"The creators were trying to push things as far as they could on network television" Zach Braff has said that some of the jokes on Scrubs might not land in the same way today, calling it “way too un-PC”.
In an BBC interview reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the show’s finale, the actor admitted the comedy might now read differently. “Some of it is way too un-PC, I’m sure, for now,” Braff said. “We often cringe and go okay, you definitely couldn’t do that joke today. “Sometimes even at the time things would get censored because the creators were trying to push things as far as they could on network television.” Scrubs ran for nine seasons from 2001 to 2010, following a group of young doctors rising up the ranks.