Braff cleans up with Scrubs payday

Zach Braff is about to land a big payday, as long as Scrubs gets renewed by NBC for a seventh season.
The multihyphenate has cut a one-year deal with Scrubs producer ABC TV Studio that will pay him in the neighborhood of $350,000 per episode for the 2007-08 season of Scrubs, sources said. Braff’s deal is contingent on NBC picking up the single-camera comedy for a seventh year, which is expected.
If so, Braff’s new deal would put him in the top echelon of highest-paid male actors on television, alongside Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen, whose paycheck also is in the $350,000-per-episode range for the Warner Bros. TV-produced CBS sitcom.
Reps for Braff and ABC Television declined comment.
Braff is the anchor of the ensemble on Scrubs, playing the amiable medical intern John “J.D.” Dorian. Braff’s star has been on the rise during the past few years thanks to Scrubs and the strong response to his auteur turn as writer, director and star of the 2004 indie romantic comedy Garden State. His upcoming projects include a starring role in the comedy The Ex, and he is slated to star and direct the drama Open Hearts for Paramount Pictures.
From: The Hollywood Reporter

That is really awesome because he is definitely worth it. And what do they mean “if,” NBC has nothing on its line-up that can take the place of Scrubs. So I don’t see them passing up on this show anytime soon.