Scrubs is going to make a comeback! A new series soon to be validated

Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison could return, but new faces are expected.

Back to the block! Scrubs will return to service, 14 years after the broadcast of the last episode. The medical series of Bill Lawrencewhich ended in 2010, should be entitled to a revival (or a reboot). Development is officially underway at ABC, the American channel which broadcast the last two seasons of Scrubs (after 7 seasons on NBC).

Lawrence already said a few weeks ago that the comeback of Scrubs was “very close” to come to fruition. The main obstacle was the exclusive overall agreement that the creator signed with Warner Bros. TV (which produces his series Bad Monkey, Shrinking And Ted Lasso) and which prevented him from working elsewhere. But Disney – which owns ABC – reached a deal with Warner Bros. which will allow Lawrence to direct the new series (even if he will not be showrunner).

So what's still stuck? For the moment, the casting has not been finalized. Production still needs to sign Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke And Donald Faison. No agreement is currently in place and the stars of the original cast will have to come back for it to work. Even if Lawrence explains that the new series will be more of a Scrubs 2.0envisaged as both a sequel and a reboot, that is to say a mixture of old and new characters:

“We've talked about it a lot, and I think the only real reason to do it is as a combo. First, because people want to see what has become of the people they loved in the Scrubshaving made their place in the world of medicine. This is what is part of a successful reboot. But then I also think that Scrubs worked because we saw young people launching into the world of medicine, knowing that the young people who go there are super idealistic and go there by vocation. There is not this cliché of the rich doctor who plays golf. So I think it would be a huge mistake not to do a combination of those two things.“

For the moment, no release date mentioned. But Scrubs could well find itself on ABC's 2025/2026 schedule.