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NBC pulls plug on new show
NBC has taken its new medical drama “Trauma” off life support. The show was canceled by the network and will not return after its original 13 episodes air. The show was thought to be a replacement for NBC’s loss of “E.R.”. It was described as “Third Watch” meets “ER” on the streets of San Francisco. The weight of two medical dramas seems to have been too much for NBC to pull off. The show’s failure will cost NBC a pretty penny. According to reports the network pumped over $8 million into the pilot episode alone. The pilot featured an elaborate highway pileup and a helicopter crash and explosion. The characters on the show blurted out medical terms even “E.R.” fans had a hard time following. The terms were so confusing that the show’s homepage offered a medical dictionary for viewers to figure out what was going.
The peacock network is bringing in its heavy guns to pick up the slack. “Chuck” will replace the departing medical drama. Episodes of “Chuck” could air as early as January. According to The Hollywood Reporter NBC has ordered six new episodes of “Chuck”.
Returning comedy making big changes
The quirky ABC comedy “Scrubs” will be returning to the airways in December. The show will be moving in a new direction according to industry reports. The show will introduce a new cast. Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke are scheduled to appear in the first six episodes to aid in the shows transition to a medical school storyline. There were no further details about the fate of the current characters or actors beyond that. One theory is that the producers are taking cues from “Grey’s Anatomy” which at times has pretty funny situations with its hospital interns.
“Scrubs” originally aired on NBC and was canceled after its seventh season only to be snatched up by ABC. The show’s premiere is scheduled for December 1 with two episodes at 9 and 9:30 p.m. on ABC.
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