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Scrubs Goes to Med School For Season Nine

BuzzSugar — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:50:34 -0700

The return of Scrubs for a ninth season was one of the more surprising stories of this year's Upfronts, and ever since, I've been curious to see how creator Bill Lawrence plans to make things work now that Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and many of the show's other stars won't be back full-time. Well, now we have an answer: Scrubs 2.0 will move from Sacred Heart to medical school, turning Turk (Donald Faison) and Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley) into professors for a new crop of up-and-coming young doctors.

As Lawrence told Entertainment Weekly:

It's going to be a different show. It'll still be life-and-death stakes, but if the show is just Scrubs again in the hospital with a different person's voiceover, it would be a disaster and people would be mad.

Sacred Heart will still be a part of the show, even if it's not the primary setting: The students Cox and Turk teach will rotate through its halls and, presumably, encounter some familiar characters along the way.

As for those students, Lawrence suggests we should expect "half the cast, if not 60 percent of it" to consist of new faces - though Braff, Chalke, Judy Reyes, and Ken Jenkins will all be making guest appearances. Of the newbies, one "will be fairly famous," as ABC reportedly wants Lawrence to hire a big name for the role.

Do you think Scrubs can make the jump from hospital to classroom? Or do you wish - despite what Lawrence thought - that we'd just be staying put in the same ol' Sacred Heart? And what do you think of the idea of Turk heading up a classroom?

TV Tonight: The Scrubs Finale

BuzzSugar — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:30:00 -0700

It's hard to know what exactly to call tonight's episode of Scrubs. Series finale? Season finale? The Last Time You'll See Zach Braff On Scrubs Except Maybe That's Not Even True?

This was all a bit more clear-cut a year ago, when Scrubs made the leap from NBC to ABC for what was supposed to be its final season. Braff said he was done (though he's said he'd be willing to drop by again), and creator Bill Lawrence started working on another show. But within the past few months, there have been rumblings that Scrubs could keep going, even without Braff, Lawrence, or any of the other original cast members who move on to other jobs.

So maybe we should just call tonight JD's big farewell and leave it at that? The episode takes place during his final shift at Sacred Heart, and it's designed to give closure to a number of storylines. Whether we need that closure or not remains to be seen, but it looks like it should be a sweet reward for Scrubs fans who have stuck by the show for all these years. Will you be watching the finale - and do you think it should be the last episode of Scrubs ever? To check out a couple of clips, just read more.

Buzz News Roundup, 3/13

BuzzSugar — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:30:46 -0700

Spider-Man 4 has gotten a release date of May 6, 2011. - Zap2It
Jack White has formed a new group called The Dead Weather with The Kills frontwoman Alison Mosshart, Raconteurs bassist Jack Lawrence, and Queens of the Stoneage guitarist Dean Fertita. - Billboard
Scrubs's Dr. Turk, Donald Faison, has joined Cedric the Entertainer in ABC's comedy pilot The Law. - The Hollywood Reporter
Mickey Rourke is confirmed to play the Russian villain in Iron Man 2. - Variety
NBC has unveiled a surprising Summer lineup that includes several scripted projects - including the long-awaited scheduling of The Philanthropist, starring James Purefoy and Neve Campbell. - Reuters
New Line is planning a sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth. - ComingSoon
TV production company Granada America is planning a show titled American Storytellers in which country songs are used to make one-hour TV dramas. - Billboard
Director Joe Wright (Atonement, The Soloist) will next take on a film adaptation of the book Indian Summer. - Variety

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Recast Clueless and Win A Prize!

BuzzSugar — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:30:43 -0700

Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!

Ah, Clueless. The rich kids' angst, the high school caste system, the pretty girl who's actually really smart, the weird step-sibling romance... what's not to love? Alicia Silverstone, Donald Faison, Brittany Murphy, and the others were truly priceless in their roles, but who would you cast in their parts today, 12 years later?

Leave your entry in the comment section below, and I'll pick one winner to feature Tuesday, May 8, complete with a "new" cast photo. To see a list of characters to recast and a photo of the BuzzSugar t-shirt, read more

Characters to recast:
Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone)
Dionne (Stacey Dash)
Murray (Donald Faison)
Tai (Brittany Murphy)
Josh (Paul Rudd)
Mel Horowitz (Dan Hedaya)

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Great TV Engagements: "Scrubs"

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:03:25 -0700

Every day this week, in honor of Engagement Week on the Sugar Network, I'll be featuring my favorite TV engagements, for better or for worse.

Turk didn't exactly get the reaction he was hoping for when he first proposed to Carla during the second season of "Scrubs." She wouldn't give him an answer, so he resolved to keep asking her to marry him every time he saw her. He tried public displays of affection, attempted to prove his maturity, and swore he wasn't like other doctors, but he still wasn't getting anywhere. Finally, as he was about to give up, Carla called. To see Turk's strike-outs - and one ultimate hit - read more

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