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12-28-2005, 11:38 PM
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Is 'Scrubs' in HD?
Well... is it? 
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12-29-2005, 07:19 AM
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Not according to the weekly NBC schedule...
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12-29-2005, 07:52 AM
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No episode up until now has been. Hoping for the new season! (Even if it doesn't say so.)
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12-29-2005, 08:25 AM
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NBC demoted Scrubs to a mid season replacement.
They are not going to change out the production equipment to HD.
They even made fun of the fact that the show was not in HD during one of Dr. Cox's rants.
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12-29-2005, 08:39 AM
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Not only is it a mid-season, they are running 2 episodes per week. It smells like a burn off to me. I am frankly very surporised there has not been more complaining. I guess this is how you quietly kill off one of the best shows on TV.
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12-29-2005, 08:44 AM
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If they wanted to kill it off why show it at all, why not just kill it and be done with it?
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12-29-2005, 08:50 AM
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If they wanted to kill it off why show it at all, why not just kill it and be done with it?
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First they want to recoup some of the production costs.
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12-29-2005, 10:34 AM
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But 'Joey' is.... now there's a smart allocation of resources. 
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12-29-2005, 11:34 AM
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scrubs used to be shot on 16mm, which is more expensive than HD video for most shows. It may be a stylistic choice.
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12-29-2005, 11:57 AM
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I fear the return of scrubs will be like the second Boston albumn. Objectively it will be good but they will have been away too long.
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12-29-2005, 12:38 PM
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I fear the return of scrubs will be like the second Boston albumn. Objectively it will be good but they will have been away too long.
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Not so, they started filming and have kept the same production schedule has every other show. This may be why they are showing two a week for a while to basically "catch up".
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12-29-2005, 12:49 PM
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Not so, they started filming and have kept the same production schedule has every other show. This may be why they are showing two a week for a while to basically "catch up".
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I took the comments of the other poster to mean the show has been away from viewers too long, and not that the cast has been away from work.
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12-29-2005, 01:04 PM
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According to this:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...8/ai_109266093
It might be broadcast in HD this season but its still shot on 16mm.
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12-29-2005, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee L
Not only is it a mid-season, they are running 2 episodes per week. It smells like a burn off to me. I am frankly very surporised there has not been more complaining. I guess this is how you quietly kill off one of the best shows on TV.
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I have had the same fear (NBC has given up). The show doesn't get good ratings, but then NBC has never really known what to do with it. As I recall, they promoted it pretty heavily early on in its first season, but since then they've moved it so many times and otherwise underpromoted it that it's no wonder the audience is small. I'm disappointed they chose to put it back on Tuesday nights, where it washed out last year (again, it seems as though the net has given up) rather than teaming it with Earl on Thursdays. That would have been, by far, the best hour of comedy on TV. I don't think the move to Thursdays is going to help The Office any, but it might have helped Scrubs. The latter is a much better partner for Earl than The Office is.
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12-29-2005, 01:40 PM
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I seriously doubt Scrubs will get the boot anytime soon. ONly way I can see will be if it sucks this new season with the gang at different places... or if some jerk who runs FOX moves to NBC and starts cancelling anything good.
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12-29-2005, 01:46 PM
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I seriously doubt Scrubs will get the boot anytime soon. ONly way I can see will be if it sucks this new season with the gang at different places... or if some jerk who runs FOX moves to NBC and starts cancelling anything good.
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Well, the good news for us fans is that NBC is in a down period and doesn't really have a lot of big ratings draws to play with. With Scrubs at last getting some Emmy nomination love last season, getting rid of it may not be their highest priority. May not. But my fear is that if they unearth another Earl, they'll be pretty willing to make a swap by next season if Scrubs doesn't perform better this spring than it has recently.
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12-29-2005, 01:49 PM
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I wonder if the lack of HD for scrubs has anything to do with all of this chaos. lordy i hope thye dont spin off one of the characters.
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12-29-2005, 01:53 PM
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I wonder if the lack of HD for scrubs has anything to do with all of this chaos. lordy i hope thye dont spin off one of the characters.
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You don't want to watch "The Todd"?
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12-29-2005, 01:54 PM
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You don't want to watch "The Todd"?
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Only on Cinemax. 
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12-29-2005, 01:56 PM
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When I read that they had delayed it past fall, they explained it as letting Zach Braff finish filming more movies. I do find it odd that they are showing two episodes a week.
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12-29-2005, 02:18 PM
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"The Todd". I think NBC already has that show, its called Joey.
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12-29-2005, 02:41 PM
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When I read that they had delayed it past fall, they explained it as letting Zach Braff finish filming more movies. I do find it odd that they are showing two episodes a week.
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I think the problem was that they delayed it from debuting in September and probably assumed (given their recent track record) that they'd have a few holes in the schedule to fill by November (how many people are going to want to watch a show with Jason Lee as trailer trash with a bad moustache?).
Since they didn't have the expected major housecleaning in October, Scrubs's delayed debut became even more delayed. Now, they can double-up on the episodes to catch up.
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12-29-2005, 03:05 PM
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If NBC decides to cancel Scrubs maybe Showtime will go after it. Could be a great comedy block: Weeds, Scrubs, Arrested Development...
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12-30-2005, 11:24 AM
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When I read that they had delayed it past fall, they explained it as letting Zach Braff finish filming more movies. I do find it odd that they are showing two episodes a week.
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Yeah, it's unusual but I read that as well, and given those circumstances it makes sense. If they're delaying the premiere until January and not cutting back the number of episodes, they can either go the no-rerun route like 24, or double up like they are apparently doing.
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12-30-2005, 12:07 PM
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I wish Scrubs was still in HG!
Heather Graham-o-vision.
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12-30-2005, 04:03 PM
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If they have kept ER and Will and Grace around this long then Scrubs shouldn't be in any danger. I mean really, ER has covered every forseeable disaster occuring in or around that hospital. It has almost become a comedy watching what "Can't Miss ER to Remember" disaster will occur next.
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12-30-2005, 04:11 PM
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So the real questoin here is... when will Scrubs be in HD, and is the reasoning for not doing HD something we should be concerned about? I mean, everything has to be HD eventually right?
And since NBC desperately needs power shows, which I always thought Scrubs was, and needs them to be HD to draw in viewers, why havent they made the leap.
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12-30-2005, 04:50 PM
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Well, I really don't think Scrubs is the kind of show that would benefit from being in HD--it's ALL about the characters and the humor. And since it's always been SD, they probably just don't see much point in going HD.
And Scrubs is FAR from a "power show"--rather, it's a very low-rated show that barely hangs on, year after year.
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Since they got rid of Frasier and Friends, its a power show, trust me on this 
Joey sure aint And it's HD.
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12-30-2005, 05:56 PM
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The first two seasons were great. It has been in MAJOR decline ever since. I was a huge fan and haven't missed an episode. But if you haven't noticed how hard they are trying to be funny then you aren't watching. They have made Dr. Cox almost unbearable.
If it goes, it goes. Brendon Fraiser guest star role was brilliant. Heather Graham was good, and so was Michael J. Fox.
The show was clever the first couple of seasons, but it really got dumbed down and lost its heart last season. It doesn't have the blend of comedy and drama the first couple of seasons really did.
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