Judy Reyes to reprise Carla in ABC's Scrubs revival for 2025-26

Judy Reyes will reprise her role as Carla Espinosa in ABCs reboot of the medical comedy Scrubs, joining Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke when the series returns in the 2025-26 television season, industry reports said. Reyes will appear in a special recurring guest star role while remaining a series regular on ABCs crime drama High Potential, with the new Scrubs having received a straight-to-series order in July.

The revival will bring back Braff, Faison and Chalke as their original characters J.D., Turk and Elliot, each of whom is also credited as an executive producer. Tim Hobert and Aseem Batra will serve as showrunners and executive producers alongside creator Bill Lawrence, with Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer also listed as executive producers. The project is being produced by 20th Television, and network promotional language teases that J.D. and Turk will "scrub in together for the first time in a long time" as medicine and interns have changed but their "bromance" endures.

Reyes starred as Carla, Sacred Hearts head nurse and a steady mother figure to several of the main characters, across the shows first eight seasons. Her return was coordinated to accommodate her...