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ABC renews the Scrubs revival for a second season and the multi-cam comedy Shifting Gears for a third season, with Do You Want Kids? not moving forward. The Scrubs revival brings back original cast in recurring/guest roles, while Shifting Gears stars Tim Allen and Kat Dennings. 20th Television remains the studio, signaling ABC’s primetime scripted slate for the 2026–2027 season.
Deadline chats with Scrubs showrunner Aseem Batra about the revival’s second season: J.D. and Elliot are divorced and navigating a new normal rather than rushing back into romance, Elliot starts dating a pilot, and J.D. meets hospital visitor Charlie (Rachel Bilson), setting up Bilson’s continued arc next season. The interns’ budding couplings (Blake-Amara, Sam-Asher) surface, with a cut scene explaining some past choices. Batra emphasizes tighter, smaller character-driven stories and confirms Bilson’s arc will expand next season, while J.D.’s return to Sacred Heart remains the emotional throughline rather than a final series ending.
CBS’s Survivor 50 opened in Fiji with a three-hour average of 5.06 million viewers and led the night with a 0.95 rating among adults 18-49 and a 1.22 in 25-54, marking CBS’s best Wednesday performance since May 2022 (and the biggest same-day Survivor audience since late 2023). ABC’s Scrubs revival also started strong, with 4.41 million viewers and a 0.66 rating in 18-49 for its first episode, followed by 3.52 million and a 0.55 in 18-49 for the second; the night also featured The Greatest Average American at 2.38 million viewers and a 0.27 in 18-49.
Deadline reports the Scrubs revival on ABC returns Feb 25 with Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison back; Judy Reyes (Carla) will appear in four episodes and John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox) in three as recurring, with Neil Flynn and Christa Miller guest-starring; the revival picks up 16 years later, Carla and Turk now have four kids while J.D. and Elliot have two, and it ignores Season 9 continuity, with a nine-episode first season.