Keepers Updated October 19, 2026
Scrubs (2026), Season 1

Is it worth it?

Scrubs (2026), Season 1

Bill Lawrence · TV season · Feb 25, 2026

48Not yet

Metacritic 73Keeper Score 48

Skip it for now. It scores 48, well short of the 85 a Keeper needs. The weakest part is the critics: 73 on Metacritic, 38th of the 58 films and shows we scored.

Where the 48 comes from

Critics4/40

Critic score 73. A 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40 points.

Audience17/20

Audience score 92. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20 points.

Track record13/15

Lawrence created the original Scrubs and co-created Shrinking, and he brought back the original cast for this revival.

Staying power14/25

ABC renewed it on April 30, 2026 after the premiere drew 11 million viewers over 35 days and was the highest-rated comedy telecast among adults 18 to 49.

4 + 17 + 13 + 14 = 48

Image: metacritic.com

Scores used: Metacritic 73 from 27 critics, user score 6.2 from 5 ratings (Rotten Tomatoes 90% from 50 reviews, Popcornmeter 92% from 250+ ratings). Numbers checked October 19, 2026. See the main source.

Find it on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, Keepers earns from qualifying purchases.

Other film & tv worth your time

91KeeperThe Pitt, Season 2Keeper · R. Scott Gemmill91KeeperWidow's Bay, Season 1Keeper · Katie Dippold90KeeperProject Hail MaryKeeper · Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Do you agree?

Pick between two films and shows at a time and build your own ranking of this year's films and shows. It takes a few seconds and there's no sign-in.

Rank the films and shows

Hear about the next Keeper.

One short email when something new makes the list: an album to play, a game to buy, a film to watch, a book to read, tech worth buying, a thing that lasts. Nothing else.

Only new Keepers. Every email has a one-tap unsubscribe. Rather not give an email? Follow the feed.

How the score works

Albums, games, films, shows and books

  • Critics, 40. The published aggregate from Metacritic, OpenCritic, Album of the Year or Rotten Tomatoes. For books, Book Marks grades every major review rave, positive, mixed or pan; we read those as 100, 75, 50 and 25 and take the average. Almost everything reviewed lands between 70 and 98, so a 70 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 40.
  • Audience, 20. What people who paid for it say, from user scores, Steam reviews and, for books, the Goodreads average times 20. A 60 earns nothing and a 98 earns all 20.
  • Track record, 15. Whether the people who made it have made things that lasted before. Debuts start lower on purpose.
  • Staying power, 25. What happens after launch week: chart runs, players who stick around, renewals, sales that keep going, prize shortlists.

A Keeper is our bet on what lasts. Some releases show it right away: the reviews, the players and the people behind them all point the same way, the way they did for Elden Ring. For albums, games, films, shows and books, 85 or above is a Keeper and 75 to 84 is worth your time. Things and tech need 80. We score everything again as time goes by, and a Keeper that fades loses the label. Nobody pays to be here or pays for a score. Every score links to where its numbers came from. Each one has a link to find it on Amazon, and as an Amazon Associate, Keepers earns from qualifying purchases.

Also made by the same person