After 16 Years Away, ‘Scrubs’ Returns With File-Shattering Rankings on ABC

Some sitcom revivals have been hits (King of the Hill, The Conners), whereas others have been misses (Murphy Brown, Frasier). Thus, ABC’s resolution to violate the DNR order on medical sitcom Scrubs could have appeared like a dangerous transfer. Nonetheless, one week after the present returned with a two-episode premiere, it is clear that there was on the spot Man Love between the revived present and ABC’s viewers.

In accordance with studies, Scrubs debuted to ABC’s greatest comedy streaming rankings in over a yr, with 11.36 million viewers tuning in on ABC, Disney+, and Hulu. The final premiere to hit these heights was Shifting Gears; whereas not a revival, that collection marked the return of onetime Residence Enchancment star Tim Allen to the ABC fold. It is a signal that there was an urge for food for extra of the long-running medical sitcom, which premiered on NBC in 2001 and ran for seven seasons there earlier than migrating to ABC for its ultimate two seasons. Can it keep such lofty outcomes? We’ll discover out quickly when Scrubs airs its subsequent new episode this Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.

What’s Modified at Sacred Coronary heart Hospital?

Whereas Sacred Coronary heart Hospital could look the identical (although it isn’t; North Hollywood Medical Middle, the previous residence of the collection, was demolished in 2011, and the brand new present is filmed on a recreated set in Vancouver), quite a bit has modified since J.D. (Zach Braff) final walked the halls. He is change into a concierge physician, and occurs to drop into Sacred Coronary heart whereas checking up on an aged affected person’s grandson. He in the end decides to remain, and finally ends up changing into the hospital’s new Chief of Drugs, changing his outdated mentor Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley). Plus, in a surprising reveal from the premiere, he and Elliot (Sarah Chalke), who have been married on the authentic collection’ finish, have now divorced, and are co-parenting their two kids. Turk (Donald Faison) and Carla (Judy Reyes), somewhat older and grayer, are nonetheless married, and busy parenting a brood of 4 kids along with their duties on the hospital. Plus, there is a new crop of interns to mentor, and a brand new head of HR (Vanessa Bayer) who is not going to let the outdated gang rise up to their outdated shenanigans.

Scrubs was created by Invoice Lawrence (Ted Lasso). He govt produces with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer for Doozer Productions. Aseem Batra serves as govt producer and showrunner; Randall Winston additionally govt produces, as do stars Braff, Faison, and Chalke.

New episodes of Scrubs premiere weekly on Wednesdays on ABCand stream on Hulu the following day. Keep tuned to Collider for future updates.