Scrubs revival: Zach Braff insisted on one major change before coming back, here’s what it was

Scrubs is a medical sitcom created by Bill Lawrence.

It premiered in 2001 and ran till 2010. The series was cancelled after nine seasons. Here's the official synopsis as per IMDb:

"After years apart, best friends JD and Turk reunite at Sacred Heart hospital, where they face modern medical challenges alongside fresh faces while keeping their legendary friendship alive."

Its reboot is expected to release on February 25, 2026. Zach Braff recently revealed one condition he put to the makers for his return. He will be reprising his role as Dr. John Dorian, aka J.D., in the forthcoming reboot.

Zach Braff reveals his condition for returning to Scrubs reboot

Zach Braff recently revealed his condition for returning to the Scrubs revival. He said,

"We are real adults. Joking aside, one of the mandates from Bill [Lawrence] and myself was, we don’t want them to be children."

He added,

"Obviously, silly guys, but when things get serious, they drop in and they’re adults, whether it’s dealing with their children or dealing with relationships exploding, or, most importantly, dealing with the emergencies of the patients and teaching these young crop of interns, that’s all played real."

The trailer also featured the two lead characters creating an eagle. But the stunt doubles were injured during the shoot. Donald Faison said,

“The stuntman broke his face open pretty much."

Braff added,

“We only did one take of it, and that’s what you’re seeing, because he fell so hard onto the floor and cut his eye. We have our onset doctor, who’s our consultant, he took one look at and he’s like,’Yeah, you need a stitch.’ And we’re like, ‘All right, Take One it is.'”

Scrubs Season 10 is showrun by Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra. Its cast members include,

• Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian
• Donald Faison as Dr. Chris Turk
• Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid
• Andy Ridings as Wes
• John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox
• Judy Reyes as Carla Espinosa
• Robert Maschio as Dr. Todd Quinlan
• Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan
• Neil Flynn as The Janitor
• Phill Lewis as Dr. Hooch
• Lisa Gilroy as Lily
• Vanessa Bayer as Sibby
• Joel Kim Booster as Dr. Eric Park
• Ava Bunn as Serena
• Jacob Dudman as Asher
• David Gridley as Blake
• Layla Mohammadi as Amara
• Amanda Morrow as Dashana
• Rachel Bilson as Charlie

The new season was shot in Vancouver, where a hospital was created on a sound stage.

“I never thought it would be 100% accurate or to scale, I thought it would be like 65% to scale. It’s over 30,000 square feet. It is pretty much every place we shot in the old abandoned hospital recreated on stage, just extraordinary work by the production designer and his team. It used to be the old hospital on Riverside and Whitsett, for those in L.A. that read this and know where that is, and literally, you’ll be in the set, and you’ll go, oh, that’s Riverside that way."

The new season of Scrubs is set to premiere on February 25, 2026, on ABC.

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