SCRUBS saved?

One of the biggest casualties of the writer's strike was the unlikely "proper send off" of NBC's much-abused Scrubs. This was to be its last year, and the strike kinda pushed the whole plan out the window because the season could not be finished.

Head honcho Bill Lawrence was even in discussions to do a direct to DVD finale because it didn't look like NBC would let the show finish.

Well, wheels are in motion (again) to have ABC pick the show up. Some of you may remember that ABC announced a year ago that it would air the show's seventh and final season if NBC didn't pick it up. NBC picked it up (possibly to keep it out of ABC's hands) and was on its way to letting the show end the way it should. But the strike happened, and NBC isn't keen on letting a ratings-challenged show on its way out take up more airtime.

Thankfully, ABC would. And who could blame it? Name an ABC comedy... Name a funny ABC comedy. (If you said Carpoolers, I'll give you half a point.)

But ABC isn't planning on just airing the back half of the season, they've offered to fund and air EIGHTEEN more episodes. That should be more than enough to let Lawrence send the show off the way it deserves.

Now the only question is if they can convince Zach Braff to do another eighteen. His contract is up (he almost left the show after last year's season due to his movie career, which has fizzled a bit in the last 12 months). But even last year, Lawrence said he would make the best of a Braff-less season if it came down to it, so it is possible...