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 think they shouldn’t stop making scrubs.I am horribly disappointed that it’s gone even though it had only 4.5 million viewers
Scrubs was the JESUS of T.V. Shows….i want to die now =(
If they hadn’t tried to make the main character for season 9 a mixed version of JD and Elliot then I think that season would have been better. If they had centered around Drew or Cole more I think they could have revived scrubs. There was so much potential for those two characters. Sad to know that it is over though.
I don’t think people gave ‘med school’ enough time to come into its own. Its ultimately an entirely new show, and I think it deserved another season. Things were finally starting to pick up. Dave Franco is hilarious!
9 season was failure … but they made it so ,they really should work on it like previous seasons ,because that was bet TV comedy show after HIMYM.
It’s a shame it was canceled, but better canceled than another season like 9… just horrible
I just don’t know how you can say that.
Maybe season 9 isn’t the best, but c’mon it is and will be always scrubs.
Seriously why would they cancel scrubs, IT IS THE BEST SERIE EVER MADE. Really i have all the season on dvd and watched it over 20 times, and i mean all the eps! When i saw the season 8 finale, i was so upset that they were canceling the best tv show ever! Then i heard of season 9 and i was so siked that i almost jumped 10 feet up in the air :D. And now this, come on ABC just go further with this show, i just don’t get it why people aren’t watching scrubs. First, it is… Read more »
WHY???
I really liked season 9!!! Ive seen all the previous series and even though it was different it was still really good. It didnt have to be deep it was just funny!!!!
no season 9 is the best one! so upset about this
WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!?????? I absolutely LOVE this show they should NOT cancel it !!!!
no!, they cant cancel scrubs! i was getting connected to Lucy! what about Drew? He and Jo were just about to move in! WHY?!?!
Off course season 9 was a disaster! Only the last 3 eps where worth watching. With all other eps they seem to have forgotten what this show is, wyh its so great. No main character, no drama, no real private problems, just “look, like 8 people, that try to be funny while in Med-School”
I love season 1-8 (exept 7 maybe) but 8 was an insult to me
They shouldn’t cancel scrubs, but they should keep it on comedy central. Make it easy to find and watch, promote it well, and there will never be a shortage of viewers because the show is great.
i think they shouldnt stop making scrubs because its awesome
I am not one to enjoy watching T.V. because I cannot stand the wait between episodes. Now, when it came to Scrubs, I have watched every single episode and can’t find a reason to cancel it myself. I am horribly disappointed that it’s gone even though so little people watched it…