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But the Scrubs writing team definitely did their research. According to Slate , show creator Bill Lawrence would task his writers with interviewing five doctors on a yearly basis for material. On top of that, Lawrence enlisted Dr. Jonathan Doris, an old college pal, to be the show's medical advisor. As a result, Scrubs does a great job of portraying medicine realistically. However, doctors generally consider Scrubs even more accurate for its portrayal of the emotional side of the profession.

Bill Lawrence's writing team didn't use those interviews just to learn textbook medicine. They based Scrubs' characters and stories on the experiences of each and every doctor. The show never used real patients' names, but Lawrence and his writers would make sure the doctors' names were written into the episodes.

Also in that NPR interview, Lawrence talked about what it was like having his wife, Christa Miller, play a main character on the show. Lawrence said that he'd take elements of their marriage and put them into the writing, presumably for the relationship between Jordan and Dr.

He jokingly added that it was the one time a week he could tell his wife what to do and she'd have to listen. Lawrence also said that Miller had "the world's cherriest gig" for an actress because she could wake up next to him, say she felt like working Thursday, and then Lawrence and the writers would write her into the script for that day.

During the "Garden State" press tour, Braff was interviewed by Uncut and was asked how long it took him to figure out the movie.

Braff said it actually had to do with how the beginning of his "Scrubs" job worked out. So I sat down for that time and hammered out the first draft. Then once 'Scrubs' started, I spent the next two years trying to get someone interested in making it.

When Stewart asked what sorts of plot developments were coming up, Braff claimed that the writers told him nothing and he didn't find out what would happen until the day he'd show up to set. Braff also asked Stewart to come on the show as a patient or a corpse, which unfortunately never came to be.

IGN also interviewed Braff in , and he said that he felt that a lot of the trouble with the "Scrubs" ratings at the time was caused by NBC moving the show around so much in their schedule. Braff even told a story about how his mom had a hard time finding out when to watch her son, saying, "My mom will call me and be like, 'When are you on this week? It wasn't until about midway through the second season that the actor who played Janitor, Neil Flynn, was able to interact with another actor aside from Braff.

There was also a couple competing reasons for why the Janitor was always picking on Braff. As part of his role on the show, Doris would often help the stars understand the jargon and procedures in their scripts. It's like another language," Braff says in the same video when asked about learning medical terminology.

Believe it or not, Scrubs has helped people learn about social distancing during the coronavirus. This clip resurfaced from season 6, showing Chief of Medicine Dr. Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, Hollywood figures have done what they can to not only spread awareness of disease prevention but also directly help with the growing number of patients in hospitals.

For all the shows that are either being delayed or ending their current seasons due to the coronavirus, check out our updated rundown of what's happening and which shows are affected. Has opinions about crossovers, Star Wars, and superheroes. Will not time travel. See more. Laura Hurley. Your Daily Blend of Entertainment News.