7 Best Medical Dramas Like ‘Scrubs’ to Watch Before Reboot Arrives 

We might not have seen it coming even with all the reboots being made at the moment, but NBC’s hit medical sitcom Scrubs is getting one of its own too.

With several leading actors like Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke set to return, the future series is now believed to be the original show’s continuation rather than a remake, and is also scheduled for a release during the 2025-2026 broadcast season.

Despite Scrubs’ sequel series getting there quite soon, there’s still much more time for just rewatching the original show once again — here are some of everyone’s favourite medical sitcoms to check out while waiting.

‘Dr. Ken’ (2015 — 2017)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Dr. Ken holds scores of 7% and 59% from critics and audiences
• On IMDb, the show is rated 5.7/10

Even though Dr. Ken might not be a critical darling whatsoever, the show will still find some fans among those who liked Ken Jeong in The Hangover movies.

Dr. Ken primarily follows its eponymous character, a licensed physician with an all-positive attitude despite some personal and professional issues.

Jeong’s energetic performance didn’t quite save the show from failing hard, eventually resulting in Dr. Ken’s definite and after two seasons.

'Childrens Hospital' (2008–2016)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Childrens Hospital has a score of 91% from viewers
• On IMDb, the series is rated 7.8/10

Unlike most similar TV series, this one comes as a weird blend of doctors’ obsession with their own problems and hidden desires and their sudden change when they need to treat a child.

Childrens Hospital was originally created as a pure comedy show, though it just can’t go without overall drama and some disheartening plot twists that are a pretty normal outcome in any hospital.

‘Nurse Jackie’ (2009 — 2015)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Nurse Jackie keeps scores of 81% and 88% from critics and audiences
• On IMDb, the show’s rating is 7.9/10

Starring Edie Falco, the show offers a different perspective of the nursing job by closely following Jackie Peyton, a New York City emergency nurse who lives a double life.

At home happily married with two kids, Edie is a serious drug addict in hiding while at work, also starting up an extra-marital affair that would provide her with necessary prescriptions.

Despite a pretty depressive premise, Nurse Jackie is a humorous take on the matter, mixing it all with high-class drama filled with complex and compelling characters.

‘House’ (2004 — 2012)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, House has scores of 89% and 96% from critics and viewers
• On IMDb, the show rates 8.7/10

One of Hugh Laurie’s breakthrough roles, Dr. Gregory House isn’t quite a man to lead a medical sitcom since his brilliance in the field goes hand-in-hand with serious troubles like addiction to pain medication and struggle to find trust in people.

House’s dark humour helps to make it all easy though, with the character’s sarcastic attitude quickly becoming the whole point of the series.

Whether House planned to be this funny or not, the series did succeed in this even better than originally planned sitcoms.

'St. Denis Medical' (2024 — )

• On Rotten Tomatoes, St. Denis Medical has scores of 80% and 75% from critics and viewers
• On IMDb, the show’s rating is 7/10

A medical successor of The Office, St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary that follows a documentary crew’s attempts to track down day-to-day life of doctors and other staff members in an Oregon hospital.

The show boasts of all kinds of characters to stick with for the upcoming second season, so Scrubs’ sequel might be getting into a stiff competition over there.

'Becker' (1998–2004)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Becker keeps a score of 97% from audiences
• On IMDb, the show’s rating is 7.3/10

With Ted Danson carrying the entire series on his shoulders, Becker stars the actor in a pretty familiar role of doctor John Becker whose usually annoying attitude gets a major change once he knows one of his patients needs him.

Despite his initial rudeness, something about Becker clicked with the viewers, making them root for him and find him quite relatable.

With other not less great performances from the supporting cast, Backer lasted for six seasons before wrapping it all up.

'M*A*S*H' (1972–1983)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, M*A*S*H holds a score of 89% from audiences
• On IMDb, the show rates 8.5/10

Based on Robert Altman’s 1970 movie of the same name, the show gets a closer look at the life of numerous doctors and nurses in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at the time of the Korean War.

Also a war drama of sorts, M*A*S*H mixes war horrors with this much-needed humour at the desperate times, eventually adding up to its status of one of the greatest TV series ever made.

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