‘Scrubs’ Is Back for Redemption, Says Donald Faison: “Season 9 Was Like, ‘What the Heck Were We Doing?’”

Sixteen years after Scrubs came to an end, Zach Braff and Donald Faison are scrubbing in yet again as the comedy returns for a revived 10th season.

The return comes after years of buzz — as well as the stars’ rewatch podcast Fake Doctors, Real Friends and their hit T-Mobile commercials — but even Braff is shocked at the result, admitting at the L.A. premiere on Monday, “I never thought [a revival] would be primetime ABC, 8 p.m., I thought maybe we’d do a little movie or a miniseries or something. This is the most glorious incarnation of it that I could have daydreamed about.”

Bringing back the show was no straightforward task, though, because of the complicated way it ended. The first seven seasons aired on NBC, but moved to ABC for season 8. That was expected to be the show’s last season, even closing with an episode titled “My…