SEASON PREMIERE

DR. KELSO'S REPLACEMENT ARRIVES AT SACRED HEART, ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF ABC'S "SCRUBS"

Courteney Cox Guest Stars as Dr. Maddox

"My Jerks" -- Dr. Kelso's beautiful but unethical replacement, Dr. Maddox (played by guest star Courteney Cox), shakes things up at Sacred Heart, while J.D. struggles to manage a new crop of incompetent interns and Carla helps Elliott put her ego in check, on the season premiere of "Scrubs," TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 (9:00-9:30 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Editors note: This episode will repeat Jan. 7 from 8:00-8:30 p.m., ET.

"Scrubs" stars Zach Braff as J.D., Sarah Chalke as Elliot Reid, Donald Faison as Chris Turk, John C. McGinley as Dr. Perry Cox, Judy Reyes as Carla Espinosa, Ken Jenkins as Dr. Bob Kelso and Neil Flynn as the Janitor.

Guest starring in this episode are Courteney Cox as Dr. Maddox, Sam Lloyd as Ted, Travis Schuldt as Keith, Eliza Coupe as Denise, Betsy Beutler as Katie, Aziz Ansari as Ed, James Ritz as Mr. Hicks, Eric Artell as Rodney, Taran Killam as Jimmy, Aseem Batra as Josephine and Michael Spiller as the balloon guy.

"My Jerks" was written by Angela Nissel and directed by Michael Spiller.

"Scrubs" is produced by ABC Studios. Bill Lawrence ("Spin City") is the executive producer and creator.

The series is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. This program carries a TV-PG,L parental guideline.

This episode of "Scrubs" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online.