Matthew Perry is sweeping back to NBC, but he won't be visiting his friend Joey.
Instead, Perry will be sitting in the director's chair and standing in front of the lens as a guest star for the Nov. 23 episode of Scrubs. (The episode will air during the sweeps period when TV ratings are monitored closely to set local advertising rates.)
In the Perry-directed episode, the former Friends star will play a man willing to donate one of his kidneys to his sick father - played by Perry's real-life dad, John Bennett Perry - until complications arise.
The appearance will mark the first time, other than Matt LeBlanc on his spinoff, Joey, that a Friends principal has returned to NBC. Perry played sarcastic Friend Chandler Bing for 10 seasons on the hit sitcom.
Perry's not the only former NBC star suiting up for Scrubs. Julianna Margulies, who was featured on the medical drama ER for six seasons, will guest star in two "sweeps" episodes on Nov. 9 and Nov. 16. She'll play a malpractice lawyer.
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