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Scrubs season 9 certainly felt like a spinoff despite not being officially marketed as one, but the sitcom actually launched an official spinoff show alongside season 8 that crashed and burned but didn't dissuade showrunner Bill Lawrence from taking the main project into its Med School era. Of all nine seasons of Scrubs, the ninth is often labeled the worst. The sitcom's transformation and cast overhaul resulted in it feeling much different from the previous eight seasons. Not every doctor from Scrubs returned for the Med School run, but those that did come back had a reduced role.

Just like Med School, the other Scrubs spinoff also only ran for a single season. It encountered many of the same issues as Scrubs season 9 did, and instead of learning from those missteps, the main show essentially replicated them after the original run ended. Thankfully, the inevitable Scrubs revival that's on the horizon gives...

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios has ordered a pilot for Dinks, an improvisational style multi-cam comedy starring and executive produced by real-life married couple June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer. Grace & Frankie creator Marta Kauffman is writer, executive producer and showrunner of the project, which is produced by her Okay Goodnight banner, Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate Television.

Dinks (Dual Income No Kids) is about Josh (Scheer) and Charlie (Raphael), a couple who, in absence of a marriage or kids, decide to literally build a life together by renovating their nightmare of a dream house.

Alex Fernie is directing the pilot, which Kauffman co-wrote with Hannah K.S. Canter. Kauffman, Canter, Raphael and Scheer executive produce with Okay Goodnight’s Robbie Rowe Tollin. Jesse Schiller serves as a producer and Molly Arkin as a co-producer.

A previous version of Dinks – then called A Lot – with the same creative auspices, including Raphael, Scheer,...

Update: A roster of talent including Jason Alexander, Jack Black, Lily Tomlin and Jeremy Allen White, among others, will join the Give Back-ular Spectacular! fundraising variety show to benefit the entire community of artists, craftspeople, technicians, production assistants and support staff facing financial difficulty due to the strikes.

Produced by Marta Kauffman, Paul McCrane, Paul Scheer and more, The Give Back-ular Spectacular! set for October 25, 6 p.m., in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theater will feature, in addition to those mentioned above, Rachel Bloom, LeVar Burton, Nicole Byer, Bryan Cranston, Lil Dicky, Lindsay Dougherty, Simon Helberg, Janelle James, Michael McKean, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, June Diane Raphael, Andrea Savage, Paul Scheer, Dax Shepard and Julian Velard.

The evening will consist of sketch comedy, stand-up, live interviews, musical performances, and more. Ticket and other information can be found here.

Previous, Sept. 7: Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman, actors Paul McCrane (ER) and...

The “Give Back-ular Spectacular” is coming into focus.

Organizers for the live telethon-style fundraiser — set to take place at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on Oct. 25 — have confirmed a roster of celebrity participants that includes (in alphabetical order) Jason Alexander, Jack Black, Rachel Bloom, LeVar Burton, Nicole Byer, Bryan Cranston, Lil Dicky, Lindsay Dougherty, Simon Helberg, Janelle James, Michael McKean, Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, June Diane Raphael, Andrea Savage, Paul Scheer, Dax Shepard, Lily Tomlin, Julian Velard and Jeremy Allen White. The program is set to feature sketch comedy, stand-up, live interviews, musical performances and more.

As previously announced, the purpose is to “raise money for emergency financial relief for the entire community of artists, craftspeople, technicians, production assistants and support staff facing financial difficulty due to the strikes.”

The event is being produced by Marta Kauffman, Paul McCrane, Robbie Rowe Tollin, Jesse Schiller, Paul Scheer, Tony Phelan, Tara Miele...

They’re calling it “The Give Back-ular Spectacular.”

A new fundraiser has been set for L.A.’s Orpheum Theater on Oct. 25 as a benefit for workers amid Hollywood’s dual strikes, organized in partnership with the Union Solidarity Coalition. It will be co-hosted by Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman, actor and director Paul McCrane and actor and writer Paul Scheer.

Per official intel distributed Thursday, the fundraiser is designed “to raise awareness that this strike is adversely affecting not just writers and actors, but the entire community of artists, craftspeople, technicians, production assistants and support staff” while also raising money to cover Cobra and healthcare premiums for members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Teamsters, Laborers’ International Union of North America and other workers who are being financially impacted by the work stoppage.

Tusc was founded by writers and directors who were moved to support crews affected...