Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Scrubs

Source




Scrubs
NBC (2001-2008)
ABC (2009-2010)

Donald Faison (far right) won 2 BET Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a comedy. Faison was in every single episode (182), while Zach Braff (main character, middle), was only in 175. Faison plays Braff's best friend, and they are almost always together joking around (that's what the show is based off of).


I believe that this show is an example that goes against Mr. Bolos' thesis. One of the main characters of the show is African American (Faison). Faison's character goes through struggles that are considered normal. He and his wife have relationship issues, he is starting a family (having kids) with his wife, and he is also worried about his career path (he ends up becoming Chief of Surgery). Although the show is a comedy, it consistently aired from between 7:30 and 8:30 on network channels. At one point, the show was getting easily just as many views as many network dramas. However, in its last couple of seasons, the viewership definitely dwindled off.

No comments:

Post a Comment