Everything to Know About the Possible ‘Scrubs’ Revival: Cast Comments, Actors Who Want to Reprise Their Roles, More
07.06.2022 - 16:17
/ usmagazine.com
They’re all in! More than a decade after wrapping up their time on Scrubs, the cast continues to be invested in a return.
In June 2022, the cast and crew reunited at an ATX festival panel to discuss the legacy of the series. Creator and showrunner Bill Lawrence was joined by Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes and Neil Flynn as they reflected on their time filming the comedy show about employees at a hospital.
The series ran for nine seasons from 2001 to 2010. After debuting on NBC, Scrubs later moved to ABC for its two final installments. For the cast, the idea of coming back to reprise their roles has been on everyone’s mind over the years.
“I think we all want it. We all would love to work together again. It’s just that it’s really hard,” Faison, who played Turk, explained during the panel. “It can’t be a full season of a show — it would have to be a movie or something like that, where you could only give a couple of months to it. Everyone is doing things.”
At the time, the group also praised Faison and Braff’s podcast “Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald” which was inspired by their time on the show. “Because of that podcast, my kids started watching Scrubs,” Reyes who portrayed Carla Espinosa, Turk’s wife, shared. She joked that her children enjoy scenes with her coworkers the most.
The podcast, which premiered in March 2020, followed Faison and Braff — who starred as J.D. — as they rewatched episodes of the show and shared behind-the-scenes details.
“We can just kind of go wherever we want. Sometimes we end up talking about the episode more, sometimes we barely do. When we started, I don’t think we knew what It was gonna be, but as it’s become more and more popular, we were