SCRUBS - BRAFF SET TO SCORE BIG PAYDAY FOR SCRUBS

BRAFF SET TO SCORE BIG PAYDAY FOR SCRUBS

SCRUBS star ZACH BRAFF is set to become one of the highest paid actors on TV if the hit sitcom gets renewed by US network NBC for a seventh season. According to sources, the 31-year-old actor has landed a deal that will earn him around $350,000 (GBP179,000) per episode for the 2007-08 season. The new deal will put him in the top echelon of highest-paid male actors on US television, alongside TWO AND HALF MEN star CHARLIE SHEEN, whose paycheque is also in the $350,000 per episode range. Braff, who also wrote, directed and starred in the 2004 independent romantic comedy GARDEN STATE, plays DR JOHN 'J.D.' DORIAN on the show.