Season 9

On April 16, 2009, Bill Lawrence wrote on the abc.com message boards that a season 9 of Scrubs was still “50/50.” On April 28, 2009, it was announced that ABC was in talks to renew Scrubs for another year, but if this were to happen, some of the cast may or may not be back [due to other commitments], or only back part time.

Bill Lawrence also stated that Scrubs as we know it is over, although there are possibilities for the show to move forward with a new cast in an ER type role on ABC, or take a new title completely. In response to criticisms that the change would tarnish Scrubs’ legacy, Lawrence was quoted saying “‘Legacy shmegacy.’ I’m really proud of the show, I’ll continue to be proud of the show, but I love all of those people…”

On June 19, 2009, it was announced that the reformatted ninth season of Scrubs would “shift from the hospital to the classroom and make med-school professors of John C. McGinley’s Dr. Cox and Donald Faison’s Turk.” According to Lawrence, the ninth season will “be a lot like Paper Chase as a comedy”, with Cox and Turk’s students occasionally rotating through the halls of Sacred Heart and encountering former series regulars. McGinley and Faison will be joined by “a quartet of newbies (most of them playing students)” as full-time regulars, while one of the freshmen “will be fairly famous”.

Scrubs Season 9 Episode Guide: