After a rumor-induced build-up to season eight, and it being believed that season seven was the last, ABC picked up
Scrubs and announced it as a midseason replacement. The first episode aired January 6, 2009. The season's timeslot shifted from
Scrubs being shown on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm and 9:30 pm to Wednesdays at 8:00 pm beginning with episode 11, "
My Nah Nah Nah." The show performed most successfully on Wednesdays, with average viewing figures of 5.36 million an episode. To cut costs the writing staff was split into two groups, with the exception of
Bill Lawrence, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, and
Bill Callahan: one group for the first seven episodes, and the second for the rest of the season. Since Goldman & Donovan, Callahan and Lawrence wrote an episode in the second half, the term was longer. Mike Schwartz and Mark Stegemann, two writers who had been on since season one, did not return to the writing staff, although Stegemann did return to direct one episode. For the episode "My Nah Nah Nah," writers who did not work in season 8 were credited, since the episode was partially written/filmed during production of season 7.
Writing staff •
Bill Lawrence – executive producer/head writer • Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan – executive producers/assistant head writers •
Bill Callahan – executive producer/assistant head writer
Episodes 1–7 •
Janae Bakken – co-executive producer •
Angela Nissel – co-executive producer • Aseem Batra – co-producer • Clarence Livingston – co-producer • Dave Tennant – executive story editor • Taii K. Austin – staff writer
Episodes 8–19 •
Debra Fordham – co-executive producer • Tad Quill – consulting producer •
Kevin Biegel – co-producer • Andy Schwartz – executive story editor • Devin Mahoney & Rego Marquiis – staff writers
Production staff • Bill Lawrence – executive producer/showrunner •
Randall Winston – producer • Liz Newman – producer • Danny Rose – co-producer • Abraham Park – associate producer
Directors Includes directors who directed 2 or more episodes, or directors who are part of the cast and crew •
Bill Lawrence (6 episodes) •
Michael Spiller (2 episodes) •
John Putch (2 episodes) •
Zach Braff (1 episode) •
Michael McDonald (1 episode) • John Michel (editor) (1 episode) • Mark Stegemann (writer) (1 episode)
Scrubs: Interns To coincide with
Scrubs being shown on television, a web series was produced called
Scrubs: Interns. It consisted of twelve webisodes following the adventures of the interns at Sacred Heart Hospital. The episodes featured cameos from several regular cast members, and included an episode with J.D. The webisodes' theme tune was performed by
The Blanks. ==Episodes==