New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam is a medical drama on NBC which was announced on May 5, 2018.^[2] It premiered on September 25, 2018^[3] and continues to air on Tuesdays at 10PM.^[5]

Synopsis

Inspired by Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, 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 — the only one in the world capable of treating Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers and the President of the United States under one roof — and return it to the glory that put it on the map.^[2]

Cast

Starring

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Airdate	Viewers (million)
1	"Pilot"	Kate Dennis	David Schulner	September 25, 2018	8.39^[6]
Inspired by the oldest public hospital in America, this unique medical drama follows the brilliant and charming Dr. Max Goodwin, 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 - the only one in the world capable of treating Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers and the President of the United States under one roof - and return it to the glory that put it on the map.
2	"Rituals"	Peter Horton	David Schulner	October 2, 2018	7.44^[7]
Max navigates his diagnosis while Dr. Sharpe encourages him to make a plan. Meanwhile, Dr. Bloom encourages Reynolds to take a chance and Dr. Kapoor and Iggy work together to help a child.
3	"Every Last Minute"	Jonas Pate	Shaun Cassidy	October 9, 2018	7.04^[8]
Reynolds begins to build his department as Dr. Sharpe battles skepticism from a patient's parents. Meanwhile, Max helps Bloom find a solution for a pregnant patient in a tough spot, all the while continuing to avoid the reality of his diagnosis.
4	"Boundaries"	Kate Dennis	David Foster	October 16, 2018	6.27^[9]
When Max volunteers New Amsterdam to take over for a short-staffed hospital nearby, things get chaotic quickly. Iggy has a crisis of conscience after receiving the news that funding for a garden has been granted and an eager resident learns a secret about Dr. Bloom.
5	"Cavitation"	Darnell Martin	Erika Green Swafford	October 23, 2018	6.37^[10]
A journalist visits New Amsterdam to shadow Max and learn about the hospital. Bloom and Reynolds have a major disagreement after she makes a call against protocol and Kapoor deals with issues from his past.
6	"Anthropocene"	Michael Slovis	Aaron Ginsburg	October 30, 2018	6.66^[11]
The pressure is on as Max takes on his first annual fundraising gala at the hospital and emotions are high as some of the doctor's families join them for the event. Iggy struggles to break difficult news to his daughter and Bloom and Reynolds continue to deal with the fallout of their argument. Meanwhile, Kapoor and Dr. Sharpe work together to find out what is making a father and son duo so sick.
7	"The Domino Effect"	Laura Belsey	Y. Shireen Razack	November 13, 2018	6.02^[12]
8	"Three Dots"	Jamie Payne	Cami Delavigne	November 20, 2018	5.82^[13]
9	"As Long As It Takes"^[14]	Andrew McCarthy	Graham Norris	November 27, 2018	TBD

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Trivia

The series was originally supposed to be called "Bellevue" after the hospital the series is based upon itself, however the title of the series was to New Amsterdam.^[16]
- The series is produced by Dr. Eric Manheimer, MD, the former medical director at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital.^[16]
The slogan for the show was changed from "How can I help?" to "Break the rules. Heal the system."
NBC originally picked up the series for an initial 13 episodes. On October 10, 2018, Deadline announced that NBC had ordered 9 additional episodes, bringing it's total to 22 in it's first season.^[4]
A lot of the names of the main characters have been changed since their character names were originally announced before the series aired. Lauren Bloom for example was called Laura, Helen Sharpe was originally called Hana, Floyd Reynolds originally had the last name Pearson, Vijay Kapoor was originally called Anil.