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ABC has given the green light for a tenth season of Scrubs, bringing back some of the most loved faces from the show. Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke will all return as regulars. Bill Lawrence, the creator of the original series, is coming back as an executive producer. Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra will take charge as showrunners, while Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer also join the team as executive producers.

Lawrence expressed his excitement about the revival in a statement, saying, “Scrubs means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together.”

The new season is planned for the 2025-26 TV schedule. The story will reunite Jd and Turk as they work side-by-side again after many years. Even though the hospital and the interns have changed over time, their strong friendship remains at the heart of the show. The season...

ABC has officially ordered a tenth season of Scrubs, bringing back fan favorites Zach Braff, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke as regular cast members. The original creator, Bill Lawrence, is returning as an executive producer, with Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra joining as showrunners. Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer are also on board as executive producers.

Lawrence shared his excitement about the revival in a statement on Thursday, saying, “Scrubs means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together.”

The new season is set to air during the 2025-26 TV season. According to the official description, fans will see “Jd and Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time.” While medicine and the hospital interns have changed over the years, the close friendship between Jd and Turk remains strong.

The season promises a mix of old and new...

ABC has greenlit a full series order for the long-anticipated revival of Scrubs, and original cast members Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, and Zach Braff are all set to return. The news was confirmed by Entertainment Weekly and quickly sent fans of the beloved medical comedy into a frenzy. Series creator Bill Lawrence is also back as executive producer, signaling a return to form for the revival.

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It’s official – we’re getting more Scrubs!

Back in May, it was revealed that a reboot of the beloved ’00s comedy series was in the works at ABC. At the time, it was confirmed that star and narrator Zach Braff would be returning as J.D. for the reboot.

Now, on Thursday (July 10), ABC announced that the Scrubs reboot series had been given a straight-to-series order for the 2025-2026 season.

“Scrubs means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together,” original series creator Bill Lawrence told Variety.

The show, which followed the lives of employees at the teaching hospital Sacred Heart Hospital, ran for nine seasons from 2001 to 2010, first on NBC then on ABC.

Along with Zach, it was also announced that two other original stars will be returning for the reboot!

Browse through the slideshow to find out who will be returning for the Scrubs reboot…...

Per Variety, the Scrubs revival reboot has officially been given a full series order at ABC, and two original cast members, Donald Faison, and Sarah Chalke, are set to join fellow original cast member Zach Braff in the new show. News of the straight-to-series order broke today, with the reboot of the quirky hospital comedy aiming for the 2025-26 season.

Original series creator Bill Lawrence emphasized that the Scrubs reboot begins and ends with Jd and Turk, saying, "‘Scrubs’ means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together.” Indeed, the show was never really going to work without at least Faison on board, judging from the new logline which was also just released:

"Jd (Braff) & Turk (Faison) scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time.

The Scrubs reboot has received a straight-to-series order at ABC for the 2025-2026 season. Zach Braff is already onboard to star as John “J.D.” Dorian, and he’ll be joined by Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke, who will return as Christopher Turk and Elliot Reid, respectively.

The official logline for the Scrubs reboot series states: “Jd (Braff) & Turk (Faison) scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.” More original cast members are expected to return for the reboot.

Original series creator Bill Lawrence added, “‘Scrubs’ means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together.“

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“Scrubs” is officially scrubbing back in at ABC. Variety has learned that the planned reboot of the beloved hospital comedy has been ordered straight-to-series at the broadcaster for the 2025-2026 season.

As previously reported, original series star Zach Braff is already onboard with the new show. Now, he will be joined by fellow original cast members Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke. According to sources, more original cast members are expected to return.

“‘Scrubs’ means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together,” said original series creator Bill Lawrence.

The official logline for the new “Scrubs” states, “Jd (Braff) & Turk (Faison) scrub in together for the first time in a long time- medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.

The “Scrubs” reboot is scrubbing in. The new series, which takes the same name as its predecessor, “Scrubs,” has scored a straight-to-series order from ABC for the upcoming 2025-26 TV season, the network announced on Thursday.

While original series star Zach Braff was already attached to the project, his “Scrubs” co-stars Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke have also officially joined the reboot as stars and executive producers.

The official logline for the new show is as follows: “Jd & Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time — medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.”

Additionally, Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra have joined “Scrubs” as showrunners and executive producers. “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence is also attached to EP the show, but...

Scrubs is officially scrubbing back in.

A long-discussed revival of the 2000s comedy series has landed a series order from ABC, where it’s been in development since December 2024 — though series creator Bill Lawrence and members of the cast have talked about reuniting for years before that. Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke, who starred in the original version of the show, have signed on to join series lead Zach Braff in the revival. All three will also be executive producers on the show, which is set to premiere in the 2025-26 season.

“Scrubs means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together,” Lawrence (Shrinking, Ted Lasso) said in a statement.

Scrubs ran for nine seasons from 2001-10, the first seven on NBC and the final two on ABC. The show followed intern John “Jd” Dorian (Braff) as he progressed through his medical...

This calls for a celebratory appletini — easy on the tini.

ABC has ordered a 10th season of Scrubs that will feature the returns of Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke, all of whom are back as series regulars.

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Original series creator Bill Lawrence is on board as an executive producer,...

‘Ted Lasso’ is probably the most beloved show to come out of the beginnings of Covid-19. In the early days of the Pandemic, many people wanted to turn to something warm and comforting to escape what life had become in the world. This unassuming show about an American Football Coach flying to London to coach a Premier Soccer League has taken off in enormous fashion, getting critical and commercial buzz throughout its entire existence. Who would’ve thought that a farcical concept that started out as an NBC sketch could be given so much emotional weight? Apparently, Jason Sudeikis and co-creators Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly. Their knack for telling sincere stories in a genuinely sophisticated way has brought a much-needed dose of kindness to the cynicism of modern television. Everybody’s favorite soccer coach came back for its third (and supposedly final) season. The first episode of the show was as tight,...

Comic Robby Hoffman is staying booked and busy, joining the previously announced untitled Steve Carell comedy from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses as a recurring guest star. Hoffman emerged as a scene-stealer this season with appearances on Max’s “Hacks” and the FX limited series “Dying for Sex.” This will be in addition to writing, executive producing and starring in her comedy series “Unentitled,” currently in development at HBO.

Hoffman began her career as a writer on shows like PBS’ “Odd Squad,” which won her a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as the CBC’s “Workin’ Moms” and TruTV’s “The Chris Gethard Show.” She also hosts the podcast “Too Far with Robby Hoffman.” She is repped by UTA, Jordan Tilzer at El Centro Management and Schreck Rose.

Led by Carell, the HBO series also stars Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai. The series...

It seems like Coach Ted Lasso is staying in Kansas for Season 4 of the Emmy-winning fan-favorite hit Apple TV+ sports comedy Ted Lasso.Earlier this year, Jason Sudeikis, who plays the titular football-turned-soccer coach, confirmed that Ted Lasso would be coaching a women’s team when the show returns for a much-anticipated fourth season.

Per Kansas City TV news station FOX4, filming for Season 4 of Ted Lasso is expected to take place in the Kansas City metropolitan area in July. Some of the residents in the Kansas City areas of Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit received letters earlier this week letting them know that Ted Lasso would be filming in the area next month. The letter includes information to residents stating that Warner Bros. has filed for special use permits in both towns for filming.

The City is “Thrilled”

“We’re thrilled to welcome the cast and crew of Ted Lasso to Blue Springs.

It’s pilot season at ABC. The broadcast network, which has been leaning into its “second cycle” strategy involving off-cycle pilot orders targeting midseason, picked up its first 2025 pilot, Rj Decker, in May, with Scott Speedman recently cast as the lead. It may soon be joined by another crime drama pilot led by a TV star in his 40s-50s, The Rookie North.

The spinoff, from The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley, has been gaining momentum for a pilot order, which would come once the lead is cast. A handful of known actors have already been approached for the role, I hear.

The Rookie North is one of several projects in serious pilot consideration at ABC, along with the long-gestating Scrubs reboot, and two family comedies, the Rachel Bloom starrer Do You Want Kids?, which features a couple with and without a baby, and Mittens, which revolves around a neighborhood cat.

With 99 submissions, this year's Best Comedy Directing category at the Emmys will have six finalists when the nominations are announced July 15.

Similar to the drama category, the comedy directing ballot has a mix of shows that took different approaches to their entries. While some played it smart (see: Hacks and The Studio) submitting one memorable episode that will be a sure-thing to make the final field, others opted for three entries, with Shrinking going up to four. In those cases, overload and potential vote-splitting make it harder to discern which episode entry will make it into the lineup of six — technically five, since one spot is reserved for a multicamera show. (More on that below.)

As mentioned, Hacks and The Studio are essentially locks for this category because of their single options. The HBO Max series has been a consistent nominee — Lucia Aniello won for the first season in 2021 — and it submitted the penultimate episode,...

With 94 submissions, this year's Best Comedy Writing category at the Emmys will have six finalists when the nominations are announced July 15.

As expected, there are many single submissions from many of these front-runners, with no series entering more than two installments. But what may come as a surprise is the number of writers credited for scripting each episode — The Studio, for instance, has five writers for its entry. This, of course, does not matter in terms of voting, as writers are not listed on the ballot, but it’s an interesting side note to see how many scribes it takes to make people laugh.

This is a category that often defies conventional wisdom. Voters often gravitate towards shows that are less represented, such as last year when the branch nominated two canceled programs over others that were nominated for Best Comedy Series.

While there are often surprises here, this year the reigning champion,...

Scott Speedman will play the title role in ABC’s “Rj Decker” pilot, Variety has confirmed.

The one-hour drama pilot is based on Carl Hiaasen’s 1987 novel “Double Whammy.” The pilot order was originally announced in May.

The official logline for the series states:

“Rj Decker, disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con, starts over as a private investigator in the colorful-if-crime-filled world of South Florida, tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife, and a shadowy new benefactor, a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally… or his one-way ticket back to prison.”

The role keeps Speedman in business with ABC, as he has been recurring on the broadcaster’s hit medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” since that show’s 18th season after originally appearing in the 14th. Speedman’s other recent TV roles include the...

Shrinking boss Bill Lawrence has revealed a collection of returning guest stars for Shrinking Season 3, which already has an exciting list of new cast members joining the fold of the Apple TV+ comedy. Lawrence’s new comments have even revealed details about previously announced newcomers. Brett Goldstein and Cobie Smulders will be back in Shrinking Season 3 after making their onscreen debuts in the shows in the second season. Goldstein is one of the co-creators, writers, and executive producers of the series (he worked with Lawrence on Ted Lasso), and he played Lewis is Season 2, the man responsible for the car accident that killed Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) wife, Tia (Lilan Bowden). Smulders played a single mom named Sofi selling a car who shared some sparks with Segel, her How I Met Your Mother costar. Michael J. Fox will return to acting for a guest star role in Shrinking, reuniting him with his Spin City creator,...

Jason Segel’s hit Apple TV+ drama Shrinking is gearing up for a third season. He isn’t holding back the details, and we are here for it. He has laid out the storyline of the upcoming season that has enough fresh intrigue and emotional payoff to keep the audience hooked.

The co-creator of the show, Segel, along with Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, has been excited and transparent about the developments of the upcoming season. This is nothing short of a gift for an enthusiastic fan base. While season two closed on sensitive notes of forgiveness and grief, the new season of the series promises deeper emotional arcs as well as new cast members, ready to lean into the Himym kind of chemistry.

Jason Segel talks about the themes and storyline of Shrinking season 3

Segel’s latest revelations have made the viewers even more eager and intrigued about the show.

Shrinking Season 3: Apple TV+ Drops A Tease That’s Got Everyone Talking (Photo Credit – Apple TV+)

Shrinking just pulled the kind of surprise that gets fans refreshing timelines and overanalyzing every frame. As Season 3 wraps up filming, co-creator Bill Lawrence confirmed a return that no one had on their bingo card—Brett Goldstein’s Louis is officially back. And not in a blink-and-you-miss-it way. He’s in for real this time.

After dipping in during Season 2, Goldstein’s character is now positioned as a “major one” moving forward. Lawrence says the third season is all about growth across the board, not just for Jimmy. Louis isn’t just comic relief. He’s got something real brewing in his story arc. And if there’s one thing Shrinking does best, it’s digging into emotionally messy territory with charm.

Shrinking Season 3: Who’s Healing, Who’s Returning & What’s Next?...

Season three of Shrinking is currently in production!

The Apple TV+ comedy series started filming earlier this year, and we’ve been getting updates ever since.

Created by Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein, the series “follows a grieving therapist who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives … including his own.”

With the new season on the way, we are taking a look at all of the stars that are returning, and even who is set to the cast!

Keep reading inside to get the scoop on the season two cast of Shrinking…...

So, we're getting a "Scrubs" revival. It's frustrating, because I'm a huge fan of Bill Lawrence's medical comedy that originally ran from 2001 to 2010 on NBC — and, for the last year of its existence in that form, ABC. Led by Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, the show was funny, shockingly emotional, and surprisingly medically accurate, and its main cast of characters — Donald Faison's cocksure surgeon (and J.D.'s bestie) Dr. Chris Turk, Judy Reyes' tough but big-hearted nurse Carla Espinosa, Sarah Chalke's neurotic but brilliant Dr. Elliot Reid, and the stubborn and often enraged doctor who serves as J.D.'s unwilling mentor, Dr. Perry Cox, played by John C. McGinley — are uniformly excellent.

All of this sounds like it could add up to a promising reboot of the series, but I have my doubts, and it's because of Lawrence's recent comments on the forthcoming...

We just got the first hint about Bad Monkey season 2 will be about, and it won't be the storyline fans expect!

Premiering in 2024, Bad Monkey was an Apple TV+ adaptation of the wild comedic murder mystery by famed author Carl Hiaasen. It focused on Andrew Yance (Vince Vaughn), a Florida detective who's good at his job but has the bad habit of letting his arrogance and smart mouth overcome his reason. That has him busted down to a restaurant inspector, where his discovery of a severed arm in a kitchen leads him into a complex murder case involving con artists and a voodoo queen.

The show won over critics and audiences alike and earned a second-season renewal for Apple TV+. Production is set to begin, although notably, it moves from location in Florida to Los Angeles. Without too many spoilers, the first season ended with Yance solving the case but...

Shrinking Season 3 is shaping up to potentially be the best season yet for the hit Apple TV+ series. Bill Lawrence, who co-created Shrinking with Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein, recently shared new details about the upcoming third season.

Speaking with TVLine, Lawrence confirmed that Goldstein and Cobie Smulders would be returning for "multiple episodes" in Season 3 after being introduced in the previous season as Louis, the drunk driver responsible for the death of Jimmy’s wife, and Sofi, a potential love interest for Jimmy, respectively. The co-creator shared that the new season will show how Louis is moving forward in his own life following his confrontation with Jimmy in the Season 2 finale. "Forgiveness wasn’t just Jimmy’s story. It was Alice’s story, and Derek and Liz’s story, and Sean with his dad, and Gabby and her mom and sister, so this sense of moving forward exists for everybody,...

Only a day after the sophomore season of this Apple TV+ comedy hit, Shrinking, premiered, a third chapter was ordered, which began filming in mid-February of this year. Production has nearly wrapped, but unfortunately, no arrival date is set. Nevertheless, fans can expect their favorites to return to small screens soon, as co-creator Bill Lawrence recently shared details about Shrinking Season 3’s characters, both new and returning ones, including fellow creator Brett Goldstein's Louis.

Shrinking Season 3 will be centered on the characters’ moving forward, following previous runs focused on grief and forgiveness. As confirmed by Lawrence, Goldstein’s Louis will reappear in multiple episodes of the new chapter, showing him "moving forward" in his own life. The EP explained:

“Forgiveness wasn’t just Jimmy’s story. It was Alice’s [Lukita Maxwell] story, and Derek [Ted McGinley] and Liz’s [Christa Miller] story, and Sean [Luke Tennie] with his dad,...

Six months following a well-deserved renewal, this Vince Vaughn-starrer is finally giving fans some good news. Bad Monkey, from Apple TV+, ended its remarkable first run on October 9, 2024, and two months later, it was renewed for another run, but with no word on when it will return. Fortunately, thanks to the latest info from series executive producer Bill Lawrence highlighting when production begins, we now have an idea when to expect Season 2 of Bad Monkey.

TVLine caught up with Lawrence about the new season of his critics-approved dark comedy, which, according to him, will most likely commence filming this fall as writing is nearly complete. “They’re almost done in the writers’ room,” he shared. "We already had to shoot a scene from Season 2 [in Florida, since production is] moving to California, and that starts production in earnest towards the end of September."

With this, Bad Monkey’s sophomore season won’t premiere anytime...

Eight months after Bad Monkey’s Season 1 finale, and six months after the Vince Vaughn-led detective comedy was renewed at Apple TV+, executive producer Bill Lawrence tells TVLine that writing on Season 2 is nearly complete, and cameras will officially start rolling this fall.

“They’re almost done in the writers’ room,” the EP says. “We already had to shoot a scene from Season 2 [in Florida, since production is] moving to California, and that starts production in earnest towards the end of September.” (In other words, don’t expect a release date any sooner than 2026.)

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Shrinking on Apple TV+ quickly climbed the charts to become one of the viewers’ favourites. It became Jason Segel’s most acclaimed project since How I Met Your Mother. Now that season three is in the works, Segel has recently shared an encouraging update about the show’s future.

This news is exciting, not only for Shrinking fans, but also for the fans of the cult classic Himym. In his latest interview, his comments have suggested that Jimmy Laird’s story isn’t going to end so soon; it may diverge into new emotional arcs, become more expansive, and even create room for more nostalgia.

Jason Segel hints at the possibility of Season 4 for Shrinking

Jason spilled the beans in a recent appearance on the Good One podcast. He mentioned that he’d be really surprised if season three was the final season, shedding light on the fact that the...

Jimmy Kimmel is about to embark on his annual summer vacation — and ABC has enlisted a rebel spy to fill in as host.

Diego Luna will preside over Jimmy Kimmel Live! the week of Monday, June 23. According to Deadline, the Andor star’s guests will include Adria Arjona, Ariela Barer, David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Dolores Huerta, Heidi Klum, Patton Oswalt, Emma Stone and Alan Tudyk, as well as musical guests Good Charlotte, Hermanos Gutiérrez and Nezza.

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Shrinking Season 3 has nearly wrapped production, and viewers can expect to see new (and familiar) faces when the Apple TV+ comedy returns for its next batch of episodes centered on moving forward.

That’s the theme this year, following previous runs focused on grief and forgiveness. Season 2 — a TVLine Dream Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Comedy Series — introduced series co-creator Brett Goldstein as Louis, the drunk driver responsible for the death of Jimmy’s wife, Tia. In the Dec. 24 finale, Jimmy confronted Louis before he had a chance to throw himself in front of a train — and during a recent Zoom,...

Ted Lasso has become a cult classic on Apple TV+ all thanks to its brilliant writers and showrunner, who thought of the interesting script and decided to bring forward a story about love and healing, and growth that needed to be told.

One man who has contributed immensely to this process is Brett Goldstein. He not only plays a pivotal character on the show, but is also one of the key writers on it, making him fully involved in the creative process of the show. In a recent interview with Ted Danson on Team Coco, Goldstein talks about the magical phone call that changed the trajectory of his career.

The leap of faith that took Brett Goldstein into the Ted Lasso writer’s room

It indeed comes as no surprise that Brett Goldstein’s journey to stardom has been anything but conventional. Though he entered the industry years ago as...

Leighton Meester may have traded in her Upper East Side pearls for The Buccaneers’ English corsets, but the girl’s gossiping days are far from over.

Season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama premiered on Wednesday, picking up right where we left off: Nan’s wedding day. In case you need a refresher, Season 1 ended with Nan deciding to marry Theo and gaining the duchess title in order to protect both her sister Jinny and mother Patti, who’ve left their respective spouses. This all came at a personal cost to Nan: She had just professed her love to Guy, who is now M.

Exclusive: Five-time Emmy nominee Connie Britton joins the as-yet-untitled HBO Original comedy series from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses as a recurring guest star.

She joins the previously announced cast led by Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster, John C. McGinley, and Lauren Tsai.

The comedy series is set on a college campus and follows an author’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter (Clive).

Lawrence and Tarses wrote the first of 10 half-hour episodes. Lawrence executive produces the series with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer of Doozer Productions, Tarses, Jonathan Krisel, Barbie Adler, Annie Mebane, David Stassen, Anthony King, and Carell. The comedy is produced by Doozer in association with Warner Bros Television, where Lawrence’s Doozer banner and Tarses are under overall deals.

Britton recently starred in the Netflix miniseries Zero Day, working opposite Robert De Niro,...

Bill Lawrence recently offered some insight into the upcoming Scrubsrevival series. According to the creator of the flagship show, real-life changes in the medical field have influenced the new series.

Speaking to TV Line, Lawrence touched on the series' divisive ninth season while confirming that the upcoming Scrubs revival is very much about the original leading duo of Jd and Turk. "I hate the narrative, like, 'Oh, the ninth year sucked.' No, it didn't," he said. "It's sour grapes, whatever, I'm so lucky to have done it. I didn't get to work on [that season] as much, but that writing staff did a great job."

Lawerence went on to praise the actors who joined the series in its ninth season. "I think Kerry Bishé, Michael Mosley, Eliza Coupe and Dave Franco have all gone on to have great careers because they were really good," he explained. "If it had been a...

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence has given a positive update on the planned revival show, following the divisive ninth and final season. Scrubs was considered one of the most inventive and off-beat sitcoms of the 2000s, and, after seemingly concluding with Scrubs season 8, the show was renewed for Scrubs season 9, which focused on a largely new cast, with star Zach Braff appearing as Jd in six episodes. But the revival show should seek to reclaim its identity, by focusing on the core cast once again.

Per TV Line, Lawrence comes out in defense of Scrubs season 9, which was widely panned by critics and audiences, insisting that he was lucky to have made it, and that those involved have gone on to have successful careers. He also opined that had the season been a spinoff, it would not have been judged as harshly, but that he understood why it wasn't. He concludes...

There’s some terrific news circulating out there for those living with high expectations and anticipation of the hopeful Scrubs reboot. According to TV Line, the project’s executive producer, Bill Lawrence, who created the original series, plans to focus the follow-up on everyone’s favorite hospital buddies — Zach Braff’s Jd and Donald Faison’s Turk. His comments come after addressing the ninth season of the series that started it all, which only included a handful of original cast members, introducing plenty of new faces to the medical team.

Speaking about the pushback all those involved with the show’s final season received and explaining how it informed their decisions when looking forward to the next installment, Lawrence said,

“I hate the narrative, like, ‘Oh, the ninth year sucked.’ No, it didn’t. It’s sour grapes, whatever, I’m so lucky to have done it. I didn’t...

While ABC’s in-the-works Scrubs revival will feature characters both old and new, unlike Season 9, which saw Dr. John Dorian pass the proverbial torch to a new protagonist — Kerry Bishé’s Lucy Bennett — a hypothetical 10th season will be told exclusively from Vanilla Bear’s perspective.

Series mastermind Bill Lawrence revealed as much to me during a recent Zoom, where he reflected on the sitcom’s divisive ninth season and confirmed that the revival is very much about Jd and Bff Turk.

More from TVLineZach Braff: <em>Scrubs</em> Revival Will Capture Same ‘Humor and Heart,’ Show How Jd Has Been ‘Beaten...

Exclusive: Annie Mumolo (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar) has joined HBO‘s untitled comedy series from Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses as a recurring. She joins a cast let by series regulars Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Phil Dunster, Danielle Deadwyler, John C. McGinley and Lauren Tsai.

Set on a college campus, the single-camera comedy centers on an author’s (Carell) complicated relationship with his daughter, Katie (Clive).

The first of 10 half-hour episodes was written by Lawrence and Tarses. Lawrence executive produces the series with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer of Doozer Productions. The comedy is produced by Doozer in association with Warner Bros Television, where Lawrence’s Doozer banner and Tarses are under overall deals.

Mumolo, an Oscar nominee for co-writing Bridesmaids, was a series regular on NBC’s About a Boy and guest starred on the final season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Most recently,...

Though conversations around mental health and the portrayal of various ailments that affect the brain have really improved in pop culture in recent years, one topic has mostly still been the subject of either crass jokes or melodrama: any kind of dementia. Whether it's something sort of silly like Sophia (Estelle Getty) on "The Golden Girls" being forgetful and becoming extra blunt after a stroke, or heart-breakingly tragic like one lover forgetting another in the film "The Notebook," mentions of dementia tend to be inaccurate at best and genuinely harmful at worst. While a few films over the years have explored various forms of dementia with nuance, it's been especially rare on TV, until now. 

It makes sense that the hit HBO Max series "The Pitt" would take its portrayal of characters with dementia seriously, as it has been praised for its incredible medical accuracy, but the Apple TV+ comedy...

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Mash is a medical war comedy-drama series created by Larry Gelbart. Based on the 1968 novel by author Richard Hooker and its 1970 film adaptation by Ring Lardner Jr., the CBS series is set during the Korean War and it revolves around a group of military doctors as they defy orders and rely on humor to deal with the heartbreaking consequences of war. Mash stars Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, and David Ogden Stiers. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, heartfelt drama, and likeable characters in Mash, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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After “Shrinking” star Jason Segel wrapped nine seasons of the multi-cam sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” in 2014, he decided he wanted to break out of his comedy mold. But Segel said he was met with resistance from the industry.

“[It] was like a decade of being on one show and doing a bunch of romantic comedies and stuff, I decided I wanted to see if I was good at dramas, and so I, like, dove in hard,” Segel said during THR’s Comedy Actor Roundtable. And I thought, ‘Look out world. Here comes me doing drama.’ And it turns out nobody gives a shit.”

Then he did the 2015 film “The End of the Tour,” where he played the late novelist David Foster Wallace, which earned Segel excellent reviews. Richard Lawson wrote in Vanity Fair, “Segel handles Wallace’s intricate, discursive speech with remarkable dexterity, putting Wallace’s brilliant, troubled mind...

The 2009 sitcom "Cougar Town" was never a massive ratings hit; it was constantly on the verge of cancellation, with ABC pulling the cord after season 3 and TBS picking up and then pulling the cord again in season 6. The show starred Courteney Cox of "Friends" fame as main character Jules, but it never came anywhere close to being the cultural phenomenon that "Friends' was. Still, it was a fun watch that offered a lot of fun cameos for "Friends" fans to enjoy. 

For instance, halfway through season 1 Lisa Kudrow shows up as Jules' mean dermatologist. In the season 2 premiere Jennifer Aniston stops by to play Jules' therapist, and this character isn't that nice either. Finally there came Matthew Perry in season 5, who asks Jules out on a date after she crashes into his car; the storyline was extra sweet considering Perry and Cox had played lovers on "Friends" for its final five seasons.

As therapist Jimmy Laird might tell one of his patients, "All good things come to those who wait."

Well, Shrinking has been waiting patiently ... for some major Emmy love. Apple TV+'s hit comedy series only received a pair of nominations for its first season in 2023: Best Comedy Actor for Jason Segel (as Jimmy) and Best Comedy Supporting Actress for Jessica Williams (as Gaby). That's right — even Hollywood heavyweight Harrison Ford (as Paul) was snubbed. But for Season 2, Gold Derby is predicting that Shrinking will be supersized at the 2025 Emmys.

Sometimes it takes a year for Television Academy members to discover a project, particularly in this era of Peak TV when there are so many shows vying for attention. Just look at historic examples like Will & Grace, Fleabag, and Succession — all were virtually ignored for their first at bats, but then exploded with noms and wins for their second cycles.

Michael J. Fox’s next project will reunite the five-time Emmy winner with his Spin City creator, Bill Lawrence. In May, it was announced that the Back to the Futurelegend would be guest-starring on the upcoming third season of one of Apple TV+’s most popular comedy shows, Shrinking.His Shrinking appearance will be Fox’s first TV role since 2020, when he reprised his The Good Fight role of attorney Louis Canning on The Good Fight in 2020.

Following the announcement that Fox will be featured in a “major guest starring role,” Shrinking is climbing the Top 10 streaming charts. Per FlixPatrol, Shrinking is the No. 7 most-watched TV show on Apple TV+ as of June 13, having gained one spot on the chart recently. The series also currently has an impressive 94% critic score and is "certified fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Shrinking stars Jason Segel and Jessica Williams tease that the dirtiest joke ever said on television is coming up in the new season. Shrinking follows Segel's Jimmy, a therapist who, after losing his wife, starts telling his patients his honest opinion. While this method is helpful for some, his irresponsible ways do have consequences. Williams plays another therapist at the same practice, who has a brief fling with Jimmy. Also included in the cast are Harrison Ford, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, and Christa Miller. Shrinking season 3 is currently in production for Apple TV+.

In an interview with EW, Segel and Williams tease a wild joke in the new season. While Segel is one of the co-creators of the show, along with Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, Williams is an established comedian. The pair share that while filming season 3, Williams added a "lewd" joke that Lawrence thought went further...

Brett Goldstein’s here, he’s there, he’s every-f–king-where on Apple TV+ — and come September, you’ll be able to catch the two-time Emmy winner in the streamer’s original movie, All of You.

Co-written by Goldstein (Shrinking, Ted Lasso) and director William Bridges (Black Mirror), the romantic drama centers on Simon (Goldstein) and Laura (Imogen Poots), best friends since college who “drift apart when she takes a test that finds her soulmate despite years of unspoken feelings between them,” according to the synopsis. “Over the years, as their paths cross and diverge, neither can deny the feeling...

We’re now more than two years removed from the Ted Lasso Season 3 finale, and while it seemed at the time like this would be the final installment of the series, it’s since been announced that another season is in the works. Details about Ted Lasso Season 4, such as who will return or what the story will be, are few and far between at this time, but it looks like things are moving forward quicker than we expected. One of the few names confirmed to star in Season 4 is Brendan Hunt, who will reprise his role as Coach Board. Hunt recently caught up with Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of Elio, and he dropped a thrilling update when asked how things are going with Ted Lasso Season 4:

"I can't wait. I will wait, because I have to, but yeah, we're getting going on that. We start shooting pretty soon so.

The will-they-or-won’t-they relationship has been around long before sitcoms were even a thing, and though it can prove fruitful comedically, it also has its many pitfalls. If the characters don’t end up together, the audience isn’t satisfied (like The Wonder Years), but if they do end up together, the show loses a big avenue for comedy (like Frasier), and often a dramatic tension. As a result, many sitcoms try to drag out the will-they-or-won’t-they dynamic for as long as possible, which can end up being so tiresome that most viewers are ready for a won’t they.

Here are four shows that tried to keep their will-they-or-won’t-they relationships going way beyond their expiration date…

1 Ross and Rachel on ‘Friends’

Ross’ feelings for Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) are introduced in the very first episode of Friends, but they don’t get together until well into Season Two.

Bill Lawrence's "Shrinking" features an incredible band of actors, including their dream casting of Harrison Ford as the show's aging but sharp therapist, Dr. Paul Rhoades. In another time, however, Ford might have shared the screen with one of his co-stars much sooner in one of his most iconic films, if only the co-star in question hadn't been suffering from a rough morning due to the night before.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Wendie Malick, who plays Paul's love interest on the show, Dr. Julie Baram, revealed that she once auditioned for a part in a then-upcoming adventure film being handled by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas called "Raiders of the Lost Ark." As Malick recalls, "I get this call: Steven Spielberg, who I don't think I knew who he was at that time, and this guy, George Lucas. They want you to come in to meet them.

Apple TV+ may have a “Dope Thief,” but its dope queen has been thriving for two seasons now. In “Shrinking,” Jessica Williams, who rose to fame with the podcast and eventual HBO comedy variety special “2 Dope Queens,” plays fan favorite Gaby Evans, a colleague of psychotherapists Paul (Harrison Ford) and Jimmy (Jason Segel). In Season 2, Gaby navigates romance with Derrick (a new guy played by Damon Wayans Jr.), family dysfunction and a whole lot of two-steps forward, one-step back Gaby-ness that viewers have come to love. TheWrap spoke with Williams about her process and deep care of comedic timing, and why Harrison Ford is the Goat.

Damon Wayans Jr. and Jessica Williams in “Shrinking” (Apple TV+)

Nailing The Rhythm

“It’s a combination of the writing and cast chemistry. The way that [showrunner] Bill Lawrence has wanted the show to go is that anytime you mix and match one character with another,...