No, Scrubs
Scrubs – and Arrested Development – were just too good for TV. Without the sophistication of HBO and Showtime, without the edge of Comedy Central or VHI, they existed in the netherworld of the networks, where Family Guy gets cancelled. And then resurrected. And since nobody appreciates genius less than those boneheads and their ilk, Arrested Development and Scrubs were, from the start, bound to the same fate.
Luckily, both have found homes: Arrested Development on G4, the video game channel, and Scrubs on Comedy Central. Kind of a stretch, a new thing, for both channels. Bold forays into the network’s 7 and 11 timeslots and their endless repeats of Seinfeld, Friends, the Simpsons, and Everybody Loves Raymond. And good ones, too.
Arrested Development – the classic(ly?) dysfunctional family, Family Guy brought to life. Narration and the willingness to build and break layers of stories. Scrubs is ER plus candyflipping – hallucinatory fantasies within an easy, feel good frame. Again with the narration, and the same playful attitude towards its presence in the story.
Friends? No, Scrubs.
Luckily, both have found homes: Arrested Development on G4, the video game channel, and Scrubs on Comedy Central. Kind of a stretch, a new thing, for both channels. Bold forays into the network’s 7 and 11 timeslots and their endless repeats of Seinfeld, Friends, the Simpsons, and Everybody Loves Raymond. And good ones, too.
Arrested Development – the classic(ly?) dysfunctional family, Family Guy brought to life. Narration and the willingness to build and break layers of stories. Scrubs is ER plus candyflipping – hallucinatory fantasies within an easy, feel good frame. Again with the narration, and the same playful attitude towards its presence in the story.
Friends? No, Scrubs.
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