{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "it must suck for the cast of scrubs to try and have acting careers afterwards. like they're all just gonna be so and so from...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/653761901519683584/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>it must suck for the cast of scrubs to try and have acting careers afterwards. like they're all just gonna be so and so from scrubs, a font of approximate adequacy from an era when most shows weren't made to be tolerable for more than an episode at a time</p></div>\n<p>Like I see pushback here but can confirm sitcoms were considered <b>dead</b> in Hollywood in the early 2000s \u2013 hourlong drama was still good for scripted but the rest of the energy was in game shows and reality and even animation \u2013 until <i>30 Rock</i>, which was <b>not</b> expected to be the one of it and <i>Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip</i> to survive</p>"}