Scrubs

Biegel got his first staff writing job on Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

, in its fifth season. In that season he wrote the episode "My Missed Perception" as well co-wrote the season finale "My Transition." In the sixth season he was promoted to story editor

Story editor

Story editor is a job title in motion picture and television production, also sometimes called "supervising producer". A story editor is a member of the screenwriting staff who edits stories for screenplays....

. In that season he wrote "My Fishbowl" and co-wrote "My Rabbit

My Rabbit

"My Rabbit" is the 21st episode of season six and 138th episode of the American sitcom Scrubs. It aired on May 17, 2007 NBC. It is part one of the two-part season finale, followed by "My Point of No Return".-Plot:...

." In the seventh season he was promoted to executive story editor, he wrote the only unaired episode of Scrubs entitled "My Commitment." The episode was not completely filmed due to the writers strike, material from the episode was later used in an episode of season eight. For the eighth season he became a co-producer and wrote two episodes. They were, "My Nah Nah Nah

My Nah Nah Nah

"My Nah Nah Nah" is the 11th episode of the eighth season of the ABC Studios television series Scrubs, and 161st overall. It was broadcast on March 18, 2009.- Plot :...

", which had story lifted from the incomplete seventh season episode, and "My Cuz." The show would go on to a ninth season, but Biegel moved on to work on his new show Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make...

.

Cougar Town

While working on the eighth season of Scrubs

Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

in which Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, she is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination....

 guest starred, she asked Bill Lawrence

Bill Lawrence (producer)

William Van Duzer Lawrence IV is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known as the creator of Scrubs and co-creator of Cougar Town. Lawrence is married to the actress Christa Miller whom he cast in both television series; they have three children together...

 to come up with a show for her. After coming up with the initial concept he asked Biegel to write the pilot with him. Lawrence directed the pilot and the series was picked up for 13 episodes.

After airing on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

's new "Wednesday Night Comedy Lineup" it became a hit and got a back nine order, bringing season one's episode total to 24. Other than the pilot Biegel has written the third episode "Don't Do Me Like That," and has gotten the story credit for the tenth episode "Mystery Man." Biegel acts as co-executive producer and co-head writer, along with Lawrence.

Other work

Before getting the writing job on Scrubs, Biegel worked as a writers' assistant for many years.

Between the seventh and eighth season of Scrubs Biegel worked as a consultant on South Park

South Park

South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...

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