New Amsterdam

***New Amsterdam*** is medical drama television series aired on NBC that premiered on September 25, 2018 and has concluded on January 17, 2023. Created by David Schulner and Peter Horton, is based on the memoir "*Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital"* by Dr. Eric Manheimer.

The New Amsterdam Medical Center is located in New York City, New York and focus on reforming the neglected facility by tearing up its bureaucracy to provide exceptional care to patients.

During the course of the series, 89 episodes of *New Amsterdam* aired over five seasons.

On January 11, 2020, the show was renewed for three additional seasons. Season 3 was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the staff had to be safe during that time.

In January 2020, NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy said, "There is a potential for a spinoff. I can imagine a whole world around *New Amsterdam*." At that time, Nellie Andreeva of *Deadline Hollywood* added that no conversations were happening, but members of the production were open to the possibility because of the depth of *New Amsterdam* characters and stories that could be explored with a spin-off.

In March 2022, it was announced that the series will end after a 13-episode fifth season.

In the United Kingdom, the series premiered its first half of Season 1 on Amazon Video on February 8, 2019. Amazon Video releases the series in binge-ready batches, with further episodes released in May 2019 and November 2019.

It was announced on June 1, 2021, that the show was moving from the streaming service to the channel Sky Witness and has premiered in July 2021.

## Premise

New Amsterdam is based on Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in America, following the institution's newest medical director who sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care. How can he help? Well, the doctors and staff have heard this before. Not taking “no” for an answer, Dr. Goodwin must disrupt the status quo and prove he will stop at nothing to breathe new life into this understaffed, underfunded and underappreciated hospital and return it to the glory that put it on the map by the fact of it being the only one in the world capable of treating Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers and the President of the United States

Originally, the show focused around Dr. Max Goodwin, Lauren Bloom, Helen Sharpe, Floyd Reynolds, Iggy Frome and Vijay Kapoor. Goodwin is the institution's newest Medical Director who is brilliant and charming. He promises to bring in more experienced attendings, thereby reducing the number of inexperienced residents. Lauren is a drug addict who runs the operations of the Emergency Department (E.D.) and would later go to rehab to heal herself. Sharpe is most famous doctor of New Amsterdam who was head of Oncology Department for seasons 1-4, to transferred to NHS Hampstead Hospital, bein replace by Dr. Elizabeth Wilder who is deaf but with the help of Ben Meyer, her ASL interpreter. Frome is a phycologist who works directly with Dr. Kapoor. He treats his patients with respect and looks at them carefully. Vijay Kapoor was Head of the Neurology Department before his departure and untimely death. Dr. Elizabeth Wilder is brilliant deaf surgeon who is wise beyond her years, she joined the staff at the hospital during a tumultuous time and has become an integral part of the team, providing leadership and boosting morale.

## Production

### Development

On September 25, 2017, NBC announced that it had given the production, then titled *Bellevue*, a put pilot commitment. The pilot was written by David Schulner, who was also set to executive producer alongside Peter Horton. Eric Manheimer, the former medical director at New York City's Bellevue Hospital, was expected to serve as a producer. Universal Television was the production company involved with the pilot.

On January 12, 2018, it was reported that NBC had given the production an official pilot order. It was further reported that Horton was expected to direct the pilot episode. On May 4, 2018, it was announced that NBC had given the production a series order. It was also reported that Pico Creek Productions and Mount Moriah Productions would serve as additional production companies. On October 10, 2018, it was announced that NBC had ordered an additional nine episodes of the series, bringing the first season total up to twenty-two episodes. On February 4, 2019, it was announced during the Television Critics Association's annual winter press tour that the series had been renewed for a second season. In January 2020, NBC renewed *New Amsterdam* for a third, fourth, and fifth season. On March 14, 2022, it was announced that the series would end after its fifth season, which is set to run for 13 episodes.

## Main Cast

### Final Cast and Characters

Doctor Max Goodwin
 File:LaurenBloomSeason5promo.webp | Janet Montgomery | New Amsterdam Medical Center, Head of Emergency Department (E.D)
Doctor Lauren Bloom
 File:FloydReynoldsSeason5promo.webp | Jocko Sims | New Amsterdam Medical Center, Head of Department of Surgery
Doctor Floyd Reynolds
 File:IggyFromeSeason5promo.jpg | Tyler Labine | New Amsterdam Medical Center, Head of Department of Psychiatry
Doctor Iggy Frome
 File:ElizabethWilderSeason5promo.webp | Sandra Mae Frank | New Amsterdam Medical Center, Head of Department of Oncology
Doctor Elizabeth Wilder
(Recurring Season 4)
(26)

### Previous Cast and Characters

Doctor Vijay Kapoor
 File:1CastPoster11.png | Freema Agyeman | New Amsterdam Medical Center, Chief of Department of Oncology
Doctor Helen Sharpe
(77)

## External links

* New Amsterdam Wikia
* New Amsterdam at NBC
* New Amsterdam at Television Fandom
* New Amsterdam at Wikipedia

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