Scrubs: ABC's comedy revival Scrubs returned recently for its second season (or eleventh overall), and the results were pretty mixed. While its 0.36/0.29 premiere rating represents a solid performance overall, both ratings marked a new series low for the revival run, which had dipped to a 0.39 at its weakest point in season one.

Something that does not bode very well for Scrubs is its streaming performance, where it also looks similar to Shifting Gears. Its premiere did just OK, peaking at #6 on Hulu and staying on the chart for the first five days after its premiere. The second episode, however, already saw major slippage, down to just a #13 peak and one single day on the chart. That did not prove to be fatal for Shifting Gears, which performed similarly, but it's a warning sign. Scrubs performed better than this last season, and it's now showing signs of losing steam on both linear TV and on streaming.

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[–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

I didn’t even realize it was airing until well after it started airing. I don’t see many ads in my daily life, but that number isn’t zero. And I’m a huge Scrubs fan.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Scrubs was a product of it's time. Most of it's original viewers are cold in the ground.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Cold in the ground? It's not the fucking Andy Griffith show.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    5/6 of the regular watchers I knew are dead. It's just my little anecdote.

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