Scrubs creator Invoice Lawrence has stated he believes the upcoming reboot of the present is a “no lose” scenario.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the medical sitcom can be returning, with Lawrence engaged on a brand new incarnation of the present with twentieth Tv for ABC. Selection indicated that Lawrence wouldn’t function showrunner for the brand new model of the present, and no solid are presently hooked up to the mission.
Now, Lawrence has spoken to the Los Angeles Occasions about his determination to revisit the present, saying: “If I assumed it was a foul concept, I wouldn’t do it. I’m not chasing commerce and with out being self-aggrandizing, I don’t have to.”
Explaining that the present will probably be greater than a easy continuation of the prevailing present, he added: “Creatively, if any individual stated, ‘Do you wish to choose Scrubs up proper again in the identical hospital with the identical individuals on a standard day, the whole lot’s again to regular?’ No, that will be disingenuous to the story. Am I curious and might I consider a bunch of tales about the place a few of these characters are years later, not being child interns anymore, and having new younger individuals round them, with the way in which the medical world has modified – yeah, and not using a shadow of a doubt. That inventive reply was simple.”
“It’s not going to be a mailed-in money seize,” he continued. “There will probably be a bunch of the unique Scrubs writers on the present; there can even be a bunch of recent writers.”
Lawrence additionally addressed the pushback from some Scrubs followers, saying it made him “incredulous”.
“Exhibits that I care about have had reboots,” he defined. “That is my angle: If it’s a present I like, I’m gonna watch it. If it’s nice, I’m gonna be tremendous completely happy. If it’s good, no matter, at the very least it didn’t offend me. And if it sucks, I’m gonna be tremendous completely happy to badmouth how a lot it sucks to my pals. Not on the web. However that’s how I watch TV. To me, that’s a no-lose. What’s the massive deal?”
Scrubs ran for 9 seasons from 2001 to 2010 and earlier this yr, Zach Braff, who performed J.D., stated that whereas he and the solid had been “exhausted” by the top of the ultimate season, they might nonetheless be up for a reunion.
“I miss laughing day-after-day,” he stated. “Stomach laughing day-after-day was – that was the job. And when that goes away, by the point 9 years had been over, we had been type of all exhausted by it.”
Lawrence, in the meantime, lately revealed which episodes of the present he believes are “stinkers”.