{
  "id": 1149079,
  "title": "‘SNL’ Alum John Higgins Joins ‘Scrubs’ For Major Role In Season 2 Of ABC Revival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/snl-alum-john-higgins-joins-scrubs-for-major-role-in-season-2-of-abc",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-15T23:41:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/john-higgins-scrubs-season-2-grant-abc-snl-1237041813/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Former Saturday Night Live writer/performer John Higgins, member of the Please Don’t Destroy comedy group, has joined the cast of ABC’s Scrubs for a major recurring role in the upcoming second season of the revival, Deadline has learned. He will play Grant, the new Chief Resident, who is envisioned as a thorn in J.D.’s […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Scrubs’ Adds ‘SNL’ Alum John Higgins for Season 2 of Revival Series",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/scrubs-adds-snl-alum-john-higgins-for-season-2-of-revival-series",
        "published": "2026-08-16T00:22:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}