Scrubs Moves To ABC
May 12th, 2008 by Ed Lau |
Although most fans of the show have known about this for some time now, nothing was really official until today until Zach Braff said it himself on his MySpace page. This season was supposed to be the last for Scrubs but apparently due to the Writer’s Strike, NBC cut the final season short, ending with the “Fairy Tale” season finale last Thursday. They also declined to renew the show for an eighth season. I’m sure there have been stupider moves in history but why dump a popular show that’s almost finished? I’d also wonder what the hell they’re going to replace it with.
Zach Braff had this to say today on his blog:
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
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Thanks for the heads-up on this move. I really like the show but haven’t been able to watch it much the last season or two. It is kind of odd that NBC would walk away from a show like this, particularly when you look at the fact that much of their lineup has been garbage lately.