Zach Braff to Reprise His ‘Scrubs’ Character J.D. Dorian in ABC’s Upcoming Reboot

Zach Braff is scrubbing in!

PEOPLE has discovered that the actor, 50, will reprise his beloved function of John “J.D.” Dorian in ABC’s upcoming reboot of Scrubs.

From 2001 to 2010, Braff took on the function of J.D., the central doctor on the beloved medical comedy alongside his costars Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes and Christa Miller. For the sequence’ ninth and ultimate season, Braff returned for less than six episodes because the season launched a brand new set of characters. Over the course of its run, the actor acquired three Golden Globe nominations and an Emmy nod.

Because the present’s finish, Braff has been vocal about returning to Sacred Coronary heart Hospital for a possible reboot.

Throughout an look on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast in August 2024, the actor revealed what he missed most about starring within the sitcom.

“I miss laughing each day. Stomach laughing each day was – that was the job. And when that goes away, by the point 9 years had been over, we had been type of all exhausted by it,” he mentioned on the time. “We had been beginning to repeat jokes. Everybody’s fairly fried. We might do insane hours that individuals do not even do anymore. We did not actually have a lot of a life outdoors of it. So we had been simply type of fried.”

Although the sitcom’s conclusion in 2010 undoubtedly felt like the precise factor, Braff mentioned that he would like to reprise his function ought to the chance come up. Nonetheless, he had a couple of parameters that may should be met ought to he return.

“Once we signed as much as do our present, they’ll put you beneath a fairly insane contract of, like, seven years and stuff, which was… which I would not do [again],” he defined. “However some type of a restricted factor? You are principally saying, ‘Do you wanna go get the gang again collectively and f—— chortle your ass off with a few of your finest pals and be paid nicely?’ Yeah, that sounds wonderful.”

Invoice Lawrence, the present’s unique creator, additionally beforehand told Deadline what he envisioned for the upcoming Scrubs reboot. The showrunner revealed that he anticipated the brand new sequence to function each the unique forged and new actors.

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“We have been speaking about lots, and I believe the one actual cause to do it’s a combo,” he defined. “A: folks desirous to see what the world of drugs was like for the folks they love, which is a part of any profitable reboot. However B: I believe that present at all times labored since you get to see younger folks dropped into the world of drugs, understanding younger people who go there are tremendous idealistic and are doing it as a result of it’s a calling.”

He added, “There is not any cliché ‘wealthy docs enjoying golf’ — that is not what it’s anymore. So I believe that, it doesn’t matter what it’s, it might be a large mistake to not do as a combo of these two issues.”