About a year ago, fans of “Scrubs” like me just assumed the show would wrap up its sixth and final season and live in reruns for a while.

Not only did that notion go by the wayside, but now news has broken that the show may come back for an eighth season after it finishes the current abbreviated season, which has five episodes left. Only one question remains – which network will show it next year?

While the show currently appears on NBC, a division of ABC actually owns the show. ABC president Steve McPherson developed the show at Touchtone Studios before he took over at ABC.  NBC has done just enough to keep “Scrubs” because it knows ABC will snap it up the moment they drop it.

That’s why ABC has shown interest in an 18-episode order next year. Apparently, “Scrubs” has done so well in syndication – I know we watch it on Comedy Central whenever we can – that the cost of producing that many shows will easily be made backon the back end.

NBC has a period where it can exclusively negotiate for next season so I guess it’s just a matter of whether fans of the show will endure another season of NBC dicking around with the show or if ABC will give it the respect and status I think it deserves.

I just hope the whole cast comes back. If that doesn’t happen, all of this talk should just stop now.