Grey's Anatomy=Scrubs

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Sunday nights could easily be considered the best night on T.V.  Lots of people are interested in Desperate Housewives and The Sopranos are clearly the family everyone wants to be apart of.  The new Sunday night fad is now the show coming after Housewives; Grey’s Anatomy. I saw the preview for the show and remembered being vaguely interested in what the show could bring.  The first episode was cool and from there I’ve been a fan. 

Fast forward a few months when the Grey’s Anatomy bandwagon finally gets rolling.  (Let me iron this out quick: This is not about how I saw “this show first” or anything pretentious and stupid like that.  This is revolving around the title of the post.  But read on…follow me.)  I got annoyed with Grey’s in that the storylines, as far as the characters went got kind of…whiney.  I absolutely loved the episode where Karev kissed Izzie and was totally rocking the whole Meredith-McDreamy deal(I sound like such a chick trying not to be a chick).  But damn it, I dug the show.  It was cool.  The brief hiatus turned me off, I got tired of the show for some reason and I know that reason. It tries to be Scrubs.

Scrubs is the best comedy on television today.  You can make your cases for anything, but Scrubs is an underappreciated show on a bad network(NBC).  Scrubs combines the type of humor thats random, unique, heartwarming, chuckle-worthy and generally quirky.  It’s a medical comedy with heavier undertones as it’s underlying.  The relationships between the doctors, specifically Dorian and Elliot, are incredibly involving and nowhere near cliched.  Not that Grey’s doesn’t have unique relationships, but the similarities ring true.  Follow me here…

Watch the first few episodes of Grey’s and on occasions you will hear Cynthia call George “Bambi”, the same name Carla calls J.D. in Scrubs.  Notice George;the goofy, messy brown haired, loveable doctor.  Notice J.D.; the goofy, messy brown haired, loveable doctor.  Notice Bailey; the coarse, scathing mean doctor, that’s mean to teach the interns a lesson but really likes them and feels for them.  Notice Cox; the coarse, scathing mean doctor, thats mean to teach the interns a lesson but really likes them and feels for them.

The soundtrack are popular, alternative bands in Grey’s.  Scrubs has a popular alternative soundtrack.  This isn’t to say that every show with popular alternative soundtracks are Scrubs or Grey’s Anatomy but I’m clearly showing things here.  Grey’s Anatomy is narrated by the main character.  Scrubs is narrated by the main character.  The similarities are there.

This isn’t to say that they’re both not good shows on their own.  Scrubs aired a recent episode in which they took a jab at Grey’s and a well deserved jab at that.  I notice the similarities in the show and just get aggrevated when people believe Grey’s to be a far superior show.  Scrubs has been running for upwards of 4 seasons and have brought new stories and popular characters whereas Grey’s run could be limited.

Give credit where credit’s due Shonda Rhimes.  Scrubs helped you figure out your show.  I don’t know what she could do to give it credit except pull away from the safety net of the established medical dramedy show.  This is a topic that got to me because of ignorant video store customers arguing with me about Grey’s originality.  While Grey’s has a good ensemble and good characters, a particular edgy character being Karev, it is a mild copy of Scrubs.