12-28-2008, 09:07 PM
Carthaigh wrote:
What is up with Scrubs? It seems that it is perpetually being cancelled or having a farewell season, but now I am seeing adds for a new season.
It's made by ABC Studios. They licensed the broadcast rights to NBC.
When NBC didn't renew the show after the writers strike ABC decided to pick it up. 'Problem was that NBC had the right to renew their license and dragged their feet about whether they were going to exercise it.
The short last season (due to the writers strike) and frequent scheduling changes by NBC made it look like the show had already been canceled many times before it actually was. NBC finally decided not to renew the show in the late spring, at which point the ads for the "final" 5 shows started airing.
Then ABC started advertising the new season last month.