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U.S. actor Donald Faison, who plays Chris Turk on the comedy Scrubs, will star in a new ABC comedy pilot, The Law, an industry source says. Faison and Cedric the Entertainer will play reserve Los Angeles Police Department officers in the ABC Studios/DreamWorks pilot, The Hollywood Reporter said Thursday. Meanwhile, another ABC pilot, V, has added Joel Gretsch to its cast. Gretsch, who appeared on the cable TV series The 4400, will play a Catholic priest in the alien invasion drama. V will...

Sesame Street stars Elmo, Grover and Oscar the Grouch are to make guest appearances on an upcoming episode of the U.S. sit-com Scrubs, ABC said Wednesday. The Sesame Workshop's Muppets are to be seen in the Jan. 20 installment of the series. In the episode, J.D. (played by Zach Braff) learns the hard way that not even Elmo can teach the gift of compassion to those who don't care to learn, the network said.

The U.S. television comedy series Scrubs is scheduled to move from NBC to ABC for its eighth season. The offbeat, medical sit-com will debut on its new network Jan. 6, ABC said Friday. Courteney Cox is scheduled to be a guest star in the first two episodes of the upcoming season. Beginning Monday, select episodes from the past seven seasons of Scrubs will be available online at www.abc.com in the site's full episode player. Four different episodes will be available each week leading up to...

U.S. actress Courteney Cox, best known for her roles on TV's "Friends" and "Dirt," has signed on to star in a new comedy series called "Cougar Town." The New York Daily News said Cox will play a newly single mother in her 40s prowling for younger men in the new ABC sit-com. She is also executive producing the show, along with "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence, who is co-writing the pilot, the newspaper said.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land announced today the launch of TV Land PRIME, a new primetime programming block designed to appeal to the attitudes, life stage and interests of people in their 40s and 50s, catering specifically to people in their mid-40s. Debuting October 6, this primetime destination will feature original programming such as TV Land hit franchises "High School Reunion,""She's Got The Look" and the upcoming series "The Cougar," acquired television series such as...

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- TV Land's got just what the doctor ordered with a prescription sure to tickle the funny bone when "Scrubs" premieres on Labor Day with a 7-hour marathon on Monday, September 1. Join J.D., Turk, Elliot, Carla, Dr. Cox and the entire Sacred Heart Hospital staff beginning at 4 p.m. (ET/PT) as they heal patients, mend broken hearts and keep viewers in stitches. "Scrubs" joins TV Land's line-up in its regularly scheduled timeslot of 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) from...

By Donna Freydkin Courteney Cox adored directing much in the same way Monica Geller, her neat-freak Friends character, loved her cleaning products. "I'm detail-oriented in life, so it was a perfect fit for me," Cox says. "I'm definitely a morale-booster to the crew. I like to work with music. It's your job to keep everybody doing their best and happy to be there." She's making her directing debut as part of Glamour magazine's 2008 Reel Moments series of short films. The project, which is...

By Scott D. Pierce Deseret News "Scrubs" star Sarah Chalke will return to "How I Met Your Mother" for "multiple episodes" at the "beginning of the season," according to CBS's top programmer. Which is fantastic news. But, according to CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler, "Right now, I don't think she's the mother." Awwwww. Chalke has been a fantastic addition to the show as Ted's (Josh Radnor) new girlfriend, Stella. And there seemed to be clues that Stella would indeed be the as-yet...

By Scott D. Pierce Deseret News BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "Scrubs" is moving from NBC to ABC this fall for its final season. Maybe. Oh, the comedy is definitely moving to ABC. But whether it's going to be the final season is still up in the air. "I would say that it is most likely Zach Braff's final year on the show ... Not by his choice," joked creator/executive producer Bill Lawrence. That Braff and his character, J.D., will be leaving the show seems to be about the only thing that's...

By Rick Porter, Zap2It, Chicago Jul. 17--If "Scrubs" has life beyond the 2008-09 season, it will probably have to live without Zach Braff. The new-to-ABC comedy series is at this point only guaranteed to air this season, its eighth overall. But ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson has made no secret that he'd like to keep "Scrubs" around if it does well, and Wednesday at the TCA press tour, creator Bill Lawrence said he's open to the idea as well. "I...