After seasons of poor ratings and several cast members moving on, ABC has finally put the Scrubs TV show to rest.
Scrubs follows hospital life as seen through the eyes of Dr. J.D. Dorian (Zach Braff). He left Sacred Heart last season but returns occasionally to help teach a new crop of med students. Others in the cast include Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Ken Jenkins, Sarah Chalke, Eliza Coupe, Kerry Bishe, Michael Mosley, and Dave Franco.
Last May, despite poor ratings, ABC decided to try to squeeze one more year out of the veteran sitcom. The reason? ABC also produces Scrubs and stood to make big money on additional episodes in syndication.
The network kicked off season nine late last year and registered a low 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demo and only 4.5 million viewers. The numbers dropped even further and ABC decided to burn off most of the remaining episodes in January.
In March, ABC aired the final episode of the season. The network’s website promoted it as the “series finale.” We contacted a representative for ABC who told us that it was a mistake but nobody was in any rush to change it.
Now, it appears that ABC has finally cancelled Scrubs after nine seasons on the air. With more than 180 episodes, the sitcom won’t be coming back.
What do you think? Should Scrubs have returned after last season’s Braff send off? Did you like the “med school” setting and characters?
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I would like more of J.D. but I would still love to see more!!:( I love Scrubs <3
more more more ! 🙁
had to get used to it, but it was awesome to watch a new group of inturns grow. I´d love to see more 🙁
I think the season 9 was awesome too, the new characters are really funny too. In fact i was thinking scrubs could transport the characters, with all their quirky behaviour the same into a different profession – like an advertising agency instead of the med school, the kerry bishe and dave franco characters would especially suit perfectly to an ad agency environment, do pay me some money if ABC listens to this idea, which is awesome btw 🙂
new scrubs
Yeah bring back the scrubs! Loved seeing scrubs 9, character Lucy is great!
is there going to be a season 10 on dvd
Scrubs is one of the most unique and entertaining shows that will ever be produced. I agree they tried to change things around a little too much with the characters, and the setting. I think they would have retained a lot more of the fans if they had not tried to change a good thing too much. But even so, it is still very sad to see a great innovative comedy such as Scrubs be completely ripped away from many long term admirers. I think the producers should spend a bit more time on their research and rediscover what sparked… Read more »
I love scrubs and Zach Braff is amazing and miss him on tv. Maybe if they took it back to the original setting it was better the hospital setting was so much better.
I really think by adding the 9’nth season they just screwed up a very good series finally in the season 8 finally. And when they cut out the main characters as well as the most important of the main characters the show i doomed…
I like scrubs and the season 9 had been better if they had started a new show, because it is almost a new show, the hospital is all changed there are new characters and you dont even hear anything about the old characters….!
I MISS OLD SCRUBS!!!!! :’ (
I believe scrubs was one of the greatest shows on television and it should be brought back. I understand they had low ratings, but people will watch the “med school” 2.0 addition of scrubs. They are funny and just as good as the original 8 seasons. It would be amazing if ABC would suck it it up and put one the greatest shows ever back on the air.
hi, i’m from bulgaria … I really love scrubs but … it feels like it ended at the end of season 8 … season 9 is soooooooo lame … wher’s J.D. ? Wher’s the best couple Crarla+Turk (well turk is there but he’s boring without carla) . Why the best actors quit ? like Ted, like Janitor and others … The 9th season isn’t funny without the 4 friends … the new actors are too …. new …. i want the old scrubs back ! ):
Bring season ten on!! Scrubs is amazing
I love Scubs and I always have. I have all seasons on DVD and have seen every single episode as well as bonus features, commentary and interviews (I have alot of time on my hands) I think its a total mistake to cancel it. I did like the old version more because, lets face it, it wouldnt be Scrubs without JD. But I still did like the new Scrubs and I think people should give it a chance instead of shutting it out.
Loved the new one as much if not more than the old one