If the return of Scrubs made you’re feeling such as you had been abruptly again in your dorm room circa 2004… nicely, similar. At a time after I can’t consider something I may use greater than a giant ol’ dose of hopeful nostalgia, the long-awaited revival premiered this week on ABC, bringing again the lovable bunch of weirdos who roamed Sacred Coronary heart Hospital practically twenty years in the past. J.D., Turk, Elliot, Carla, Dr. Cox — the gang’s all right here! And to not sound grasping, however we’re just a few episodes in and I already need extra. How probably is one other season of the reboot, although?
Judging by the early rankings, I’m not the one one (by far) who was very able to reunite with these beloved characters. So, let’s discuss what which means… and what else we nonetheless should stay up for within the first season of the Scrubs revival.
Has the Scrubs reboot been renewed for Season 2?
OK, so not but. Nevertheless, and that is necessary, issues are wanting extraordinarily promising.
The premiere pulled in 11.36 million viewers throughout platforms inside its first 5 days, together with on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+, and different digital platforms. The debut marked the community’s largest comedy episode and high streaming collection debut in over a 12 months.
On conventional TV alone, the Scrubs reboot drew 4.4 million viewers stay and same-day, that means the five-day complete jumped 158% as soon as streaming and delayed viewing had been tallied.
So, whereas ABC hasn’t formally renewed the collection but, early rankings like these typically significantly enhance the chance of a community ordering one other season. I imply, if individuals maintain watching at this tempo, why wouldn’t they renew it?!
Who may return for Season 2?
The largest impediment the reboot faces relating to returning solid members is the truth that a number of of them are concurrently engaged on different productions. Now, it’s probably that followers would see lots of the similar faces return to Sacred Coronary heart in a second season that we’re seeing this season — we simply could not see them each episode.
Up to now, the collection has introduced again Zach Braff (J.D.), Donald Faison (Turk), Sarah Chalke (Elliot), Judy Reyes (Carla), and John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox).
Nevertheless, Reyes will solely seem in 4 episodes this season, and McGinley three, because of different commitments. She stars within the hit ABC collection Excessive Potenial, whereas he seems in Rooster, the brand new HBO Max comedy collection starring Steve Carell. Nonetheless, each expressed enthusiasm about returning when their schedules enable if the present continues.
“F*ck yeah,” Reyes advised Deadline of the thought, to which McGinley chimed in, “I echo that one — f*ck yeah.”
Additionally popping into the reboot this season will probably be OG Scrubs solid members Neil Flynn (Janitor) and Christa Miller (Jordan), who’ve each been busy on the wonderful Apple TV collection Shrinking.
One other thrilling tidbit for longtime followers: Dr. Kelso may return in Season 2.
Though actor Ken Jenkins — who performed the sharp-tongued, sexist former chief of drugs — is now in his mid-80s and retired from performing, collection creator Invoice Lawrence revealed to Deadline that he has plans for Dr. Kelso’s return.
“Dr. Kelso will probably be again subsequent 12 months,” Lawrence mentioned. “It simply didn’t work out this 12 months, however it should subsequent 12 months.”
And, after all, there’s additionally a brand new era of medical doctors within the reboot who would probably return for a second season… relying on how their first intern 12 months goes! This contains Vanessa Bayer, David Gridley, Ava Bunn, Jacob Dudman, Amanda Morrow, and Layla Mohammadi.
What may Season 2 be about?
The revival jumps ahead 16 years after the unique collection finale, ignoring the controversial ninth season and catching up with the characters lengthy after the cameras stopped rolling.
We see J.D. return to Sacred Coronary heart for what begins as a brief go to earlier than Dr. Cox passes him the proverbial torch. He rejoins Turk and Carla, who now have 4 daughters. We be taught that J.D. and Elliot didn’t make it as a married couple, however additionally they have kids collectively.
A second season, in true Scrubs trend, would undoubtedly maintain digging into these relationships. Are Elliot and J.D. accomplished for good? Will J.D. being again assist shake Turk out of his burnout? How will the brand new medical doctors fare?
The collection will certainly additionally proceed to deal with adjustments in fashionable healthcare by way of a important but comedic lens.
When may Season 2 premiere?
Community TV tends to maneuver fairly a bit sooner than straight-up streamers, so it’s not out of the query to suppose we may get a second season as early as late this 12 months, relying on scheduling.
For now, we’ll simply have to take a seat tight and see how the remainder of Season 1 performs. However with sturdy early rankings and a wave of heat and fuzzy nostalgia driving viewers again to Sacred Coronary heart, one other season looks like a strong guess.
New episodes of Scrubs air Wednesdays at 8/7c on ABC.
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