Smallscreen - Scrubs

This half-hour comedy focuses on the bizarre experiences of fresh-faced medical intern John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff) as he embarks on his healing career in a surreal hospital crammed full of unpredictable staffers and patients where J.D.'s voice over narrates the humor and tragedy can merge paths at any time.

Joining the frenetic J.D. in his foray into Doctor-dom are his college buddy, Chris Turk (Donald Faison, "Clueless"), an intern with a more elite surgical group, and J.D.'s fellow medical intern, the driven Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke, "Roseanne"). Keeping the new interns on their toes are: the ascerbic chief of medicine, Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins); the hysterically fast witted Dr. Perry Cox (John McGinley), and the caring but slightly less neurotic nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes). The comically spiteful hospital janitor (Neil Flynn) also never seems to miss an opportunity to goad the newbies.

Scrubs is filmed in a real-life non-operational hospital. It's the North Hollywood Medical Center, which has gone under severe reconstruction to fit all the equipment and represent Sacred Heart Hospital. Interesting trivia: Sacred Heart was the name of the school that Christa Miller worked; trivia alert: in one episode Zach Braff accidentally calls the Janitor Neil Flynn, which is the actor's real life name.

Scrubs was created by Spin City's Bill Lawrence and was based on Bill's real-life friend, Dr. Jon Doris, and his hilarious stories of entering the medical profession. The single-camera show is filmed without a live audience. 

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