Comments on: The Three Strike Rule: “Scrubs”

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:50:14 +0000

I wonder why ABC ordered 18 instead of 22. Or maybe the cast and crew only wanted to do 18. But why 18 instead of 13? Oh, the questions!

I also wonder if ABC will start airing the new episodes this summer to fill a hole in their schedule. If the show is supposed to end this fall, then those 18 episodes would have to start airing before September, right? Or maybe ABC's decided to run two a week like they did when they ran out the remainder of “The Drew Carey Show” in the summers of 2003 and 2004 AFTER they renewed it for something like three more seasons in 2000 and then watched its ratings immediately plummet. Do any of the networks renew shows for more than one season these days? I seem to remember ABC doing that with “Home Improvement” in the mid-'90s, and CBS did it with “Northern Exposure” too.

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:50:14 +0000

I wonder why ABC ordered 18 instead of 22. Or maybe the cast and crew only wanted to do 18. But why 18 instead of 13? Oh, the questions!

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By: Malchus

Malchus — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:02:35 +0000

Hopefully Lawrence will stick to his word.

By: Malchus

Malchus — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:01:55 +0000

I've read 18.

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:09:37 +0000

If the series finale will air on ABC next fall, is ABC only ordering 13 episodes or less?

By: dslifton

dslifton — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:18:58 +0000

Thanks. Scrubs has been so bad this year to the point where I don't even look forward to it. The Janitor is the only consistently funny character now, mainly because he's always been a cartoon character.

By: Malchus

Malchus — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:30:04 +0000

This just posted at TV Guide.com:

"In what may well be the most anti-climactic announcement in the history of anti-climactic announcements, Zach Braff confirmed to his cronies on MySpace today that Scrubs will, in fact, be moving to ABC next season. His complete missive is below:

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

Look for the news to be made officially official tomorrow at ABC's upfront presentation."

By: Malchus

Malchus — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:31:19 +0000

That's a great point, Will. As I was watching it, I thought maybe I'd had a brain fart and Kelso was back. I know that his character will be around next season, but Lawrence has not said in what capacity.

By: WHarrisBullzEye

WHarrisBullzEye — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:23:47 +0000

Not only was it a sketchy final episode, but it wasn't even following the continuity of the previous episodes; NBC apparently aired it out of order, since Kelso had already driven off into the sunset a few weeks prior.