When you consider ‘Scrubs’ uncertain future, you can hardly fault the stars of the quirky medical drama for looking for work elsewhere. It’s not that the don’t love and believe in ‘Scrubs’ and hope that it does come back for a tenth season, it’s just that they would like to continue working, and every actor knows that the best way to continue working in Hollywood is by striking while the irons still hot.

Sarah Chalke is just one of the ‘Scrubs’ stars who has agreed to shoot a pilot for this upcoming season. She is in the process of shooting a pilot for ABC called ‘Freshmen’. Judging from the reports, if you love Dr. Elliot Reed, you are going to love watching Sarah play Jane.

‘Freshmen’ focuses on the lives of three close friends who all happen to work for Congress. Sarah’s character, Jane, is a congresswoman. Before she won her district’s seat, Jane was the vice-president of a oil company that was worth billions. Despite her professional success, when it comes to affairs of the heart, Jane is a mess. She plunges head first into one disastrous relationship after another.

The executive producer for ‘Freshmen’ is Greg Malins, who is better known as the executive producer of How I Met Your Mother. Malins and Chalke have worked together once before.

Since Sarah Chalke’s character, Dr. Elliot Reed, has been a recurring character this season on ‘Scrubs’, her new role on Freshmen should not have any effect on ABC’s decision about whether or not they should pick up the medical comedy for a tenth season.

‘Freshmen’ is still in the production stages, so we are going to have to hold our breaths and hope that the pilot will air sometime next year.

The final two episodes of the ninth season of ‘Scrubs are scheduled to air on March 10, 2010 and March 17 2010, at 8pm on ABC.