'Scrubs' episodes featuring blackface to be removed from streaming service

Streaming service, Hulu, will be removing three episodes of Scrubs that feature blackface, per Digital Spy.

The episodes to be taken down are season three, episode seven's My Fifteen Seconds, season five, episode four's My Jiggly Ball, and season five, episode 17's My Chopped Liver.

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This comes after Black Lives Matter protests swept much of the United States following the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a black man, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly using a counterfeit $20 note in a store. While being detained, ex-cop Derek Chauvin - a 19-year veteran of the force - knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter, while the three other arresting officers have been charged with aiding and abetting murder.

The resurgence of discussions regarding racial inequality has also prompted the entertainment industry to look over the use of blackface in television comedies, with other popular shows, such as 30 Rock, removing episodes that feature white actors donning blackface.

Scrubs' series creator, Bill Lawrence, tweeted on Tuesday about his efforts to get season three's 'My Friend the Doctor' and season five episodes 'My Chopped Liver' and 'My Jiggly Ball' taken down.

"Agreed. Already in the works," he wrote in response to another Twitter user questioning the use of blackface in the television series, which ran from 2001 to 2010.

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Scrubs actor, Donald Faison, recently opened up about being referred to as "the Black guy from Scrubs" during an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show alongside his co-star Zach Braff.

"It's very, very scary to be judged by the colour of your skin. It's happened to me quite a bit my whole life. Even how people describe me on Scrubs," he explained. "I'm 'the Black guy from Scrubs'. You know what I mean? I'm not even 'one of the actors from Scrubs', I'm 'the Black guy from Scrubs'."

"Racism is everywhere. It never left. It's always been here... It's not a surprise that this is going on right now, it's finally coming to a head is what's happening. But it's been here forever," he added. "Once you don't take that for granted, and you recognise that there's racism out there, you'll start checking yourself."