In case you didn’t already know… an 8th and final season is in the works. However the final season will appear on a different channel (ABC instead of NBC). The season will reunite feature the original cast in the original setting and will be of 18 episodes as planned for season 7.
Wait…. Did I say ‘original cast’? There is as of now one addition… Courtney Cox!! The friends star (Monica Gellar) coming off the recently axed drama / ‘excuse for soft porn’ Dirt which will now no longer be returning for a 3rd season as planned… (don’t get me wrong… I actually like Dirt… even the non porn parts…). She will apparently join the series as Dr. Kelso’s (the chief of medicine) replacement in Sacred Heart Hospital. She will apprently do an arc of 3-4 episodes on the show. She will apparently ’shake things up’ at sacred heart…
So Courtney ‘Monica’ Cox is back to her original genre of comedy… that’s nice. Also this makes her the second member of the Friends cast to appear on the show, the last appearance being that of Matthew Perry aka Chandler Bing in the Season 4 episode ‘My Unicorn‘ (Season 4 Episode 11). But 3-4 episodes? If she really is to play the Chief of Medicine, I believe she will need to have more episodes…
That is not the only change that is about to happen…. Read ahead…
It appears ABC, which had wanted scrubs from the beginning, is just not ready to let go of its favorite… After season 7 they are already making plans for further seasons with/without the main cast! It wont be a spin-off I guess… it will be a reboot of the series, with the focus moving to younger characters… The creator Bill Lawrence and the main star of the show J.D (Zach Braff) wont be returning… And I CAN NOT IMAGINE Turk (Donald Faison) without J.D!! or Carla (Judy Reyes) without Turk.
It has worked for shows before… and I am not talking about some of those Hindi TV series (I refrain from spoiling by blog by mentioning them by name… ah… and also I dont remember), I mean for example E.R, which is currently in its 14th season I think…
Read More about this HERE.
Do you think this is a good idea? One one hand, more scrubs, on the other different cast…
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