Scrubs is an
Emmy and
Peabody Award-winning American
comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001, on
NBC. It was created by
Bill Lawrence and is produced by
ABC Studios (previously known as
Touchstone Television).
The show focuses on the lives of several people working at
Sacred Heart, a
teaching hospital. It features
fast-paced dialogue,
slapstick, and surreal
vignettes presented mostly as the
daydreams of the central character,
Dr. John Michael "J.D." Dorian.
The seventh season of
Scrubs started on October 25, 2007.
[ NBC Scrubs][ Scrubs: We need 18 episodes, stat!, a May 2007 Los Angeles Times Show Tracker blog entry] No episodes were shown between December 6, 2007, and April 10, 2008, because of the
2007–2008 writers strike.
[Hollywood Reporter] The season concluded on May 8, 2008, ending the series' run on NBC. On
November 20,
2008,
TV Guide reported that
Scrubs has been scheduled for a
January 6,
2009 premiere on ABC.
[Scrubs Scrubs in on Tuesdays, Mars Lands on Wednesday" TV Guide. November 20, 2008. Retrieved on November 21 2008.]
