ABC may renew Scrubs for a ninth season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network is in talks to bring the sitcom back with some or all of the original cast members in full- or part-time roles. Series creator Bill Lawrence, who’s also at work on Courteney Cox pilot Cougar Town for the network, is involved in the discussions with the studio, network, and cast, whose deals don’t extend beyond the current eighth season. There has been talk about making Scrubs a comedy version of ER, with a revolving cast — and, to wit, the show has integrated a new set of interns this year. Original  cast could return in recurring roles: Zach Braff has said this year is his last, while Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, and Neil Flynn are all in other pilots up for fall consideration. The series has garnered solid, if not spectacular, ratings on Wednesdays after moving to ABC from NBC this season.

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Sit Down, Shut Up, the animated series from Arrested Development‘s Mitch Hurwitz starring the voices of Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, has lost its post-Simpsons time slot. Starting May 3, the show will lead off Fox Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Encore American Dad episodes will air at 7:30 p.m., The Simpsons at 8 p.m., and King of the Hill at 8:30 p.m., the network has confirmed. 

Melissa Rycroft will be sitting out tonight at Dancing With the Stars, thanks to a hairline fracture of the ribs, the Associated Press reports. While practicing with partner Tony Dovolani the former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and star of The Bachelor aggravated an injury she suffered last week, forcing her to miss tonight’s performance (though she is expected to stay in the competition). In a pre-taped segment Rycroft told the Dancing audience, “I hurt my ribs last week doing a difficult move. It was feeling better and then I hurt myself again….I felt a blinding pain shoot down my side, so we decided it would be best to go actually have a doctor check it out.” Rycroft is one of many Dancing competitors sidelined by an injury. Steve Wozniak, Steve-O, and Gilles Marini have all been hurt during the season, while Nancy O’Dell and Jewel pulled out of the competition with injuries before the season premiered.

A show insider tells EW that Rycroft is expected to be back on the show Tuesday night, and that if she isn’t eliminated, she wants to continue on the show.

Rather than canceling the struggling serialized murder mystery Harper’s Island, CBS announced today it will move the show from Thursdays at 10pm to Saturdays at 9pm, starting May 2. According to a network release, the 13-week limited series showed improvement in DVR and online viewership, an indication that it had enough of an audience to sustain the show through the end of its run.

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