Overview
- Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke are confirmed to star in and executive produce the reboot as Drs. John Dorian, Christopher Turk and Elliot Reid.
- Bill Lawrence will executive produce after negotiating a carve-out from his Warner Bros. Television overall deal.
- Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra, both original series writers and producers, have been named showrunners and executive producers.
- Negotiations are advancing to bring back Judy Reyes despite her commitments to ABC’s High Potential.
- ABC’s straight-to-series order bypasses the traditional pilot season to bolster its comedy slate with a blend of legacy characters and fresh storytelling.