BRAFF TO HANG UP HIS 'SCRUBS'.Byline: GREG HERNANDEZ I know you're expecting to see this week's "Where Are They Now?" column. It will return next week in all its glory. Instead, I'm sharing with you various tidbits TidBITS is an award-winning electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics. Internet publication TidBITS has been published weekly since April 16, 1990, which makes it one of the longest running Internet publications. from the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer press tour where I have been camped out much of the week. FROM BRAFF TO BUFF? The very funny Zach Braff talked about season eight of "Scrubs" on Thursday -- the show has changed networks from NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. to ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. -- and revealed that if the show continues after that, he won't be on it. And for his last year on "Scrubs," Zach showed up for filming "in the best shape of my life." That's not necessarily great for his character, who's "not supposed to be in shape," Zach said. "I made a new friend, and that person just inspired me to eat better and treat my body better and exercise -- actually for the first time in my life," he explained. "I feel great. I feel better than I've ever felt." So why has his character of Dr. John "J.D." Dorian struck such a chord with viewers for so long? "I think everyone can relate to him," Zach said. "We all have that side of us that is neurotic and goofy Goofy bumbling, awkward dog; originally named Dippy Dawg. [Comics: “Mickey Mouse” in Horn, 492] See : Awkwardness and silly, and we often have to hide it to act like everybody else. I think J.D. can't help but be goofy and silly and make a fool of himself all the time. So many guys on TV are the cool stud that gets all the girls, and J.D. is the antithesis of that." THE OTHER BECKY: Of all the cast members of "Roseanne," it's Sarah Chalke (oldest daughter Becky Conner) who has had the most post-series success. She's got seven seasons of "Scrubs" to her credit and an eighth is in the works, as well as a recurring role on "How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is a CBS sitcom that premiered on September 19, 2005. Created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, the show received generally positive reviews. ." I wondered whether she had any hard feelings over being dumped from the show when Lecy Goranson decided she wanted to come back after leaving the show to attend college. Sarah did 67 episodes in all. "You get a great job, and you're excited; then you lose a job, and it's tough," she admitted. "I was 18, so it was even more confusing as a kid. But I wouldn't trade the experience. It was an incredible learning experience, but that part of it was bad." But that wasn't the end of it: "I ended up coming back for the last year and a half. I was Becky two and four." LOHAN EARLY TO WORK: "Ugly Betty Ugly Betty is an Emmy-winning[1] American television comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Rebecca Romijn and Vanessa Williams. The series premiered on September 28, 2006, on ABC in the United States and on Citytv in Canada. " Executive Producer Silvio Horta Silvio Horta (born 1974 in Miami, Florida) is a Cuban-American writer and producer most notably for adapting the South American telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea into the current ABC series, Ugly Betty. Horta serves as head writer and executive producer on the series. told us Thursday that Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. showed up 45 minutes early for her first day of shooting her first guest spots. She returns for several more in the upcoming season and Silvio could not be happier. "Lindsay brings a reputation, but I've always loved her," he said. "I just wanted to meet her, to be in a room with her and see what this is all about. She fell into whatever the typical traps of stardom. I think this is a real great opportunity for her. I'm really excited." LIFE IS A CIRCUS: Last month, I wrote about Antonio Sabato Jr. participating in "Celebrity Circus Celebrity Circus was an Australian reality television series which aired in 2005 on the Nine Network. The show took celebrities and, with the help of Silver's Circus, trained them into circus acts. ." At the ABC party Thursday night, he waved me over to tell me that he had won! "It was the best, the best time," he said. "Everything came to a beautiful close." CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) If "Scrubs" continues after the upcoming season, it will be sans Zach Braff, he says. Getty Images (2 -- color) Lindsay Lohan |
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