In the new Weinstein Company comedy The Ex, Zach Braff and Amanda Peet play husband and wife, but for the last few years, they've been married to their respective NBC series "Scrubs" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." While it already looks like "Studio 60" has given up the ghost, the state of "Scrubs" returning for a seventh season is still up in the air, so at the press conference for The Ex, ComingSoon.net asked the two stars to update their fans on the status of their shows. "We don't know," Braff said when asked. "I don't know about 'Scrubs.' It will probably be one of those things that gets decided at the last second. I think it will be on. We're just not sure, but there's a chance that it will be on ABC, because they seem to want it. They pay for it and they like it. Steve McPherson, when he was the head of Touchstone, developed the show and then ABC didn't pick it up. It's sort of been his baby for the long time. What's the analogy? He tried to give the baby to his parent, but the parent didn't want it, so now that the baby could be up for adoption and he's in position to be able to care for the child" "I think the audience will be very disappointed if this were the end of the show," he added, "because Bill Lawrence, the creator of the show, doesn't love cliffhangers, 'cause he feels it's such a common thing to do, but everyone sort of talked him into it this season and he put a giant cliffhanger at the end of the season. If this were the end of the series, knowing what it is, I think the entire fanbase would be furious the series ended with this beat." Jason Bateman, who co-stars with Braff in The Ex and has some experience with cancelled TV shows, suggested they could resolve the story with a film, but was probably being facetious due to the state of the rumored "Arrested Development" movie. One can look forward to an upcoming episode in which Keri Russell plays a mermaid and Donald Faison dresses up like a minotaur

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