Scrubs Revival Adds Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke to Its Roster Alongside Zach Braff, Reuniting the Series' Original Trio

The upcoming Scrubs revival volition spot the archetypal series' halfway trio of characters reunite, arsenic Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke person signed up to articulation pb histrion Zach Braff for caller episodes.

With Faison and Chalke's casting present confirmed, ABC has besides present officially greenlit the revival, which is owed to aerial successful either precocious 2025 oregon aboriginal 2026.

Braff, Faison and Chalke starred arsenic bid regulars JD, Turk and Elliot passim Scrubs' archetypal 8 seasons, from 2001 to 2009. The amusement past attempted to proceed connected into a ninth season, albeit without the bulk of its archetypal cast, and was cancelled soon after.

Throughout the show, JD and Turk remained champion friends — and the actors down the characters person stayed pals successful the years since, hosting a Scrubs podcast together. Now, the pair's relationship looks to beryllium a cardinal constituent successful the revival, arsenic mentioned successful this authoritative ABC blurb:

"JD & Turk scrub successful unneurotic for the archetypal clip successful a agelong clip — medicine has changed, interns person changed, but their bromance has stood the trial of time. Characters caller and aged navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, bosom and immoderate surprises on the way."

Intriguingly there's nary notation of Chalke's quality Elliot there, past seen joined to JD and raising their child. But what we bash person is confirmation that the bid is remaining astatine the show's archetypal mounting of Sacred Heart infirmary — thing which surely leaves the doorway unfastened to different returning characters arsenic well.

Elliot, JD and Turk. Image credit: Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images.

"Scrubs means truthful precise overmuch to me," said archetypal bid creator Bill Lawrence, who volition present service arsenic an enforcement shaper connected the show's caller episodes. "So excited for the accidental to get the set backmost together."

Braff, meanwhile, posted an Instagram communicative singing the Scrubs taxable tune — "I'm nary Superman" — replacing the rubric with the words "I request Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison". How's that for beingness support!

Image credit: Chris Haston/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images.

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