of stills From The Fairytale My Princess




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Scrubs Quiz

Check Out This Scrubs Quiz From Buddy Tv

Spoilers

Episode 7.09 - My Dumb Luck [Airing April 24]: J.D. taunts Dr. Cox when he has a patient, Alex Macrae, whom he has not been able to diagnose for two years. After J.D. loses Mr. Macrae's urine sample, he figures out what's wrong with him. The staff objects to Dr. Kelso's dismissal as Chief of Medicine and the board convenes to hear them out. Source: SpoilerFix.com

Episode 7.11 - My Princess (Season finale) [Airing May 8]: Dr. Kelso threatens to suspend anyone working past their alloted shift for fear they'll make more mistakes that will make the hospital liable and get sued. Elliot treats Marian and is having a hard time diagnosing her. Source: SpoilerFix.com

My dumb Luck

MY DUMB LUCK

NEW EARLIER TIME Thursday, April 24th 8:30/7:30c!

Kelso takes his future into his own hands -NBC

Christa Miller in The Andromeda Strain

Christa Miller (Jordan) Will Be in a Mini Series The Andromeda Strain .Heres Some Information On it. It Airs Monday, May 26 and Tuesdaay May 27 from 9-11 p.m. EST on A&E

Christa Miller (The Drew Carey Show, Scrubs) plays Dr. Angela Noyce, a surgeon who specializes in exotic diseases.

Ratings

Primetime Ratings: The Office, Scrubs Propel NBC

NBC averaged a 3.4 rating/10 share in the demo, led by new episodes of The Office (4.9/13) and Scrubs (7.3 million, 3.7/10) ER also won its 10 p.m.-11 p.m. time period with a 3.1/9.

Heres a Preview Of Next Thursday night not much scrubs as usual but theres a cool little dancing JD which is worth it.

Clips From My Man Hood

If Your Looking For the full episode its on fanpop but here are two clips from the episode including that cool tree turk fantasy

Scrubs: My Manhood

Scrubs: My Manhood Recap From Tv Squad Interesting Fact The Patient From The Start Of The Episode was played by Mindy Sterling (Frau from Austin Powers).

SCREENCAPS

Scrubs Moving Time

Did anyone Else see NBC sneak That in at the end so next week scrubs will air 8:30/7:30c

How good Was The My Man Hood , I'll Post Some stuff on it soon

When Shows Jump Networks, Viewers Win

When Shows Jump Networks, Viewers Win

NBC Universal lost another show to a competing network this year, as well. Scrubs will air its eighth season on ABC next fall. ABC, by the way, can almost be forgiven for greenlighting the abomination known as Cavemen. With the acquisition of Scrubs, they're gathering an impressive slate of clever comedies, including Samantha Who? and Miss/Guided which reminds me of nothing more than Scrubs set in a high school instead of a hospital.

Where Things Stand

It's aliiive!
That's what you need to know about the NBC, er, make that ABC fan favorite Scrubs. Despite the panic following Ben Silverman's announcement on Wednesday that Scrubs would not be a part of the Peacock Net's 2008-09 lineup and that Scrubs had "finished its run on NBC," sources on the set of Sacred Heart gave me the nitty-gritty on where things stand—some of which you may or may not have heard. Here's the juice:
NBC will air six more new episodes of Scrubs this season, beginning this Thursday, April 10. (Woo!) The cast finished shooting episode "712" (the 12th episode of season seven) on Monday, which is the last episode that will be shown on NBC. However! The production train keeps on chugging.
According to sources on set, Scrubs began shooting an episode on Tuesday that is being numbered as "713/800." (Meaning, it is the 13th episode in production this season but is scheduled to air in season eight.) The cast and crew will shoot through August and are expected to end on episode 816.
Those episodes—yes, 16 of them by my count—are slated to air on ABC.
Word is the budget has been trimmed somewhat substantially in order to have the show continue, so it is possible there might be a few lower-level cast changes, but that remains to be seen. Zach Braff is most definitely on board.
Regardless, the good news is that although ABC declined to comment and says no announcement regarding Scrubs will come anytime soon, it seems that Bill Lawrence may know a thing or two about what his good friend (and former Scrubs colleague) Steve McPherson is thinking, since he's already started to shoot episodes that are headed for ABC.
And so, Scrubs seems to be very much alive and kicking. And if it turns out to be "alive" in that Brendan-Fraser-is-really-dead-and-we're-just-messing-with-you kinda way, let me be the first to say: Steve McPherson, I'm coming for you.

Source : Watch With Kristen

From Ew.com

UP NEXT For Scrubs: ''A major character is sent packing,'' hints exec producer Bill Lawrence. Meanwhile, Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) moves up in his career, and the Janitor (Neil Flynn) continues to date Lady (yes, a real woman!). Also, brace thyself for an ambitious fairy-tale homage to The Princess Bride directed by Zach Braff, whose J.D. plays the village idiot. ''It's an entire episode as told by Dr. Cox to his kid as a bedtime story,'' says Lawrence. ''We did it partly because it's a cool story and partly because my wife(Christa Miller, Jordan) was giving me s--- that I haven't written an episode of the show that my kids could watch.''

Fairytale Interview

Heres an Interview with some of the cast for the upcoming fairytale . It was filmed while they were filming it , which was sometime at the end of last year. Interview

7.12 My Commitment

My Commitment - its Unclear Whether This episode will Air Yet it may air May 15th or sometime in season 8 on ABC as it was half finished when the writers strike started some places are saying it will air others aren't.

spoiler:

J.D. has been spending a lot of time with Elliot. Her car is in the shop and the mechanic won't fix it. J.D. has a fantasy of the Hospital Four, super heroes that use their horrible diseases to annoy the mechanic into getting Elliot's car fixed. Dr. Cox starts wearing his wedding ring to stop patients from hitting on him which Makes Jordan Mad.

7.11 My Princess

My Princess 05/05/08

A KNIGHT IN SHINING SCRUBS – DR.COX (JOHN C. MCGINLEY) WEAVES A BEDTIME FAIRY TALE FOR HIS SON STARRING THE STAFF OF SACRED HEART – Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) recounts his tough day at the hospital to his son through an imaginative fairy tale. When Princess Eliot’s (Sarah Chalke) handmaiden falls ill at the hands of an unknown monster the Village Idiot (Zach Braff) is summoned to help rescue her, but with the Dark Lord (Ken Jenkins) standing in their way, the duo can’t do it alone. The Giant (Neil Flynn) keeps an eye out for the heroes while the two-headed Turla (Judy Reyes, Donald Faison) lends some magic, but it’s the brave knight in shining armor -- storyteller -- Dr. Cox that lends them the knowledge that may save the day. However, with Dr. Kelso regulating shifts, the staff of Sacred Heart may not have time to figure out how to slay the monster. Will Eliot’s patient live happily ever after?

Show Cast: Christa Lawrence Miller, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff

7.10 My Waste OF Time

My waste Of Time - 05/01/08

THE ART OF COMPROMISE-- Elliott (Sarah Chalke) and J.D. (Zach Braff) seek out a former patient in order to give him compensation for prescribing a medication, which later proves to have several negative side effects. Through this experience, J.D. and Elliot realize there has been a major change in their relationship. Meanwhile, now that Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) is no longer working at the hospital, Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) loves his new title, however, he is unsure if he wants all of the problems that come with it. Elsewhere, Carla (Judy Reyes) approaches Turk (Donald Faison) about the possibility of having another child. Neal Flynn also stars.

Show Cast: Christa Lawrence Miller, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff

7.09 MY Dumb Luck Episode Guide

MY DUMB LUCK airs 04/24/08

NO MORE KELSO? – Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) gets a visit from one of his recurring patients. This patient is a little different since Dr. Cox cannot seem to diagnose his problem. J.D. (Zach Braff) and Turk (Donald Faison) see this as an opportunity to show up Dr. Cox and set out to find exactly what is hindering him. Meanwhile, after Elliott (Sarah Chalke) spilled the beans on exactly how old Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) really is, she teams up with Carla (Judy Reyes) to try and convince the board to not force him into retirement. Dr. Kelso troubled by the news finds a young doctor and reflects on his time at the hospital. Will Elliott and Carla be able to convince the board to keep Dr. Kelso? Neil Flynn also stars.

Show Cast: Christa Lawrence Miller, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff

7.08 My ManHood

Heres The description for MY MANHOOD Which Airs Tonight

MASCULINE MAYHEM—J.D. (ZACH BRAFF) AND TURK (DONALD FAISON) BOTH TRY TO PROVE THEIR MASCULINITY, WHILE THE JANITOR (NEIL FLYNN) STARTS A HOSPITAL NEWSPAPER—J.D. (Zach Braff) becomes scared that he is not masculine enough to set an example for his son, especially after Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) gives him a hard time about being a whiney man-child. Meanwhile, after a necessary surgery leaves him feeling less manly Turk (Donald Faison) is overcompensating his own masculinity by fighting anybody that tries to get the break room remote. Elsewhere, the Janitor (Neil Flynn) starts a hospital newspaper entitled, The Janitorial, as a result of Dr. Kelso (Ken Jenkins) telling the Janitor that no one pays attention to anything he says. His main article makes life a nightmare for Dr. Cox. Sarah Chalke and Judy Reyes also star.

Show Cast: Christa Lawrence Miller, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff

Season 8

Scrubs will Be Back For A Season 8 and moving to ABC there has been alot of talk about this of late . If you have heard the latest podcast then you already know this but the producer Randall Winston says about 4 mins in about scrubs returning if you haven't heard it yet check it out HERE.

Welcome

I couldn't find any news on scrubs anywhere so i started this look out for heaps of updates

Scrubs Cast Interviews

A Whole Range OF cast Interviews From Heaps of sites ...check them out

Scrubs Cast At The New York Comedy Festival

Zach Braff Tv guide interview

Christa Miller Interview

Neil flynn interview

Sarah chalke interview

My Cold shower behind the scenes

christa miller my cold shower interview

zach braff my cold shower interview

Bill Lawrence Interview

Donald Faison interview

scrubs cast at emmys