So many changes were made in refashioning ABC’s “Scrubs” that creator Bill Lawrence wanted the network to change the title, the New York Times reports in an in-depth look at the medical comedy’s remake.

Star Zach Braff remains, but there are mostly new actors, new showrunners and a new setting.

In a mailing to TV critics, Lawrence wrote: “I see ‘Scrubs’ as a new show.”

–Elizabeth Jensen