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Hilarious casting news from Scrubs today:

Eliza Coupe, who dominated every scene she was in last season, has been promoted to a series regular on the ABC sitcom.

Series creator Bill Lawrence told Entertainment Weekly that Coupe's hilariously insensitive, icy, horny intern, Denise would play an major part in next season's medical school reboot.

"I really like Eliza," Lawrence said. "I think she's a really interesting actress and we didn't give her a full character [last season]. I think she's hyper-talented."

On season eight of Scrubs, we learned that Denise likes to "bang dudes." What lies ahead for this intern in the fall?

Many changes are coming to Scrubs.

In front of the camera, as previously reported, the sitcom will shift to medical school, with Dr. Cox and Dr. Turk taking over as the main characters.

Behind the camera, meanwhile, the series is getting a new executive producer:

Josh Bycel - whose credits include Psych and American Dad -  will join the show, according to Variety.

Bycel essentially replaces producers Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, who have moved on to NBC's Community; he'll help oversee the show while creator Bill Lawrence gets the new comedy Cougar Town off the ground.

Scrubs is definitely returning for a ninth season.

But loyal viewers of the show will be in for drastic changes when it airs this fall on ABC. Series creator Bill Lawrence has confirmed that the comedy will shift from the hospital to the classroom, as John C. McGinley's Dr. Cox and Donald Faison's Turk will become medical school professors.

"It's going to be a different show. It'll still be life-and-death stakes, but if the show is just Scrubs again in the hospital with a different person's voiceover, it would be a disaster and people would be mad," Lawrence told Entertainment Weekly.

A sitcom centered around Dr. Cox and Dr. Turk? Count us in!

Sacred Heart won't disappear, however.

The hospital will no longer serve as the show's focus, but various students will rotate there, running into a few familiar faces along the way. While McGinley and Faison will be full-time regulars, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes and Ken Jenkins will appear occasionally.

"Med students in their first three years have to spend anywhere from 10 to 50 percent of their time at a hospital," Lawrence said. "And that's when you'll see some of the [original cast members]. Continuity-wise, Sacred Heart will still exist with those people still working there."

Lawrence also teased a big name as part of the revamped cast.

"Half the cast, if not 60 percent of it," will be comprised of new characters, the creator said, adding that one of then will be more recognizable than the rest.

"[ABC] is really after us to hire a big name. So one of them will be fairly famous."

With ABC renewing Scrubs for a ninth season after its very perfect "My Finale" episode, what does series creator Bill Lawrence have planned for us?

Well first, Lawrence defended to his decision to Ausiello by saying, "There are 107 people that work on that show.  I've worked with them for eight years now. If there's a chance for everybody to work another year, my attitude, business-wise, is 'legacy-schmegacy.'"

Lawrence continues, "I couldn't give a f--k, to tell you the truth. I thought the first eight years of Scrubs was great. I'm super proud of it. There's absolutely nothing that could possibly happen that could change that.."

Lawrence identifies that, "On the creative side, some people are like, 'It should end on a high note creatively. It shouldn't be something that taints our memory.' And I get that. [But the other] 50 percent of the people are like, 'Oh my god, I'm so glad to have a show back that I care about.'"

Bill reacts, "The way to bridge that gap is I've got to consider Scrubs over. The way that I'm viewing it is the way Frasier was to Cheers: It'll be essentially a new show with some characters that people liked."

As for whether Sarah Chalke will take over J.D.'s duties at Sacred Heart, Lawrence replies, "I would've had Sarah in a heartbeat.  I think she's got enough going on in her career [right now]."

As for her still appearing, Lawrence guesses, "I'd say it's 50-50 she's in some episodes. I know she'll at least be in one or two."

However, Lawrence has recently tossed around the idea of Turk teaching at med school and ABC has passed on Donald Faison's comedy pilot The Law.

Looks like Joss Whedon isn't the only person getting some good news.  Hot on the heels of Dollhouse getting renewed, ABC couldn't help but steal some of Fox's thunder.

ABC announced yesterday that Castle and Better Off Ted will both be getting second seasons.  Congrats to both mid seaosn shows!

In more surprising news, ABC has announced that Scrubs will be getting a ninth season with Zach Braff set to star in six episodes.  We're not entirely sure how we feel about that after the perfect season eight season finale.

ABC has also green lit Cougar Town, Hank, The Middle, Happy Town, V, Eastwick, and The Forgotten.

Even though Scrubs ended as we know it with its tear-jerker season finale last week, it looks like ABC is prepping to bring on a season nine of the show.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke have eached signed a six-episode deal.  So if ABC chooses to renew Scrubs for a ninth season, J.D. and Elliot will be back in a limited arrangement to set up the show for a new cast.

Meanwhile, Donald Faison (Turk), John C. McGinley (Cox) and Neil Flynn (Janitor) have all signed deals to continue as series regulars in second position to their new pilots, "The Law," "Back," and "The Middle" respectively.

Judy Reyes has still not signed on to reprise her role as Carla, but perhaps will be around as a guest star.

What do you say, would you be down for a ninth season of Scrubs with limited J.D.?

While Scrubs may have a ninth season in some fashion, the show as we know it had its series finale last night with "My Finale."  J.D. spent his final day at Sacred Heart questing for the goodbyes he always wanted.

Meanwhile, the interns were passed off to Cox, Elliot was sneak moving into J.D.'s, and Turk accidentally said his huge goodbye to J.D. at the start of the day.

Find out how everything ended in the tear-jerker Scrubs season (and most likely series) finale of Scrubs with our "My Finale" recap.

Tonight's one hour episode may be the season (and most likely series) finale, but last night's episode, "My Chief Concern" was definitely designed as set up for it.  It took thirty minutes, but they had J.D. move closer to his son and find a new job.

Meanwhile, our favorite intern, Denise, was losing her confidence, Turk and J.D. got into a lover's quarrel, and Ted asked the gooch to move in.

Now for some of our favorite Scrubs quotes from the episode:

Denise: I don't know why I keep jumping into bed with him. My confidence is shot from screwing up that spinal last week and then yesterday I misdiagnosed a ectopic pregnancy. I dunno maybe I wanted to do I knew I could do right. Like banging a dude. I'm a giant ho bag.
Elliot: No, no you're not. So is Derek a good guy?
Denise: Derek? I thought it was Eric
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Kim: Hey, J.D., since you're coming around my hospital a lot more often now, I was hoping maybe you could dress a little nicer and maybe say smell you later a little less often or just stop completely?
J.D.: Are you sure? It's hilarious
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On last night's episode of Scrubs, J.D. and Elliot got to deal with the awkward news of learning that their respective exes, Kim (Elizbath Banks) and Sean (Scott Foley) were now dating.

Throughout the episode, J.D. and Sean were at each other throats until they finally found something to bond over.  And no, it wasn't being "weiner cousins."

Find out what made these two make peace and who became the Chief of Surgery in our "My Cuz" recap.

Now for some of our favorite Scrubs quotes from the episode:

Kim: So we've been dating, what about a month...and I just didn't want to say anything until I Knew it was going to go somewhere.
Sean: We hit a little speed bumb when I first found Sam was your baby
Kim: Yeah he got drunk and asked me to sell him on the black market
Sean: She wouldn't
Elliot: Well that's sweet
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J.D.: What do you say we change the tone a little bit and both say something nice about each other? I'll go first. Look at you. There's no way around it, you're a beautiful man
Sean: Thank you, J.D.
J.D.: Now you go
Sean: I never agreed to that
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On tonight's episode of Scrubs, "My Cuz," J.D. and Elliot find out that their respective exes, Kim (Elizabeth Banks) and Sean (Scott Foley) are now dating!  Meanwhile, Turk is trying to get promoted to Chief of Surgery while poor Kelso is admitted to the hospital as a patient.

We have three clips from tonight's episode courtesy of Korbi, who's going to appear on the episode as well!  You go, girl!  (Yeah, we're jealous.)

In the first clip, J.D. and Elliot sit down with Kim and Sean and find out for the first time they're dating and how they met:

In the second clip, J.D. and Sean try to figure out what the girls are talking about while they're gone.  You can watch the clip after the jump.

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