--- description: The medical comedy-drama that ran from 2001 to 2010 was due to expire this month, but all nine seasons will now remain on Netflix servers. title: Good News for 'Scrubs' Fans, Netflix Won't Delete the Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Good News for _Scrubs_ Fans: Netflix Won't Delete the Show by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2016 3:55 AM CUT by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 4, 2016 3:55 AM CUT All nine seasons of _Scrubs_ will remain on Netflix, according to tweets on Tuesday from none other than Zach Braff and Netflix. > [](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/727681397381455872) > [](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/727682392782036992) > [](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/727637998406238208) The medical comedy-drama that ran from 2001 to 2010 was due to expire on Netflix this month. A change of heart saved it from deletion, unlike so many other [classics](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/22/expiring-netflix-april-mash "undefined"). But no word yet on whether the Internet television network has plans to actually revive the show, like it has done with so many other classics: [_Arrested Development_](http://time.com/3905824/arrested-development-netflix-season-5/ "undefined"), [_Full House_](http://time.com/3829380/full-house-revival-netflix-john-stamos/ "undefined") and [_Gilmore Girls_](http://time.com/4228983/girlmore-girls-revival-who-is-coming-back/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4317370/scrubs-television-netflix-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4317370/scrubs-television-netflix-show/"},"headline":"Good News for Scrubs Fans: Netflix Won't Delete the Show","datePublished":"2016-05-04T03:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:15:07.975Z","description":"A change of heart saved it from deletion, unlike so many other classics","url":"https://time.com/4317370/scrubs-television-netflix-show/","keywords":["Television","Netflix","show"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4317370/scrubs-television-netflix-show/","name":"Good News for Scrubs Fans: Netflix Won't Delete the Show"}}]}] ```