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TV Show Feature: Scrubs

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | Labels: | 1 comments |

Scrubs tv showScrubs is an American comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and starred Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, and Donald Faison. The show revolves around the lives of several employees of Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital.

Scrubs features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes presented mostly as the daydreams of the central character, Dr. John "J.D." Dorian (Braff). Its title is a play on surgical scrubs and a term for a low-ranking or insignificant person (at the beginning of the show, most of the main characters were medical interns, one of the lowest ranks in the medical hierarchy).

The tv series premiered in October 2001 on NBC and ran for seven seasons. During the seventh season, NBC announced that it would not renew the show and ABC picked up the series for a new season. In January 2009, the eight season of Scrubs premiered on ABC and the ninth season in December 2009. However, in May 2010, it was recently announced that the show was officially cancelled.

TV Show Feature: Wizards of Waverly Place

Sunday, May 23, 2010 | Labels: | 0 comments |

Wizards of Waverly Place tv showWizards of Waverly Place is a live-action Disney Channel Original Series about three siblings with magical powers. Created by Todd J. Greenwald, the show won an Emmy Award in 2009 for outstanding children's program. Filming for the third season began in July 2009 and ended in March 2010.

Wizards of Waverly Place centers on the Russo family, which includes Alex (Selena Gomez), her younger brother Max (Jake T. Austin), and their older brother Justin (David Henrie). The siblings are wizards in training and live with their Italian-American father Jerry (David DeLuise), a former wizard, and their Mexican-American mother, Theresa (Maria Canals Barrera) who is a mortal. They have to keep their secret safe while living in the mortal world. When they become adults, they will have a wizard competition to decide who will become the family wizard of their generation and keep their powers forever.

The tv show, which debuted on Disney Channel in October 2007, gathered 5.9 million viewers and in 2009 became cable's number one scripted telecast in total viewers. In February 2009, the episode "Helping Hand" broke the record for the largest audience in the 7:00 PM (Eastern Time) time period on the Disney Channel, with a total of 4.5 million viewers. In June 2009, "Paint By Committee" became the series' most-watched episode with 6 million viewers until "Wizards vs. Werewolves". In January 2010, “Wizards vs. Werewolves” hit a series highs in total viewers with 6.2 million.