
describes himself as a "sensi", short for "sensitive guy", enjoying acoustic alternative music and being a lover of hugs.
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His voice-over to the series comes from his internal thoughts and often features surreal fantasies. is a young physician, who begins the series as an intern.
Zach Braff portrays John Michael "J.D." Dorian, the show's protagonist and narrator. Starting with the ninth season, many of the original cast left as regular characters, while four new additions were made to the main cast. McGinley, Neil Flynn, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Ken Jenkins, and Judy Reyes.įor the first eight seasons, the series featured seven main cast members, with numerous other characters recurring throughout the course of the series. Main article: List of Scrubs characters Scrubs ' original cast, seasons 1–8 (left to right): John C. The webisodes that accompanied season eight, Scrubs: Interns, also were named "Our.". Starting with season nine, the episode titles start with "Our." as the focus has shifted from the perspective of J.D. The transfer of the narration duties usually occurs at a moment of physical contact between two characters. at the beginning and the end, these episodes primarily contain internal narration from other characters besides J.D. Apart from a brief period of narration from J.D. A few episodes are told from another character's perspective and have episode titles such as "His Story" or "Her Story". John Dorian writing in his diary (revealed in the commentary on the DVD of the first-season episode " My Hero"). Bill Lawrence says this is because each episode is Dr. Īlmost every episode title for the first eight seasons begins with the word "My". It opened up a visual medium that those of us as comedy writers were not used to." Actors were given the chance to improvise their lines on set with encouragement by series creator Bill Lawrence, with Neil Flynn and Zach Braff being the main improvisors. According to Bill Lawrence, "What we decided was, rather than have it be a monotone narration, if it's going to be Zach's voice, we're going to do everything through J.D.'s eyes. Most episodes feature multiple story lines thematically linked by voice-overs done by Braff, as well as the comical daydreams of J.D. John Michael "J.D." Dorian ( Zach Braff) for the first eight seasons, with season nine being narrated by the new main character Lucy Bennett ( Kerry Bishé). Scrubs focuses on the unique point of view of its main character and narrator, Dr.
A ninth season, subtitled Med School, premiered on December 1, 2009, and on May 14, 2010, ABC officially canceled the series. During the seventh season, NBC announced that it would not renew the show ABC announced it had picked up the eighth season of the series, intended to be the final season, which began airing on January 6, 2009. The series received a Peabody Award in 2006. Scrubs, produced by the television production division of Walt Disney Television, premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. Of the original cast, only Braff, Faison, and McGinley remained regular cast members, while the others, with the exception of Reyes, made guest appearances Kerry Bishé, Eliza Coupe, Dave Franco, and Michael Mosley became series regulars, with Bishé becoming the show's new narrator. Fox and Colin Farrell.Īlthough season eight's " My Finale" was conceived and filmed as a series finale, the show was eventually revived for a ninth season, subtitled Med School, with the setting moved to a medical school, and new cast members introduced. The series featured multiple guest appearances by film actors, such as Brendan Fraser, Heather Graham, Michael J. The main cast for all but its last season consisted of Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, John C. The series was noted for its fast-paced slapstick and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the central character, John "J.D." Dorian, played by Zach Braff. The title is a play on surgical scrubs and a term for a low-ranking person because at the beginning of the series, most of the main characters are medical interns. The series follows the lives of employees at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital, which is a teaching hospital.
Scrubs (stylized as ) is an American sitcom created by Bill Lawrence that aired from October 2, 2001, to March 17, 2010, on NBC and later ABC.