Monday, May 26, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Site News
This weekend remember to check out Neil Flynn in the new Indianan Jones movie and Christa miller in the Andromeda strain which is on A&E Monday and Tuesday from 9pm The Blog might be down for a few days as were merging as part of Scrubs HQ so be sure to check that out while were down... but we will be back soon
Thursday, May 22, 2008
full Bill Lawrence tv squad interview
Its A very long interview and starts here its 3 pages long so go check it out
it also has a few spoilers for next year.
JK: The show's not coming on until mid-season again, right?
BL: Yeah, I would assume -- my guess is it's going to be on in November if I had to -- that's, it's not really off the record it's just my guess because I think that's when the next Dancing with the Stars installment ends at the end of November.
JK: Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask about the NBC finale. What was your reaction when they determined that "My Princess" was going to be the finale?
BL: Oh man, what could I do? I said fuck it because, you know, how am I going to fight that fight? It pissed me off just because -- here's what pissed me off. First of all the episodes were out of order, you know what I mean? So like anybody who pays attention to the show would be like, "Hey, Dr. Kelso's character was fired two episodes ago and now he's back working around the hospital again."
Secondly, you know, I heard it marketed, and bandied about as the series finale of Scrubs which just absolutely sucks for two reasons. One, the only reason to say that is to hopefully help it on their own network but also to damage it on ABC and secondly, I wasn't allowed to go out and refute that because they were still in contractual and, you know, legal haggling about whether ABC could have the show.
And the third thing that just pissed me off was that particular episode, we spent a lot of time on and worked our ass off and if everybody was just watching television in a normal season and that episode came on, I think people would really dig it. When it's sold to people as a series or even a season finale, neither of which it was supposed to be, you know, and then they're looking at everything as, well, J.D. and Elliot say they decided meant nothing so they -- it put such a burden on the show that the episode that I will continue to argue is really, really good, people are taking giant shits on it. It bummed me out.
Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence Interview
Here's an interview with Christa and Bill you can Read the whole interview here
Is it harder to say serious medical stuff than funny medical stuff?
Christa Miller: “Yeah, it's much harder. It gets jumbled up on your tongue. I'm not used to saying things that…”
Bill Lawrence: “Are you saying that it's easy doing Scrubs?”
Christa Miller: “No, it's much harder doing comedy.”
Bill Lawrence: “That's what I thought you were going to say.”
Christa Miller: “But it's harder doing words that my husband doesn't write for me.”
Bill Lawrence: “Although you know the guy that wrote this won the Pulitzer Prize. Trying to give me props, it's like, ‘The last thing I wanted to do is read the words of a Pulitzer prize winner.’”
Christa Miller: “My husband just has a boy crush on Robert Schenkkan, the writer.”
they're calling this the Scrubs finale. That's not the final finale, is it?
Christa Miller: “No, we're still shooting. I don't think I'm allowed to say anything more than that but I'm working next week, if that means anything.”
How does it feel to be back?
Christa Miller: “So fun. It's great to be back and also it's great to feel that we're not just going to be ending.”
Bill, if you want to jump back in, this isn't the final finale?
Bill Lawrence: “I wouldn't think so, because I came straight from work.”
Neil Flynn indiana Jones Interview
It's very cool to be in a big movie like this," Flynn said in a telephone interview Wednesday from his home in the Los Angeles area. "It's kind of a culturally iconic film. It's like being in one of the 'Star Wars' movies."
Flynn is also happy that "Scrubs" has been picked up by ABC and will be back with a new season next year following its seven-season run on NBC.
"It's all good news. ABC has owned us all along, so I think the show may be treated better by its biological parent," Flynn said, mentioning its multiple time slot changes on NBC.
You can read the whole article here
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
There might be a ninth season of Scrubs, says Bill Lawrence
Bill told me that he met with ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson, who initially championed the show when he worked for the network's production arm (ABC Studios produces Scrubs), before the network finalized the pickup. McPherson told him that not only did he want the show to get back to what it did best in its earliest seasons, which mixed comedy and drama, but that he didn't necessarily pick up the show for just the one season:"He said to me, 'If I go forward with this, you have to know that if the show does well and I'm enjoying it, no matter what you want, I have the right to move on with the show past this year,'" Lawrence recalls. "I tell you that, even if it were to happen, it would be in a different incarnation than what it is now. One of the things that's appealing to Steve is that when he first pitched it with me to all these other networks, he pitched it as 'ER as a comedy.' It'd be very easy to rotate faces in and out and have new dynamics and new worlds under the same umbrella. It's a working hospital. It's not like Grey's Anatomy where we're tracking the relationships that much."As far as how the show would look in a ninth season, Lawrence said that "barring some weird miracle," Zach Braff is done with the show after season eight, since his contract runs out at the end of it. But he can't see himself returning for a ninth year, either. "I would imagine it's my last year of the show. And so I'm going to write it as such (like it's the last season) and he's going to act it as such."So those new actors, including Human Giant's Aziz Ansari, that were brought on as new interns? They'll be the basis of any new seasons after the eighth, setting up a Scrubs: The Next Generation of sorts. "They have to go through the same type of shit that these people went through long ago. It'll be interesting to tell the same stories with our older characters on the other side of them now." Some faces from the original cast may return, but not all will.Interesting. This could work, or it could limp along like ER has since Clooney, Edwards, and Margulies left. Or it could be AfterMASH-style disaster. We just don't know.What do you think of a possible "next generation" season of Scrubs? Let me know in the comments.Oh, and the rest of the interview will be posted either tomorrow or Thursday.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Bill Lawrence on Scrubs Continuation
Lawrence Puts On Some Extra Scrubs"Yeah, man, we're making episodes all summer so we're doing more than what we intended," said Bill Lawrence. "We just have to wait for a few hours to find out where it's going to be on. There's legal stuff going on. It's very weird being at work. It's like we work in a vacuum. We've been working for a couple months now." This extra eighth season is a bonus for the fans, though it does make Lawrence's job more difficult. "Both a bonus because I love working with the people and it's the greatest job on earth and a burden because it was cool to be headed towards the ending and to have to do more than those seven episodes we have outlined is tough writing the same show for eight years, but it's fun." As Scrubs wraps up, expect to see all your favorite guest stars. "This year, expect the greatest hits file. One of the things we do on Scrubs is that all the guest stars on the show have been, we call then friends of the family. They're cast friends and writer friends, so anybody that you liked in the past that we didn't kill off will be on the show again."
But what about the people we liked that they did kill? "I don't know how to bring back Brendan Fraser. He's dead, man. So is Nicole Sullivan. It's tough. It'd have to be in a fantasy or something but we're going to try to get everybody that's been on the show back on the show." At least we'll get more high fives with The Todd. "Oh, are you kidding me, every time the guy steps on set. He's not playing a character. That's his real schtick, man. You can't stop that guy. He'll be all over the place doing the same thing I'm sure." Wait to see where Scrubs will appear next
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Zach Braff's Blog
You gotta love my good friend, Bill Lawrence; he never censors himself
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Scrubs Gets New Blood Transfusion
Scrubbing In
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Scrubs Boss Blasts NBC, Previews "Serious" Changes
Wacth With Kristen
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Ask Ausiello
Ausiello: Eighteen episodes, but there's a twist. Several twists, in fact. Check my Ausiello Report blog later this week for more on that.
TUESDAY
Scrubs: Season... 9?
Zach Braff will be back in Scrubs for Season 8... and perhaps beyond.McPherson noted that storywise, "There's a chief of medicine coming in that I think is going to spark a kind of whole new dynamic in the office and there are things that [Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence] wasn't able to accomplish that he's excited about. Bill has been a big reason that we got behind this, because he's so excited to keep going. He's a guy who's actually stuck with his own show, which I love. He knows it in and out and he loves it and he has such a passion for it, so when he came and pitched me on what it could be and where it was going, that was a big factor."I asked McPherson if he indeed was saying that there was even the possibility of the show continuing into a ninth season and he told me, "It could, exactly. It's just hard to know. They didn't have [cast contact] options this year. They went to the cast and said, 'Do you guys want to do it?' and they said yes."
Upfronts: 'Scrubs' creator reflects on the move to ABC
But after 18 different time slots, NBC unceremoniously dumped the single-camera comedy, even though the writers had “meticulously” planned its final arc and they had only eight episodes left to produce.
“After seven years, they had no interest in it, and it was incredibly frustrating,” Lawrence said Tuesday, after ABC welcomed the show into its lineup. “The thing that I was most excited about was getting to finish ‘Scrubs’ out correctly.”
Enter ABC President of Entertainment Stephen McPherson, who developed it when he ran Touchstone Studios (which is now ABC Studios). Assuming ABC was interested in giving “Scrubs” its final lap, Lawrence galvanized the writers and cast. They hired younger actors to play new interns. (McPherson said Tuesday that the old cast, including Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke, will remain with the show under a one-year contract.)
“We all had to get creatively inspired again,” Lawrence said. “And that meant going back to the show’s roots. Being more and more real and less cartoony and less silly. In our heads, this was our last hurrah!”
Then McPherson started talking about the future, one he had envisioned years ago when he pictured it as a comedy version of “ER” that could last years with rotating characters.
“I can shockingly see it happening because it seems very fresh and new right now,” Lawrence said. “Regardless, this season feels like an end to the eight-season story we’re telling. If we were to go on, I would almost guarantee that it would be in a new and hopefully creatively exciting direction. If it’s not an embarrassment and there’s a chance to keep people working, I would do everything I could to make it something we could all be proud of.”
Monday, May 12, 2008
Scrubs moves to ABC
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Neil Flynn in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Friday, May 9, 2008
The Cast of Scrubs Put on Their Poker Faces
ratings
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Scrubs Production in High Gear
Christa Miller stars in A&E's The Andromeda Strain as a heroic and no-nonsense scientist tasked with stopping a deadly biological agent. She also plays Jordan on the comedy Scrubs, and happens to be married to Scrubs producer Bill Lawrence, who joined her on the red carpet for Andromeda Strain. Just after Miller finished talking about her make-out scene with Benjamin Bratt, Lawrence wandered over and chastised Miller for not talking about Scrubs. "You're only supposed to talk about our show to the press!" he said.Taking the opportunity, we wanted to clear up a mystery. As many Scrubs fans know, the series was cancelled by NBC, but has continued production of new episodes that are – allegedly – going to air on ABC. However, there has been no official statement by the ABC network or ABC Studios (who produces the show) about where the new episodes will actually air. I pointed out that the hospital where Scrubs films sure seems busy for a show that is officially cancelled."We're just doing it for fun," Lawrence joked. "Were I smart in the way that networks and the legal stuff works I would imagine that you're not allowed to mention anything about the future of the show until it's done airing on NBC. And the last episode airs tomorrow night."
The move from NBC to ABC happened because Scrubs was unable to finish up what would have been its final season due to the writers' strike. When asked about the prospect of an actors' strike, Lawrence said "Oh, man. That would be a nightmare. I can't personalize it because there's bigger issues at play, but to have fought so hard to keep our show going and get to finish it if we're lucky enough to – and if that were to happen it would be such a bummer."When asked what he'll do should a new strike come to pass, Lawrence said, "This ends with me paying the actors out of my pocket to make the show for my family and friends. We'll do a stage play in my yard. I'm crossing my fingers that cooler heads prevail on both sides and they find a good agreement there."
Our Favorite Things from Seven Seasons of 'Scrubs'
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
'Scrubs' ends--for now
Critic's TV pick: The last episode of 'Scrubs'
To escape cancellation, creator Bill Lawrence is moving the comedy to ABC, with production reported to be already under way for an 18-episode eighth season. Expect an announcement from ABC when it unveils its fall schedule next week in New York.Watch it? For a typically zany episode of a comedy that has devoted fans but has never appealed to the masses.
ask Ausiello
Ausiello: Well, he's really gone from Sacred Heart, but not from Scrubs. Although it's unclear whether Jenkins will remain a series regular, I hear we'll see glimpses of Kelso's life as a retiree. In the meantime, Bill Lawrence is said to be looking for a new Chief to succeed Kelso, and word is he wants a name.
Monday, May 5, 2008
'Scrubs' is sewn up; goes to ABC
The network's final "Scrubs" episode will air Thursday, ending its seven-season run. But you'd never know it from watching NBC or perusing the entertainment media. At the conclusion of a recent episode, viewers were simply urged to check out the show's interactive features on NBC.com.
The super low-key exit for "Scrubs" is tied to what has become the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: "Scrubs" is moving to ABC.
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The long-pending deal for ABC to pick up 18 episodes of "Scrubs" next season is essentially done.
Production has been under way for weeks, while the cast and crew have been encouraged to keep quiet. A television studio producing a drama costing more than $1 million per episode without anybody saying who the episodes are for is considered highly unusual, if not a little weird.
"This has been a rumor for a month, but everyone will know the outcome May 13 during our upfronts," says Charissa Gilmore, ABC Studio's vice president of media relations. Gilmore added that if this were to happen, it wouldn't be a major leap because ABC Studios produces the show, although it currently airs on the Peacock network.
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."