Zach Braff could quickly be scrubbing again in at Sacred Coronary heart. The actor is on board to reprise the position of J.D. in a reboot of “Scrubs” being developed at ABC.

The reboot was first reported to be in early improvement in December, with authentic collection creator Invoice Lawrence serving as government producer however not showrunner.

Lawrence, Braff and different “Scrubs” alum have mentioned the concept of a reboot for years, however it couldn’t go into movement till after negotiations between Disney, which owns the IP, and Warner Bros. Tv, the place Lawrence has an general deal. Whereas engaged on “Scrubs” at Disney-owned twentieth Tv, Lawrence stays beneath his deal at WBTV, the place he produces the Apple TV+ comedy collection “Shrinking,” “Ted Lasso” and “Unhealthy Monkey.”

“Scrubs” premiered in 2001 on NBC, which aired the collection for seven seasons earlier than cancelling it. It was then renewed by ABC for an eighth season, which was meant to finish the collection, although the community later greenlit a ninth season subtitled “Scrubs: Med Faculty” by which solely John C. McGinley and Donald Faison stayed on as collection regulars. Braff appeared in six out of 13 episodes.

Alongside Braff as J.D. aka John Dorian, the unique forged of “Scrubs” included McGinley as Perry Cox, Faison as Chris Turk, Judy Reyes as Carla Espinosa, Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Ken Jenkins as Bob Kelso and Neil Flynn because the janitor. The collection was a single-camera sitcom set at Sacred Coronary heart Hospital and narrated by J.D. as he and his mates superior of their medical careers.

Braff is the one forged member presently confirmed to be hooked up to the reboot. He beforehand spoke about his enthusiasm to affix a “Scrubs” reboot in a Selection interview concerning the twentieth anniversary of his movie “Backyard State“: “The concept of getting again along with my mates and doing like 10 or 12 episodes of possibly one or two seasons, and simply laughing with everybody? That feels like a dream,” he mentioned.