All 8 seasons of scrubs have been shot on super 16 film (16mm film with a 16:9 aspect ratio) which has a greater resolution than 1080p HD (about 2000 lines horizontally).
The film negatives would definitely be kept as they are much much more durable than any cassete/tape based master. Mastering them to SD digibeta or similar would be throwiing away the superior contrast and colour that only film can pick up.
The DP planned for the future when shooting on film so I think there is a good chance that all 8 seasons will be released on Blu-ray. All of which would look better than the HD broadcast of season 8.
Hope this helps!
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