New Scrubs, Nip/Tuck, and 10 Items Tonight

Comedy fans have a whole lotta options tonight because no less than three shows — two sitcoms and a dramedy — return with new episodes for a new year. Here’s a brief rundown, in broadcast order:

Scrubs
My Jerks/My Last Words

On the eighth-season and ABC premiere, NBC’s former long-running staple gets a new boss in the form of Friends and Dirt alumna Courteney Cox, who ends up not being as pretty as that famous face is. In addition to dealing with Sacred Heart’s latest chief of medicine, J.D. must also cope with the hospital’s screwiest group of interns ever, while Carla does her best to keep Elliott’s enormous sense of self-worth from ballooning too much.

Immediately afterwards on “My Last Words,” the Sacred Heart bunch begins to suspect Dr. Maddox’s (Cox) real nature, even as J.D. and Turk put their heads together to help out a dying patient. The big guest star, at least to me, is former A Different World cast member Glynn Turman. [9pm and 9:30pm, ABC]

Nip/Tuck
Ronnie Chase

Sean struggles to get back on track after Colleen’s attack, and Christian receives some news that’s not of the good variety on the fifth-midseason premiere. [10pm, FX]

10 Items or Less
Turkey Bowling

The title kind of says it all about the third-season premiere. When Todd loses yet another one of those ill-advised bets with the denizens of SuperValueMart, he convinces Leslie to triumph over them in something called turkey bowling. Only on 10 Items. [11pm, TBS]

NOTE: All times are Eastern Standard Time.