The sixth season of the American

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television series ''

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'' premiered on

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on November 30, 2006 and concluded on May 17, 2007 and consists of 22 episodes. The series moved to Thursdays at 9:00 pm as a part of NBC's

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. Guest stars in the sixth season included

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and

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. This season featured the series' musical episode, "

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". Over the course of the season, J.D. and the other characters must mature to fill the different roles required of them. J.D., for instance, is cast in the role of expecting father since his girlfriend, Dr. Kim Briggs (

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), is pregnant with his child. Turk and Carla become parents when Carla gives birth to their daughter, Isabella Turk. Elliot plans her wedding to Keith, although she and J.D. still harbor feelings for each other. Dr. Cox, as father of two children with Jordan, struggles to prevent his foul disposition from affecting his parenting. Important issues are touched upon, such as the importance of leadership, whether everything happens for a reason, and even death.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Zach Braff Zachary Israel Braff'Scrubs' Star Zach Braff Wows ...

as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian *

Sarah Chalke Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress and model. She is known for portraying Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series '' Scrubs'', the second Becky Conner on the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'', Stella Zinman on ...

as Dr. Elliot Reid *

Donald Faison Donald Adeosun Faison (; born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his leading role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC/NBC comedy-drama ''Scrubs'' (2001–2010), and a supporting role as Murray in both the film ''Clueless'' ...

as Dr. Chris Turk *

Neil Flynn Neil Richard Flynn (born November 13, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Janitor on '' Scrubs'' and Mike Heck in the ABC comedy series '' The Middle''. He has had notable appearances in television series, ...

The Janitor The Janitor is a fictional character, played by Neil Flynn in the American comedy-drama ''Scrubs''. Though he is a janitor at Sacred Heart, he is rarely referred to as ''the'' janitor, but rather just called Janitor. Neil Flynn was originally bil ...

Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins (born August 28, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the chief of medicine on the American comedy series '' Scrubs'' (2001–2009). He has also had notable appearances in many popular TV shows. Ea ...

as Dr. Bob Kelso *

John C. McGinley John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. His best known roles include Perry Cox in '' Scrubs'', Bob Slydell in ''Office Space'', Captain Hendrix in '' The Rock'', Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's ''Platoon,'' ...

as Dr. Perry Cox *

Judy Reyes Judy Reyes (born November 5, 1967) is an American actress, model and producer, best known for her roles as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/ABC medical comedy series '' Scrubs'' (2001–2009), and as Zoila Diaz in the Lifetime comedy-drama ''Devious M ...

as Nurse Carla Espinosa

Recurring roles

Sam Lloyd Sam Lloyd (November 12, 1963 – April 30, 2020) was an American actor and singer, best known for his portrayal of lawyer Ted Buckland on the comedy-drama series ''Scrubs'' and the sitcom ''Cougar Town''. Early life Lloyd was born in Spri ...

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Robert Maschio Robert Maschio (born August 25, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for playing Dr. Todd 'The Todd' Quinlan in the American comedy drama '' Scrubs''. Early life He graduated from Columbia University in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in Amer ...

as Dr. Todd Quinlan *

Travis Schuldt Travis Schuldt (born September 18, 1974)"Catching up with....Travis Schuldt." ''Soap Opera Digest''. August 12, 2013. p. 63. is an American actor. He originated the role of Ethan Winthrop on ''Passions'', and played the recurring roles of Keith D ...

Keith Dudemeister Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...

Aloma Wright Aloma Wright (born March 10, 1950) is an American actress, widely known for her roles as Laverne Roberts on the NBC/ABC comedy series '' Scrubs'' (2001–2009), Maxine Landis on the NBC daytime drama series ''Days of Our Lives'' (2008–2 ...

as Nurse Laverne Roberts *

Christa Miller Christa Beatrice Miller is an American actress and model who has achieved success in television comedy. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on ''The Drew Carey Show'' and Jordan Sullivan on ''Scrubs''. She has also appeared in ''Seinfeld'', ...

Jordan Sullivan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan River ...

as Dr. Kim Briggs *

Johnny Kastl Johnny Kastl is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Doug Murphy on the medical comedy ''Scrubs''. He has since made cameo appearances in several Hollywood productions and played other parts on television including the role of Todd ...

as Dr. Doug Murphy *

Mike Schwartz Mike Schwartz is an American screenwriter and actor, best known for his work on '' Scrubs'' (2001-2009). Life and career Schwartz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and was raised in Santa Barbara, California. A graduate of the improv group ...

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Guest stars

Jay Kenneth Johnson Jay Kenneth Johnson (born February 24, 1977) is an American actor from Springfield, Missouri. He began his career in 1999 when he was cast as Philip Kiriakis on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''. Early life Johnson was born to parents J ...

as Dr. Matthews *

as Brian Dancer *

as Melody O'Harra *

Alexander Chaplin Alexander Chaplin (né Gaberman; born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of speechwriter James Hobert on the sitcom ''Spin City''. As with the rest of the ''Spin City'' main cast, Chaplin has featured ...

as Sam Thompson *

Stephanie D'Abruzzo Stephanie Ann D'Abruzzo (; born December 7, 1971) is an American actress, puppeteer and singer. She has performed various Muppets in the TV program ''Sesame Street''. She held starring roles on '' Oobi'' and ''The Book of Pooh''. She was one of ...

as Patti Miller *

Dave Foley David Scott Foley (born January 4, 1963) is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, director, producer and writer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of television, stage and ...

as Dr. Lester Hedrick *

Nicole Sullivan Nicole Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress and comedian best known for her six seasons (1995–2001) on the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. She also played Holly Shumpert in five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) of the CBS sitcom '' ...

Jill Tracy Jill Tracy is a composer, singer, pianist, storyteller and "musical evocateur" based in San Francisco. Known for her dark, evocative, cinematic style, Jill Tracy states that some of her biggest childhood influences were film score composers su ...

The Blanks The Blanks are an American a cappella group. They were recurring guests on the TV series ''Scrubs'' under various names such as Ted's Band and The Worthless Peons. They have released two albums: '' Riding the Wave'' and ''Worth The Weight.'' M ...

as the Worthless Peons

Production

Season Six saw more writers leave. Tim Hobert left after the first 3 episodes, as did Tad Quill. Gabrielle Allan returned as a consulting producer for the first half season. Clarence Livingston was hired as a story editor. Andy Schwartz and Dave Tennant were hired as staff writers. Even though

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and Sean Russell each wrote an episode this season, they were not part of the writing staff. Weinberg returned to write just that episode. Russell was the script coordinator, who was given the opportunity to write an episode.

Writing staff

* Bill Lawrence – executive producer/head writer *

Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan are a television writing team who have worked on television comedies ''Family Guy'', '' Scrubs'', and ''Community''. Another project was the television pilot '' Nobody's Watching'', which they created and wrote wi ...

– executive producers/assistant head writers * Bill Callahan – co-executive producer (episodes 1–3) / executive producer/assistant head writer (episodes 4–22) *Tad Quill – executive producer/assistant head writer (episodes 1–3) *

– co-executive producer *

Debra Fordham Debra Fordham is an American television producer and writer. She is best known for her work on the sitcom '' Scrubs''. Early life Fordham is a graduate of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, where she studied theatre under the directi ...

– supervising producer *Mark Stegemann – supervising producer *

Janae Bakken Janae Bakken is an American television producer and screenwriter best known for her work on the television series ''Scrubs''. The Minneapolis, Minnesota-born Bakken has worked on ''Scrubs'' since 2001, as a writer, and in 2002 served as a story e ...

– supervising producer *

Angela Nissel Angela R. Nissel (born December 5, 1978) is an American author and television writer best known for her first book ''The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke''. She was a writer and executive ...

– consulting producer *Gabrielle Allan – consulting producer (episodes 1–10) *Tim Hobert – executive producer/assistant head writer (episode 1) / consulting producer (episodes 2–3) *

Kevin Biegel Kevin Biegel is a television writer/producer, the co-creator of ''Cougar Town'' and creator of '' Enlisted''.Kevin Biegel

– story editor *Aseem Batra – story editor *Clarence Livingston – story editor *Dave Tennant – staff writer *Andy Schwartz – staff writer

Production staff

*Bill Lawrence – executive producer/showrunner *

Randall Winston Randall Keenan Winston is a television producer and director best known for his work on ''Spin City'' and '' Scrubs''. Career He has been an associate producer on such shows as '' Champs'', '' Day By Day'', '' Brooklyn Bridge'' and ''Spin City''. ...

– producer *Liz Newman – producer *Danny Rose – co-producer

Directors

''Includes directors who directed 2 or more episodes, or directors who are part of the cast and crew'' *

John Putch John Putch (born July 27, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1970s sitcom '' One Day at a Time'' and as Sean Brody in the film ''Jaws 3-D''. Life and career Putch was born in C ...

(4 episodes) *

Linda Mendoza Linda Mendoza Kahle is an American film director and television director. Mendoza's directorial career began in 1992, directing promotional segments for Fox and MTV. She then went on to direct/produce segments for ''Kidsongs'' and the Nickelode ...

(2 episodes) *John Inwood (2 episodes) *

Victor Nelli, Jr. Victor Nelli Jr. is an American television director and television producer, producer. He began his professional career at Viacom (2005–present), Viacom, Inc. working as a cinematographer on the MTV and Comedy Central series ''The Real World ...

(2 episodes) * Bill Lawrence (1 episode) *

Zach Braff Zachary Israel Braff'Scrubs' Star Zach Braff Wows ...

(1 episode) * Michael McDonald (1 episode) *Rick Blue (editor) (1 episode) *John Michel (editor) (1 episode) *Richard Alexander Wells (assistant director) (1 episode) *Mark Stegemann (writer) (1 episode) *Richard Davis (camera operator) (1 episode)

Episodes

Notes

*^† denotes a "supersized" episode, running an extended length of 25–28 minutes.

References

;General references * *

External links

* {{Scrubs 2006 American television seasons 2007 American television seasons 6