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Zach Braff Joins ‘Scrubs’ Reboot in Development at ABC

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Skavau@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨Television@lemm.ee⁩

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/scrubs-reboot-zach-braff-1236406202/

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think I will reserve judgement until I see it. A getting-the-gang-back-together series or two could be a good time, or it could be another “Scrubs: Med School”.

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    • Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When has one of these reboots worked?

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      • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Futurama reboot(s) are good. Not quite up to original run but good

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t know about others, but I kinda liked Picard. It was clear it was just an excuse to get the old gang back together, but it was enjoyable to watch.

        I’m not sure how enjoyable it would have been to someone unfamiliar with TNG, but I enjoyed it.

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      • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Twin Peaks X-Men 97 Samurai Jack Veronica Mars - get decent reviews? (Still have yet to watch the series) But I hear there was mixed reviews on however it ended Cobra Kai - lasted 6 seasons Girl Meets World - Seems to have a decent score and I remember not totally hating it when my niece was watching it. Fraiser - I hear people like this

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      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        When has one of these reboots worked?

        An example that comes to mind is the “reboot as new show but with blatant fan service cameos” formula used by “The Big Bag Theory”, “Young Sheldon”, and “Georgie’s First Marriage”.

        Another “Mission Impossible” - the first movie was a weak adaptation of the original show, but the series has gone on to become a completely worthy extension of the original show.

        And…well…That’s two. So I night just be sharing the exceptions that prove the rule.

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      • Albbi@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The Connors has been successful.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Guess he and his Scrubs buddies got tired of doing T-Mobile commercials.

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  • abdominable@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Half this show was about gay, dick, and fart jokes. Will be an interesting reboot.

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    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not everything was like that. In fact, the first season had almost none of that stuff, arguably my favorite season before they started making sillier and sillier jokes.

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      • njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well yeah he said half

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    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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  • kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think ending each episode with a monologue over an indie song will work today

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or is that just what we tell ourselves to cope with your broken promises and dreams?

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    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I never liked scrubs that much. First two or so seasons were alright, but the slapstick and fast forward slide whistle humor was rough. I don’t see how any of that would remotely hold up today when there are so many really good shows are out. Scrubs had a place because streaming wasn’t athing yet.

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I could have done without all the flanderization.

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      • froggycar360@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I always just watched it when nothing else was on lol

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  • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Another reboot?

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    • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was going to say, wait another reboot?

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      • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        A reboot, you say?

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    reboots rarely work out, especially done so “soon” after a series ended.

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    • LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep I just can’t see this working

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      • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        especially with the executives or another showrunner trying to push a agenda based on current issues, it almost always ruin the show.

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  • VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Then Zach should play Bob Kelso in the reboot.

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  • PillowTalk420@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hope he comes back as JD, but now he’s older and wiser and just as jaded as Dr. Cox, basically fulfilling the same role Cox did.

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    • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And cox pops in once in a while eating muffins?

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I want him to play JD playing Dr. Cox

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hear he’s a never-nude.

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    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh fuck you dude, now I need to start another rewatch.

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  • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Should be fun. Lean into the difference in experience as a mature professional. Get some perspective on why Dr. Cox is Like That.

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  • MrShankles@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Idk, Scrubs ended at season 8 for me. Maybe I’ll give it a chance, but I’m keeping expectations (really) low. Reading the article, it seems like it could be worthwhile if it really is just a season or two of “old friends” getting back together for a little fun. We’ll see, but it looks like Braff is the only one signed up for now, and that won’t really sell it for me

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    • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Season 8 is where show runner Bill Lawrence wanted it to end. The only reason there was ever a season 9 is because it was supposed to be a spin-off, but the ghouls at the network insisted it carry the Scrubs branding.

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The title “Scrubs: Med School” is fine for me as a spinoff. Different performance of the intro song, fine. We’ve got a new POV character, a new gang as it were, younger, even younger than the original crew, they’re not first day interns, they’re med school students, so they’re even more raw and incomplete as people, they’ve got earlier lessons to learn.

        They didn’t give the first series time to rest, they had no faith in the new concept or the new cast, so they bring back a lot of the old cast to…exist? They had all gotten one of TV’s biggest “and they lived happily ever after”'s, so they’re not really able to have growth moments and drama of their own, they mostly serve as rocks for the new cast to bash themselves against.

        If they’d given it a few years to let the audience start wanting more, and then focused entirely on the new crew with maybe one of the original actors in a recurring role (like have Cox or Turk as the hospital administrator, Kelso’s role) and maybe have other characters return as single episode guest stars the way Michael J. Fox and Dick Van Dyke did, and you know, have any faith in the concept at all, it would have gone 4 seasons.

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