'Scrubs' dies, but will ABC resuscitate it?
The last episode of "Scrubs" that will air on NBC is a fairy-tale themed half-hour inspired by "The Princess Bride."
Now, J.D. (Zach Braff) and company are left to find their happily ever after elsewhere -- probably at ABC -- since NBC has decided to cancel the show before it got a chance to complete its last season and bow out with a series finale.
The first single-camera comedy to succeed in broadcast television, "Scrubs" was supposed to end this season, but the writers were not able to finish the scripts before the writers strike began. NBC Co-Chairman Entertainment and Universal Media Studios Ben Silverman said Wednesday that the show would end this spring without completing its last six episodes.
Silverman said he did not know where "Scrubs" would end up. But high-ranking ABC executives have said in the last few weeks that ABC would give the series another season, possibly with 18 episodes. ABC Studios produces the show.
Asked by a reporter if he doesn't mind that ABC wants the comedy, Silverman said: "If they can go 1 for 21, good for them."
ABC Studios and other "Scrubs" representatives could not be reached immediately.
--Maria Elena Fernandez
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"The first single-camera comedy to succeed in broadcast television..." There have been plenty of successful single-camera comedies on broadcast TV. Just look at virtually every sitcom in the 60s. Hey, even "M*A*S*H" was single-camera.
Posted by: Mark DeVol | April 02, 2008 at 02:02 PM
Yeah, really.... How about "Leave it to Beaver," "Father Knows Best," "Gilligan's Island," "The Brady Bunch," "The Beverly Hillbillies," and more recently, "Malcolm in the Middle."
Posted by: J--Man | April 02, 2008 at 08:55 PM
what's the reference mean?
"If they can go 1 for 21, good for them."
Posted by: jbelkin | April 03, 2008 at 11:20 AM
scrubs is back in production for 18 episodes to air on nbc in the fall.
Posted by: guy | April 03, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Maria Elena Fernandez - the first woman ever to write for the LA Times. Sadly, she has not succeeded.
Posted by: Mark Allen | April 03, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Re: 1-21
Only thing I can figure out is that Silverman is saying that only the Scrubs series finale will get decent ratings & the other 20 episodes will tank. Thus, 1-21.
In other news, there's a 21 in 21 chance that Silverman is still, and always will be, a d-b.
Posted by: bgt | April 03, 2008 at 01:24 PM
RE 1-21
he is saying that ABC has 21 horrible shows and Scrubs will be the 1 good one.
Posted by: Casey | April 03, 2008 at 04:05 PM