The sixth season of the American

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television series '' Scrubs'' 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 Comedy Night Done Right. Guest stars in the sixth season included Keri Russell and Michael Weston. 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 ( Elizabeth Banks), 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 (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He portrayed J.D. (Scrubs), John Michael "J.D." Dorian on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' (2001–2010), for ...

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

Sarah Chalke Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring roles as the second Becky Conner in the ABC sitcom ''Roseanne'' (1993–1997), Elliot Reid in the NBC/ABC medical comedy series '' Sc ...

as Dr. Elliot Reid * Donald Faison as Dr. Chris Turk *

Neil Flynn Neil Richard Flynn (born November 13, 1960) is an American actor and comedian. After performing with numerous comedy troupes in the Chicago area during the 1980s, he made his film debut in ''Major League (film), Major League'' (1989). During the ...

as The Janitor *

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 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/American Broadcasting Company, ABC medical comedy series ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs'' (2001–2009), as Zoila ...

as Nurse Carla Espinosa

Recurring roles

* Sam Lloyd as Ted Buckland * Robert Maschio 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 ...

as Keith Dudemeister * Aloma Wright as Nurse Laverne Roberts * Christa Miller as Jordan Sullivan * Elizabeth Banks as Dr. Kim Briggs *

Johnny Kastl Johnny Kastl is an American lawyer and former actor, perhaps best known for his role as List of characters on Scrubs#Doug Murphy, Dr. Doug Murphy on the medical comedy ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. He made cameo appearances in several Hollywoo ...

as Dr. Doug Murphy * Mike Schwartz as Lloyd the Delivery Guy

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 parent ...

as Dr. Matthews * Michael Weston as Brian Dancer * Keri Russell as Melody O'Harra * Alexander Chaplin as Sam Thompson * Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Patti Miller *

Dave Foley David 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 fil ...

as Dr. Lester Hedrick * Nicole Sullivan as Jill Tracy *

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.'' ...

as the Worthless Peons

Production

Season Six saw more writers leave. Tim Hobert left after the first three 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 Eric Weinberg 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 – 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) * Mike Schwartz – co-executive producer * Debra Fordham – supervising producer *Mark Stegemann – supervising producer * Janae Bakken – supervising producer * Angela Nissel – 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 – 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 – 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 (1975 TV series), One Day at a Time'' and as Sean Brody in the film ''Jaws 3-D''. ...

(4 episodes) * Linda Mendoza (2 episodes) *John Inwood (2 episodes) * Victor Nelli, Jr. (2 episodes) * Bill Lawrence (1 episode) *

(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