Tamera Mowry-Housley is checking into Season 2 of the “Scrubs” reboot. The “Sister, Sister” and “Twitches” star has boarded the ABC sitcom as a guest star. Steffie, a pediatric doctor who tries to persuade Tosh (Ava Bunn) to choose peds as her specialty.
Season 2 premieres with two episodes on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. on ABC. Episodes stream on Hulu and Disney+ the next day. Mowry-Housley joins the 30-minute revival comedy alongside Zach Braff as John “J.D.” Dorian, Donald Faison as Christopher Turk, Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid and Ava Bunn as Sam Tosh.
The second iteration of the series finds J.D., Turk and Elliot after they’ve leveled up from interns to icons at Sacred Heart. Per the logline, “Now, the respected doctors inspire the next generation while balancing the ups and downs of working in a hospital. Together with characters new and old, they are navigating this next chapter with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.” Bill Lawrence of Doozer Productions created the original series and serves as executive producer of the reboot alongside Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer also of Doozer Productions.
Braff, Faison and Chalke star and executive produce. Aseem Batra serves as executive producer and showrunner; Mike Royce, Mathew Harawitz, Randall Keenan Winston and Michael Spiller also executive produce. The series is produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.
The original “Scrubs” premiered in 2001 and ran for nine seasons on NBC and then ABC.
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