TV-'Scrubs' will be back this season (Mandy Moore & Cusack ???)

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http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/tv/mmx-0509180424sep18,0,593827.story?coll=mmx-television_heds

At a press event for television critics over the summer, NBC execs floated the story that "Scrubs" would not be on the network's fall schedule because star Zach Braff was off making a movie, which allegedly would have delayed the start of the show's shooting schedule.

That's nonsense, according to "Scrubs" creator and executive producer Bill Lawrence (in truth, Lawrence used an even more colorful phrase to describe the network's excuse).

"Zach finished his movie. I could have episodes ready already," Lawrence said from the show's California set, where he was directing an episode. "That was just network spin."

What about guest stars on the show?

"All the guest stars on the show have been friends of the cast and crew, but we've almost exhausted the list of friends," Lawrence said, laughing. "We've been begging (Zach Braff's girlfriend) Mandy Moore to come along and do some episodes, and Johnny McGinley is good friends with John Cusack, so one of these days we're going to get him on the show too, I hope."