US Comedy ‘Scrubs’ is about to return for its eighth series. It may return for a ninth, but according to Variety magazine, star of the show Zach Braff, certainly won’t.

Braff revealed that he would most likely return as a guest star if the show continues on into a ninth season. He also hinted that he would like to direct a few of those future episodes. Showrunner Bill Lawrence stated, “The end of the show will be about J.D. leaving the hospital. When you leave, it’s about holding on to your relationships.”

Asked how long he thought the series would continue, Lawrence joked, “You can’t kill this show. Next year we’ll be on CBS.” Most of the eighth season is already in the can, and will air sometime early next year.

Former Friends star, Courtney Cox is to join the cast of Scrubs according to Entertainment Weekly.

Cox will appear in three episodea as Sacred Heart’s new Chief of Medicine and her character will “ruffle feathers”.

Her own show, Dirt, has been cancelled by network bosses at FX.

Just watched an episode of Scrubs where Dr Cox is withdrawn after three transplant patients die.

He rolls into work drunk one day, and gets sent on a leave of absence. He starts drinking and stops talking to everyone.

The gang rally round him at home, except JD, who pretends to take a moral stance about his being drunk at the hospital and stays away.

However, he has a change of heart at the end, and goes to Cox. He opens up to Cox and manages to get him out of his depression. The episode closes with Cox in the bar with everyone else. In typical Cox fashion, he walks over to JD and gives him a simple pat on the back.

That’s what I love about Scrubs, and what I’ll really miss when the series closes down for good. JD looks on Cox as a 50/50 mix of father figure/superhero. I’m not sure whether Cox shares the paternal bond, but while he frequently shows JD tough love, there are occassional glimmers of geniune feeling.

I think because Cox is so emotionally damaged, those moments when he connects with JD are really touching. Maybe I’m just a big sap, but I had a lump in my throat at the end of that episode of Scrubs.

What about you guys? Have you got any favourite moments from Scrubs?

Scrubs actor John C. McGinley has had a baby girl. Well not himself you understand. Obviously his wife, Nichole Kessler, actually gave birth to the little darling, but you don’t know who she is, so why mention her, right?

McGinley, who plays Dr Perry Cox in the US comedy, told People: “Nichole was a mountain lion, a warrior in the birthing process. The birth was astonishing! Mom and baby girl are 100%.”