The popular medical sitcom Scrubs is coming back to television with its original cast, but 15 years since the final season, the stars of the show looks very different now.
ABC – which aired the show’s last two seasons – announced earlier this week that the beloved show was getting a reboot, per CNN.
The new series will be broadcast in 2025-2026, according to the outlet.
Fan-favorite cast members Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison will all be returning for the revival.
Amidst the exciting news, FEMAIL has taken a look into just how much the original Scrubs cast has changed over the last decade and a half.
Zach, 50, who played the lovable John Michael ‘J.D.’ Dorian has continued acting and directing.
He starred in and directed the critically acclaimed indie hit Garden State, and more recently appeared in the TV show Shrinking, alongside Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.
He also directed A Good Person in 2023, which starred Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman.
The popular medical sitcom Scrubs is coming back to television with its original cast, but 15 years since the final season, the stars of the show looks very different now
ABC – which aired the show’s last two seasons – announced earlier this week that the beloved show was getting a reboot, per CNN . The new series will be broadcast in 2025-2026
Amidst the exciting news, FEMAIL has taken a look into just how much the original Scrubs cast has changed over the last decade and a half
According to Deadline, the negotiations to talk Zach into returning had some major hiccups along the way.
One sticking point was the actor and filmmaker’s wish not to shoot the reboot in Vancouver, Canada, as was being proposed, presumably as a cost-cutting measure.
However, Zach reportedly insisted on keeping the series in Los Angeles.
After Scrubs, Sarah, 48, best known as Dr. Elliot Reid, went on to star in How I Met Your Mother and lent her voice to the animated show Rick and Morty.
She most recently co-led the Netflix drama Firefly Lane alongside fellow TV doctor, Katherine Heigl.
J.D.’s hilarious best friend, Turk, was played by Donald, 51.
The actor has remained a fan favorite with roles in The Exes and Emergence.
He also voiced characters in Star Wars Resistance and co-hosted the hit Fake Doctors, Real Friends podcast with Zach, revisiting their Scrubs days.
Zach Braff, 50, who played the lovable John Michael ‘J.D.’ Dorian, has continued acting and directing. He’s seen in October
Sarah Chalke, 48, best known as Dr. Elliot Reid, went on to star in How I Met Your Mother and lent her voice to Beth on the animated show Rick and Morty. She’s seen in January 2024
J.D.’s hilarious best friend, Turk, was played by Donald Faison, 51. The actor has remained a fan favorite with roles in The Exes and Emergence. He’s seen in February 2024
More of the original cast are expected to return; however, it has not been revealed who else we can expect to see again.
Scrubs director Bill Lawrence told CNN: ‘Scrubs means so very much to me. So excited for the chance to get the band back together.’
Writer Tim Hobert and director Aseem Batra will be executive producers and showrunners on the new season, per Variety.
Bill will be executive producing via Doozer Productions along with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer.
The three main cast members – Zach, Sarah, and Donald – are also executive producers in addition to starring.
Scrubs had a nine-season run from 2001 to 2010 and told the story of J.D., a young doctor working at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital.
His best friend from college, Turk, played by Donald, and his on-off love interest Elliot, portrayed by Sarah, are fellow doctors at the hospital.
Fan-favorite cast members Zach, Sarah, and Donald will all be returning for the revival. They’re seen together in March
In the reboot, ‘JD and Turk scrub together for the first time in a long time,’ according to the synopsis shared with CNN.
‘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.’
Bill has been teasing a reboot of the popular show for years.
‘We’re definitely going to do it, just because we’ve all been enjoying hanging out,’ he told LadBible in August 2024.
‘I think we’ll figure it out in the next six months or so, what we want to do.’
