Now who hasn’t heard about Courtney Cox? Yes, our own Monica from the hit series ‘Friends’. Now that the series have ended, I am sure all her fans must be missing her like anything. But, don’t worry. Soon you will get the chance to see her on screen. This time you will see her on Scrubs instead of friends.

Courtney will be appearing in the next season, season 8, of this hit medical comedy drama series. She has signed the series for three episodes. According to ‘Entertainment Weekly’, Cox will become Sacred Heart’s new Chief of Medicine and her character will “ruffle feathers”.

It was reported that Cox agreed to do this series, only after it was announced that her own series ‘Dirt’ has been called cancelled by network bosses at FX. She then agreed to do this small role in this hit series.

So, all you Cox fans brace yourselves to watch your all time favorite TV star in an altogether different and fresh role. I know that it is getting difficult to wait, but the season has started and you expect her entry anytime now.

‘Scrubs’ is coming back for season 8 this fall but there is exodus of stars from the show which has put the future of the show in doldrums. Creator Bill Lawrence recently commented that he would like the show to go on forever or at least, until its ninth season. But, with its two central characters Jack Braff and Judy Reyes gone, there is remote possibility of the show surviving beyond this season. As an ardent fan, I sincerely hope that ‘Scrubs’ get even stronger with 8^th season after shifting to ABC.

In an interview Lawrence said that there were at least 50\50 chances of the show going on beyond this season. Lawrence also said that “I see it as ending for Zach, and I see it as ending for me” and that the particular season 8 episode they are producing is “definitely written as a series finale.” It’s really sad if it happens this way because, of all the medical dramas going on TV, Scrubs is the best. This comedy series deals with the grave issues in a very light hearted manner.

Judy, who plays Carla Espinosa on ‘Scrubs’, was on TV recently. Last month, she was on the Lifetime telepic, Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story, in which she appeared alongside ‘Ugly Betty’s’ Ana Ortiz. The film is directed by Paul A. Kaufman and written by Christopher Canaan and Maria Nation. The film is about a little girl who grows up realizing that the mother who took care of her isn’t her biological parent, and tries to discover her identity.

Judy played Luz Cuevas in the film, mother of two beautiful children and wife to a loving husband, played by Hector Luis Bustamante. Luz’s life is turned upside down when her infant daughter is presumed to be victim of a fire that broke out in their home. Luz keeps up the hope that her daughter is still alive, as her remains were not found after the fire. She also suspects that her cousin, Valerie (Ana Ortiz) took the baby and started the fire to cover up her tracks.

Its ages before Scrubs comes back on the small screen for the 8^th season. Probably in December or may be in January. Of all the series running on TV about hospitals and medicos Scrub is my favorite. A light hearted take at the grim situations one is likely to come across in a hospital. I keep going over the old episodes while I wait for the next season. Seventh season was supposed to be the final season but then one more season was added. And now there are rumors that it can stretch beyond the 8^th season. Good for Scrub fans like me.

Its creator Bill Laurence has hinted towards many more seasons of Scrubs that has now moved to ABC this season. But I bet it’s not going to be easy. Many veterans have announced their departure from the show. Earlier Zach Braff who plays the lead as John Dorian had told that he would be leaving Scrubs. Now the pretty nurse Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes) has decided to leave the show to pursue a career in films.

If Carla leaves there will be a problem as to whether Donald Faison who plays Chris Turk, Carla’s husband, would remain on the show. Their divorce is a very remote possibility. I hate myself for suggesting that only way Chris Turk can remain without Carla is if she is dies. Do you have a better idea?

Since Zach Braff would be leaving after 8^th season, creators would have to find a new protagonist. Well if I were Bill Laurence, I would introduce a lot of characters in this season itself. There should be enough reasons for the audiences and other characters to come back for another season once our beloved characters have left. Who do you think would do best as the main character out of the present characters?