Scrubs: Med School

[Rappy Veteran]

Some Casting News!

[LUCY TOMPKINS] 22-year-old first year med-student, very attractive all-American girl, from a close-knit family of commercial fishermen. Grew up working class in a very rich town (a la the Hamptons). The entire family has sacrificed and placed all their hopes and dreams on her success. She's the first one to go to college, let alone med school. Lucy is bright and has learned impressive surgical skills from gutting fish, but is overwhelmed by the pressure of the workload, the new environment and her family's expectations. She constantly contemplates quitting, but she never will. She has a nervous habit of lying about trivial things to connect with people, then immediately copping to the lie out of guilt. Despite the competitive nature of the school, Lucy has a positive view of people to the point of na?vet?. She will also reveal herself to be tougher than everyone thinks. SERIES REGULAR. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

[DREW SUFFIN] 30-year-old med student, scruffy but attractive with sex appeal, and charisma. A Bill Murray-type. This is his second and probably last shot at medical school. He had been-ten years earlier-a top candidate at Harvard Medical school with perfect scores, a perfect fianc? and a photographic memory until he crashed in a spectacular fashion. Hiding his dark past, he's bounced around for most of the last decade and now finally has it all together... or does he? On a day-to-day basis he has to resist those situations and bad habits that triggered his famous flame-out. Drew is obviously a generation older than the other students and, although he has a tendency to fight for the underdog, he is not happy about being given the role of de facto "mentor" to the young students and completely resists any friendships that may come out of that. His cool, wise-ass demeanor masks a tightly-wound and terrified former self sptv050769. SERIES REGULAR. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

[COLE MCCALLISTER] 22-year-old med student, very handsome, charming, conservative, confidently stupid, impeccably-dressed and incredibly entitled. His family donated a wing to the med school and he has a residency slot waiting for him at Sacred Heart when he graduates. Cole seems like a sweet, nice guy at first but is quickly revealed to be a gigantic ass. He's competitive, manipulative, tries to psyche people out and never pulls his weight in labs or study groups. Although still four years away from being a doctor, he recklessly delivers explicit and erroneous medical advice to patients. His attitude and pedigree are an enormous irritant to Dr. Cox. Cole has shades of a young George W. Bush, someone who was born on third base but thinks he hit a triple. SERIES REGULAR. PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES.

Edited January 3, 2010 by Rappy

[Tech Star]

This is going to get wired. :( It's just not going to be the same. :no:

I will watch it though and see if I like it when it starts. :)

[idoia]

Scrubs should have died 3 seasons ago.

[Rappy Veteran]

This is going to get wired. :( It's just not going to be the same. :no:

I will watch it though and see if I like it when it starts. :)

Yeah same but I think its going to be ok if there's a new cast with the old cast occasionally coming back! :)

[Colin-uk Veteran]

sounds a bit crap :/

guess i'll see what the first episode is like first tho :p

[Inctye]

sounds a bit crap :/

guess i'll see what the first episode is like first tho :p

This is just one of those series that can't be remade after the original cast leaves. Rarely, if ever, has any popular show ever succeeded in that fashion. I look forward to the first episode with caution.

[closetgeek]

Scrubs should have died 3 seasons ago.

Yup. It was a great show, I used to love it. But sometimes, people just need to know when to let something go. Better to burn out than to fade away, etc.

I might watch an episode if I catch it, but I'm not holding out much hope for it.

[jelli]

This is going to go well at all :/

[Rappy Veteran]

Sacred Heart University -- that's what we've dubbed it for now -- has just accepted a new first year med student.

Sources tell me Dave Franco has been cast as a "Scrubs"' series regular, the first of three new actors to join the show later this year.

You may recognize Franco from "Privileged" on which he played Rose (Lucy Hale)'s boyfriend Zach. Or, perhaps, you see the resemblance between him and his big brother, James.

Either way, if you're a "Scrubs" fan, you'll get to know Dave later this year when he takes on the role of "Cole," a 22-year-old medical student, who might rub people the wrong way. I'm hearing he's a crazy entitled, rich kid whose family has no problem using their money to give him an edge.

As you can imagine, Dr. Cox will be a huge fan of his. Or just hate him with a nasty vengeance... which I very much look forward to seeing.

Source: Korbi

[Rappy Veteran]

OK, so Turk and Dr. Cox are the teachers on the new Scrubs; who are the students?

MICKEY: Well, you may have read that this guy has been cast as Cole, a "charming, conservative, confidently stupid and incredibly entitled" medical student. He'll be joined by the yet-to-be-cast Drew, who's kind of a mini-J.D. ? in that he immediately inspires Dr. Cox's ire ? and the well-meaning Lucy, whose bedside manner, unfortunately, includes pathological lying.

[Rappy Veteran]

In Bill Lawrence's interview with our own Joel Keller, he said: "There's going to be a new young lady with a voice over and she's either going to be funny and talented and great, or the show's gonna crater."

Well, now we know who that young lady is and I'm sure Kerry Bishe (Virtuality) will be thrilled to find out that Lawrence is hinging the entire success of Scrubs 2.0 on her. No pressure! She joins Dave Franco, cast earlier this week, and Michael Mosley to complete the new faces of Scrubs (Med School?).

Besides being the new narrative voice for the show, and presumably the lead, Bishe will be a 22-year old first-year med student. She's the first in her family of fisherman to go to college. Mosley, the other new cast member signed today, is ten years older than the rest of the students, the result of a major meltdown a decade earlier when he was at Harvard. So this is his second chance.

It's also the second chance for Scrubs, as it tries to re-brand itself as a medical school comedy rather than a hospital comedy. With a largely new cast, and largely new classroom sets, even Bill Lawrence isn't thrilled that ABC wants to continue calling it Scrubs (you did read that interview, right?). It's not like this is ER, where they're just shifting out cast members and bringing in new ones. They're changing the whole tone and focus of the series.

I don't see why a subtitle like Scrubs: Med School would be such a big deal; I've got my fingers crossed that Lawrence can at least pull that off. The new show's going to find a much better chance of success if potential new viewers aren't seeing at the ninth season of a show they already didn't watch, but rather the first season of something spinning out of something they've always heard about. Curiosity would at least be a little higher.

Unfortunately, Lawrence is right about one thing. In order for this to work, Eliza Coupe, Bishe and the rest of the newcomers are going to have to step up and carry this show. Here's hoping they can pull it off.

Source: TV Squad

[Ayepecks]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. (Y)

[Rappy Veteran]

[burnsflipper]

How did you get that :shiftyninja: anyway, loved Scrubs, have all the seasons, let's hope this one don't dissapoint

[Rappy Veteran]

I wish I got it...just posted that from Twitter :p

[Rappy Veteran]

a shot from the new set!

[Omen1393]

Did they move the set or is it in the same spot?

My friend lives a 5 minute drive away from the hospital where they film Scrubs.

[Rappy Veteran]

Did they move the set or is it in the same spot?

My friend lives a 5 minute drive away from the hospital where they film Scrubs.

I think its the same place but they changed around so it looks different

[Rappy Veteran]

"Scrubs" 2.0 will premiere Dec. 1.

ABC on Wednesday announced the premiere date for the upcoming ninth season of the veteran comedy series, which is going through a major transformation, ditching its hospital its setting and introducing a largely new cast.

"Scrubs" will launch with back-to-back episodes Dec. 1 at 9 p.m., moving to its regular Tuesday 9 p.m. time slot the following week.

The show's companion, sophomore "Better Off Ted," will debut Dec. 8 following "Scrubs."

thr

[Doli]

about the new set:

In the world of the show, the decaying Sacred Heart building has been torn down and replaced by a new facility on the same campus as its affiliated medical school.

"The idea is that they ran out of money because of the economy," Lawrence explains, "so there's doors that go to nowhere and half-finished operating rooms and stuff."

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.s...ews_next_s.html

[tsupersonic]

Woot, can't wait.

[Rappy Veteran]

Promo Shots!

[coresx]

Ahhh, new people!

[JoHideo]

Is Zach Braff back for the show? I thought it was pretty clear he was leaving?

[Rappy Veteran]

Is Zach Braff back for the show? I thought it was pretty clear he was leaving?

he is back for the first 9 or so just so we get the transition