Scrubs
Season 10
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Showrunner Aseem Batra
Starring
  • Zach Braff
  • Sarah Chalke
  • Donald Faison
No. of episodes 9
Release
Original network ABC
Original release February 25 (2026-02-25) –
April 15, 2026 (2026-04-15)
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The tenth season of the American medical comedy television series Scrubs premiered on ABC on February 25, 2026. This season serves as a revival of the series, which originally ran for nine seasons between 2001 and 2010. The revival was officially announced by ABC in July 2025. The season stars Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison, and features recurring appearances by John C. McGinley and Judy Reyes, all returning in their original series roles.[1] The season consists of nine episodes.[2]

Cast

Main article: List of Scrubs characters

Main

  • Zach Braff as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, the new Chief of Medicine at Sacred Heart Hospital; Elliot's former husband and father to their child, Ollie, as well as Sam, a son from J.D.'s past relationship with Dr. Kim Briggs; and Turk's best friend
  • Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reid, internal medicine doctor at Sacred Heart, J.D.'s former wife and mother to their child, Ollie, and a close friend of Carla's
  • Donald Faison as Dr. Chris Turk, Sacred Heart's Chief of Surgery; Carla's husband and father of their four daughters, Isabella ("Izzy"), Ellie, Sofia, and Nora; and J.D.'s best friend

Recurring and guest

  • John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox, Sacred Heart's previous Chief of Medicine, who appoints J.D. as his successor, and Jordan's former husband, as well as father to their son, Jack, and daughter, Jennifer Dylan
  • Judy Reyes as Nurse Carla Espinosa, head nurse at Sacred Heart, Turk's wife, and Elliot's close friend
  • Robert Maschio as Dr. "The" Todd Quinlan, Turk's womanizing friend and fellow surgeon
  • Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan, Dr. Cox's former wife who used to serve on Sacred Heart's board of directors
  • Neil Flynn as The Janitor, a custodian who used to antagonize J.D. until J.D. quit Sacred Heart, causing the Janitor to mysteriously disappear
  • Phill Lewis as Dr. Hooch, an unstable orthopedic surgeon
  • Vanessa Bayer as Sibby Wilson, the new head of HR and wellness specialist at Sacred Heart
  • Joel Kim Booster as Dr. Kevin Park, a conniving attending physician who envies J.D.'s new role
  • Ava Bunn as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Tosh, a medical intern under J.D. who often uses social media to solve medical problems
  • Jacob Dudman as Dr. Asher Green, an optimistic but weak-willed British medical intern under J.D.
  • David Gridley as Dr. Blake Lewis, a stoic, loner medical intern under J.D.
  • Layla Mohammadi as Dr. Amara Hadi, a surgical intern under Turk in whom Asher becomes romantically interested
  • Amanda Morrow as Dr. Dashana Trainor, a surgical intern under Turk who respects and admires him, and in whom Turk sees a younger version of himself
  • Lisa Gilroy as Lily, a volunteer harp player at the hospital
  • Rachel Bilson as Charlie
  • Andy Ridings as Wes, a pilot who starts dating Elliot
  • Michael James Scott as Nurse Francois Dubois, a sassy charge nurse who enjoys gossip
  • X Mayo as Nurse Pippa Raymond, a charge nurse and Francois's equally sassy best friend who also enjoys gossip
  • Darcy Michael as the "Maintenance Guy" a friendly new custodian at Sacred Heart. He gets along with J.D. until his father, revealed to be the original Janitor, accuses J.D. of thinking he got his job due to nepotism.
  • Matt Rife as Logan Nichols, a patient of Tosh and Elliot's

Episodes

See also: List of Scrubs episodes
Scrubs season 10 episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title [3] Directed by Written by Original release date [3][4] Prod.
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
183 1 "My Return" Zach Braff Aseem Batra & Tim Hobert February 25, 2026 (2026-02-25) 1AUP01 4.41[5]
John Dorian, now divorced from Elliot Reid, is working as a concierge doctor visiting elderly patients. He decides to visit his old workplace, Sacred Heart Hospital, to check on one of his patients, and while there meets former colleagues and a new generation of interns. Towards the end of his visit, J.D. accepts a new job at the hospital upon seeing another patient in critical condition after being rejected from admission by loner intern Blake Lewis. He informs Dr. Cox that he has decided to stay, and Dr. Cox appoints him Chief of Medicine in place of himself.
184 2 "My 2nd First Day" Michael Spiller Amy Pocha & Seth Cohen February 25, 2026 (2026-02-25) 1AUP02 3.52[5]
As J.D. begins to take on the responsibilities of running Sacred Heart's medical staff, he tries to discover his own teaching style while learning to navigate the quirks of his newly-assigned interns and to avoid coming into conflict with the peppy but overly intrusive new HR manager, Sibby Wilson. He must also make a difficult decision related to the hospital's budget that leaves him torn between Turk's and Elliot's interests.
185 3 "My Rom-Com" Chris Koch Mathew Harawitz March 4, 2026 (2026-03-04) 1AUP03 3.35[6]
Elliot's struggle to convince a patient to keep living is complicated by her trying to navigate having J.D. as her new boss. When Turk and Dashana learn that Amara was homeschooled, Dashana steps up to help give her more confidence. Blake helps Asher navigate his burgeoning crush on Amara while J.D. rediscovers RateYourDoc.org and learns someone has left him a negative review.
186 4 "My Poker Face" Randall Keenan Winston Michael Hobert March 11, 2026 (2026-03-11) 1AUP04 3.14[7]
Turk, constantly surrounded by female energy, convinces J.D. to turn his new apartment into a "bro-jo" and host a poker night. They also try to broker a peace between the medical and surgical interns but, when Turk has to bail on poker night, it causes a rift between both them and the interns. When a patient is hospitalized for following a fad diet on TikTok, Elliot and Tosh clash over the use of social media in medicine, but J.D. convinces Elliot to consider new points of view.
187 5 "My Angel" Ken Whittingham Aaron Lee March 18, 2026 (2026-03-18) 1AUP05 3.07[8]
J.D. struggles to navigate post-divorce dating and begins flirting with a harp player named Lily, but she turns out to be more than J.D. bargained for. Elliot, also struggling with singledom, focuses on trying to secure a new organ for a transplant patient. Blake and Amara accidentally insult the charge nurses and Dr. Park begins teaching the interns the unwritten rules of the hospital.
188 6 "My V.I.P." Gail Mancuso Mark Stegemann March 25, 2026 (2026-03-25) 1AUP06 3.08[9]
J.D. and Dr. Park are forced to work together when they suspect that a board member's wife may be harming him. Deshana and Amara are forced to face their insecurities when their surgery patient flees under their watch. Elliot is worried her new boyfriend, Wes, may be hiding something and Turk volunteers to look into him. When Blake's patients are too attracted to him to confess their issues, Sam tries to help him be vulnerable with them to get them to open up.
189 7 "My Best Friend's Barbecue" Randall Keenan Winston Sophie Zucker April 1, 2026 (2026-04-01) 1AUP07 3.04[10]
J.D. is upset at not being invited to Turk's annual barbecue and decides to use Carla's menopause as an excuse to get closer to her, forcing her to finally confront her age when J.D. goes overboard. Turk tries to teach Dashana to be more emotionally open with her patients and their families. Elliot uses a psychosis patient who believes she is Mariah Carey to teach Blake to be more caring. Amara freaks out when she feels Asher is moving too fast with their relationship. Elliot confronts Carla about whether or not she likes Wes.
190 8 "My Odds" Chris Koch Aseem Batra April 8, 2026 (2026-04-08) 1AUP08 2.94[11]
J.D., finally feeling confident as Chief of Medicine, is determined to impress a visiting Dr. Cox and urges the interns to bring their best. The interns are able to successfully treat a trio of patients, albeit not without difficulties. Things take a further turn when Dr. Cox collapses and refuses to let J.D. treat him. When the test results come in and reveal that Dr. Cox has an autoimmune disease, he and J.D. are forced to face a monumental shift in their relationship.
191 9 "My Celebration"
 Randall Keenan Winston Christopher Eddins & Brianna Porter April 15, 2026 (2026-04-15) 1AUP09 2.94[12]
Jordan has been hovering around Perry since his diagnosis and Perry forces J.D. to cover for him when the test results are less than ideal. The interns are feeling down and Elliot tries to motivate them by helping a father make it to his daughter's wedding but things get complicated. Turk and Carla think they've found the perfect woman for J.D. but fumble trying to pick her up for him. J.D. is unnerved when his longtime nemesis, the Janitor, returns to Sacred Heart and resumes his torment of J.D.

Production

Development

As early as 2022, series creator Bill Lawrence planned on doing a revival of the series.[13] In December 2024, it was reported that a Scrubs revival was in development at ABC from Lawrence.[14] In July 2025, the revival received a series order and it was set to debut during the 2025–26 television season on ABC.[15] Executive producers include Lawrence, Braff, Faison, Chalke, Jeff Ingold, Liza Katzer, Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra, with Hobert and Batra serving as showrunners. In October 2025, it was reported that Hobert left the production due to creative differences.[16] He is still credited as executive producer.

Casting

Along with the revival announcement, it was confirmed Braff, Faison and Chalke would reprise their roles.[17] In September 2025, Reyes and McGinley were confirmed to return in recurring roles.[18][19] In October 2025, it was confirmed Robert Maschio and Phill Lewis would return in their original series roles, and that new cast members would include Vanessa Bayer, Joel Kim Booster, Ava Bunn, Jacob Dudman, David Gridley, Layla Mohammadi and Amanda Morrow.[20] In February 2026, it was announced that Neil Flynn and Christa Miller would reprise their roles, while Rachel Bilson, Andy Ridings and Lisa Gilroy were announced as guest stars.[21]

Filming

Production began in October 2025 in Vancouver and concluded in December 2025.[22] Filming took place on sets recreating the original North Hollywood Medical Center, the decommissioned hospital that served as the filming location and production offices of the first eight seasons. The exterior of the ground floor emergency entrance of the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital was replicated, with special effects used to show the exterior of the upper floors, while interiors were built identical to the blueprints of the original hospital building-turned-set, on a soundstage.[23]

Release

The season premiered on February 25, 2026, on ABC with back-to-back episodes. Episodes are available to stream the following day on Hulu.[24] The revival season consists of 9 episodes.[2]

Reception

The revival season has received positive reviews from critics.[25] On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 89% based on 45 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Scrubs revives and revamps its signature laughs and cast to deliver another fan-favorite run of medical gags, heartfelt dramedy, and instant fun."[26] On Metacritic, it has a score of 72 out of 100 based on 25 reviews, signifying "generally favorable" reviews.[27]

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