Scrubs (tv program)

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, March 7, 2006 As usual, FOX was the clear winner in Tuesday's Nielsen race. The night also featured a handful of new and returning shows, though, which ranged from very strong ("The Unit") to laughably weak ("Joey")....

As Frank Barone used to say, "holy crap." They killed Ana-Lucia. And Libby. And Nadia. And Renze. You know it's May sweeps when characters start dropping faster than Paula Abdul's tears. A look at some of the shocking things that happened last week:...

NBC is hoping to turn over "The Singles Table" a little faster than it originally planned. The network wants to cut the order for the midseason comedy, about a group of single people who meet at a wedding reception, from 13 episodes to six. The showbiz...

The CW only has two "new" shows, but gets its dream pairing of "Veronica Mars" and "Gilmore Girls." "Everwood" is out, but "7th Heaven" experiences divine intervention. This morning, FOX announced that three new dramas -- including Ron Livingston as a...

May sweeps got you down? All this talk about "only three episodes left" totally stressing you out? As fun as the finales, guest stars and life changing events are, ultimately all this brouhaha means one thing -- the season is coming to a close. No...

Sunday's Emmys may well test the adage that any publicity is good publicity. This year's crop of nominees certainly got people talking when they were announced; most of that chatter, though, was of the "What the hell?" variety. As the ceremony...

The 2005-06 TV season was one of big dramas and promising new comedies -- at least that's what the critics think. The Television Critics Association (of which several Zap2it.com staffers are members) announced the nominees for its 2006 awards Wednesday,...

It occurred to me the other day that "Prison Break" could end with, you know, everybody dying. After all, death becomes this show. Sure, "24" started the trend of no one is safe (opening credits be dammed), but "Prison Break" has taken it to a whole...

The size of Cleveland. Last year when I wrote my review of "Prison Break," I acknowledged the show had plot holes the size of Cleveland (give or take a few cities in Ohio). But I encouraged you to work with the show, not against it -– citing the fact...

Fast National ratings for Tuesday, May 16, 2006 The next-to-last round of "American Idol" fueled a FOX ratings win again Tuesday, while the season finales of CBS' two military dramas delivered solid ratings as well. FOX averaged a 15.0 rating/23 share...

In the spring of 2005, "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence co-wrote a pilot for The WB called "Nobody's Watching." It's about two TV-obsessed guys from Ohio who get a one-in-a-million shot to create a sitcom for the network -- while living and working on...

How will "Will & Grace" be remembered? For its preponderance of guest stars? (My favorite was Matt Damon.) For predicating its show on a relationship between a gay man and a straight woman? For having the straight women kiss more women than gay men...