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Given the uncertainty of the series' future at the time, creator Bill Lawrence was happy to end it after eight seasons with the two-parter "My Finale." As ABC wanted another season, Lawrence developed the ninth and what ended up being the final season as a spinoff called Scrubs: Med School As part of the dramatic[...]
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When we last checked in with how things were looking regarding the possibility of Bill Lawrence's Zach Braff & Donald Faison-starring Scrubs making a return, it was during a panel for Lawrence, Jason Segel, and Brett Goldstein's Apple TV+ series Shrinking in April 2023 That was when Christa Miller explained that the cast of the beloved[...]
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Over the weekend, at a panel for Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel & Brett Goldstein's Apple TV+ series Shrinking, Christa Miller had an update on the rumblings that Lawrence's Zach Braff & Donald Faison-starring Scrubs would be getting the band back together for a project of some type Our first heads-up came during the 2022 ATX TV Festival[...]
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Over the past ten months, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence has had some pretty promising things to say about the Zach Braff & Donald Faison-starring series getting the band back together for something new The first time that we got the heads-up was during the 2022 ATX TV Festival (more on that below), and then again[...]
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Fans of Bill Lawrence's Scrubs have a very good reason to remember the 2022 ATX TV Festival That was when they first learned from the series creator, as well as series stars Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, John C McGinley, Judy Reyes, and Neil Flynn, that plans were underway to get the band back[...]
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Neelankavil; Emily Maya Mills as Ethel Merman; Michael Bolton as Michael Bolton, Mandy Moore as Mandy Moore, Ian Ziering as Ian Ziering; Steve Kerr as Steve Kerr; and Jeffrey Muller, Kyle Lau, Dannah Phirman, and Danielle Schneider. Image: HBO Max Image: HBO Max This modern refresh of the Phil Lord ("Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," "The Afterparty," and "21[...]
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The last time we checked in on how things were going with HBO Max and Christopher Miller, Phil Lord & Bill Lawrence's revival of Clone High, it was the beginning of the year, and Art Director Tara Billinger had a very promising update to share ("In the depths of post-production & combing through these finishing[...]
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A little more than two months ago, animation fans were treated to brief previews of HBO Max's upcoming 2023 take on Miller, Phil Lord & Bill Lawrence's Clone High in honor of the original series' 20th anniversary Well, based on the reactions we received from the coverage, it's pretty clear that a lot of you[...]
LOS ANGELES - FEB 20: Christa Miller at the "Just Before I Go" Premiere at the ArcLight Hollywood Theaters on April 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA (Image: Joe Seer/Shutterstock.com)
The series is executive produced by Segel and Ted Lasso co-creator/EP Bill Lawrence, writer-producer Brett Goldstein, Jeff Ingold, and Liza Katzer. LOS ANGELES – FEB 20: Christa Miller at the "Just Before I Go" Premiere at the ArcLight Hollywood Theaters on April 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA (Image: Joe Seer/Shutterstock.com) The series follows Jimmy (Segel), a[...]
Shrinking: Harrison Ford to Play Shrink in TV Comedy About a Shrink
Harrison Ford will be playing a shrink, co-starring with lead Jason Segel in Shrinking, Apple TV+'s 10-episode comedy series written and executive produced by Segel and Ted Lasso's co-creator/executive producer/showrunner Bill Lawrence and star/writer/producer Brett Goldstein, who also stars in Ted Lasso as everyone's favourite foul-mouthed footballer Roy Kent[...]
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Now the tight-knit sitcom family will reunite once again at the ATX TV Festival, which is set to take place this summer. Donald Faison and Zach Braff on Scrubs (Image: ABC Studios) Created by Bill Lawrence in 2001 and running for nine seasons, the series follows the misadventures of Dr John Dorian (Braff), a resident medical doctor[...]
Isabella Gomez, Gavin Lewis, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, and Adrian Matthew Escalona in Head of the Class (2021). Image courtesy of Nicole Wilder / HBO Max / WarnerMedia
It seems like Head of the Class won't be graduating to a sophomore season as HBO Max has canceled the Bill Lawrence–led reboot The WarnerMedia streamer released its initial season that consisted of 10 episodes on November 4 The multi-camera series came from the creator of Scrubs and Ted Lasso, who served as an executive[...]
Isabella Gomez, Gavin Lewis, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, and Adrian Matthew Escalona in Head of the Class (2021). Image courtesy of Nicole Wilder / HBO Max / WarnerMedia
There's a lot to unpack from the pilot of the Bill Lawrence reboot of the ABC series Head of the Class on HBO Max First, the only way you can really compare it at this point since it is the pilot is that he's evoking the Michael Elias and Rich Eustis-created series in a contemporary[...]
Head of the Class HBO Max Reboot Trailer Introduces New Cast
Following in its predecessor's footsteps, the Bill Lawrence adaptation will adopt a similar approach with a 21st century spin on the teacher trying to inspire his/her overachieving students to get more out of life than their grades The trailer starts off with Alicia awkwardly introducing herself to her students. Isabella Gomez in Head of the Class[...]
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - November 12, 2011. Jason Segel at the World premiere of "The Muppets" held at El Capitan Theater, Los Angeles.
The star of How I Met Your Mother and Forgetting Sarah Marshall has set up a new comedy series at Apple TV+ with Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and Emmy Award-winning star, writer & co-executive producer Brett Goldstein. Segel will also write for the series and executive produce He will play a therapist who decides to think outside[...]
Head of the Class Original Star Robin Givens in HBO Max Reboot [VIDEO]
HBO Max announced the return of Robin Givens, the first alum of the ABC series to return for the Bill Lawrence-spearheaded reboot The actress reprises her role as Darlene Merriman, a former student of the original Individualized Honors Program (IHP) Her character since being married is now Darlene Hayward, an ambitious lawyer with a degree[...]
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Apple TV+ announced today a new 10-episode drama from Emmy Award-nominated writer and executive producer Bill Lawrence (Spin City, Cougar Town) Bad Monkey Vince Vaughn (Freaky, Brawl in Cell Block 99), will star and executive produce the series The series, which had been in the works at Apple for a while, is based on Carl[...]
Out of Death Star Jamie King on Her Hero’s Journey & Bruce Willis
It's one of the things I'm most proud of, and glad people supported us." Written by Bill Lawrence, Out of Death also stars Lala Kent and Michael Sirow The film is currently in theaters and on-demand. https://youtu.be/ulT5QB_uJL0Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Out of Death | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical Entertainment (https://youtu.be/ulT5QB_uJL0) [...]
Head of the Class Star Isabella Gomez Talks Leading HBO Max Reboot
While promoting her horror film Initiation for Saban Films, I spoke with the actress about her upcoming starring role on the HBO Max reboot of the ABC 80s sitcom Head of the Class, which was recently ordered to series following the pilot from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence. Image courtesy of DFree / Shutterstock.com Despite only shooting the pilot,[...]
Head of the Class Reboot Receives Full Semester Order at HBO Max
Head of the Class will be in full session with HBO Max ordering a full 10-episode season for Bill Lawrence's reboot Based on the popular 80 primetime series on ABC created by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias, the original series followed a teacher Charlie Moore (Howard Hesseman), who tries to unlock the potential of overachieving[...]
Head of the Class: HBO Max Rounds Cast for Reboot Pilot
Images courtesy of Joe Seer and DFree / Shutterstock.com The reboot comes from American Vandal writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen along with Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence and his Doozer Productions Warner Bros Television produced the original 1986 ABC series, which ran for 116 episodes across five seasons Originally created by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis,[...]
The cast of Clone High (Image: MTV Studios)
MTV Studios continues making waves in the animation world, announcing on Friday a deal with original series creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse) and Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) for a re-imaging of their 2002 television series Clone High Original series writer Erica Rivinoja will serve as showrunner, and write the pilot with Lord and[...]
Donald Faison and Zach Braff on Scrubs (Image: NBCUniversal)
Scrubs fans learned last week that series creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios requested that Hulu remove three episodes from the Zack Braff/Donald Faison/Sarah Chalke hospital sitcom, and now Lawrence is offering some insight into the decision Joining Braff and Faison's podcast Fake Doctors, Real Friends (you can listen to it below), Lawrence apologized to the[...]
Donald Faison and Zach Braff on Scrubs (Image: NBCUniversal)
You can now add series creator Bill Lawrence's hospital sitcom Scrubs Lawrence and ABC Studios requested that Hulu remove the following episodes from the Zack Braff/Donald Faison/Sarah Chalke that featured characters in blackface: "My Fifteen Seconds" (s03e07), "My Jiggly Ball" (s05e04), and "My Chopped Liver" (s0517) The move was confirmed by Lawrence in a response[...]
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School is back in session as another 80s gem makes its way back to television with the Head of the Class reboot under development from Bill Lawrence for HBO Max The sitcom one of several series getting a 21st-century update With the success of those like Fuller House, One Day at a Time, streamers like[...]
Sam Lloyd as Ted Strickland in Scrubs. Image Courtesy of ABC
Lloyd frequently collaborated with the Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence appearing in Spin City and reprising Ted for Cougar Town (both aired on ABC) Whether if someone else's fall causes him to spill his coffee or gets himself into an embarrassing situation, Ted always provided a welcome awkward chuckle He even managed his own catchphrase, "Oh!"[...]
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From Bill Lawrence, the creator of Scrubs, we learned what the inspiration for Dr "JD" John Dorian (Zach Braff) is up to Time to update your headcanon, so turn on some early 2000's college rock and prepare to be excited and inspired by what our real-life "JD" has been up to: This is the guy I[...]
'Whiskey Cavalier': It's Closing Time for "Fully and Finally Cancelled" ABC Series
Less than a day after executive producer Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) offered fans of Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead) and Scott Foley's (Scandal) Whiskey Cavalier some hope that ABC would reconsider the series' cancellation, it appears the network is calling "closing time" the comedy-spy drama Series creator, executive producer, and showrunner David Hemingson took to Twitter on Friday to announce that[...]
'Whiskey Cavalier' Season 2: ABC Might Not Be Announcing "Last Call" After All
Less than a day after executive producer Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) promised fans of Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead) and Scott Foley's (Scandal) Whiskey Cavalier answers to the season finale even if the series wasn't picked up for a second season, fans of the action-spy dramedy have new reason to hope. Though reps for ABC and Warner Bros[...]