New Amsterdam (2018 TV series)

Main

• Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin
• Janet Montgomery as Dr. Laura Bloom
• Freema Agyeman as Dr. Helen Sharpe
• Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds
• Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome
• Anupam Kher as Dr. Vijay Kapoor

Recurring

• Zabryna Guevara as Dora
• Lisa O'Hare as Georgia Goodwin
• Margot Bingham

Guest

• Brooke Bloom ("Rituals")
• Clifton Davis as Pierre Pampil ("Rituals")
• Michelle Federer as Leo's Mom ("Rituals")
• Cindy Cheung as Judge Hayashi ("Rituals")
• Matthew Maher as Ray DeMarco ("Every Last Minute")
• Laila Robins as Mrs. Ryland ("Every Last Minute")
• Ron Rifkin as Peter Fulton ("Every Last Minute"), the dean of the hospital
• Ken Ard as Mason ("Every Last Minute")

Development

On September 25, 2017, it was announced that NBC had given the production, then titled Bellevue, a put pilot commitment. The pilot was written by David Schulner who was also set to executive produce alongside Peter Horton. Eric Manheimer, the former medical director at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, was expected to serve as a producer. Production companies involved with the pilot were slated to consist of Universal Television.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7][8][9] A few days later, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2018 and air on Tuesdays at 10 p.m.^[10] On June 19, 2018, it was announced that the series would officially premiere on September 25, 2018.^[11] 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.^[12]

Casting

In February 2018, it was announced that Freema Agyeman, Anupam Kher, Janet Montgomery, and Tyler Labine had been cast in lead roles in the pilot.^[13][14][15] In March 2018, it was reported that Ryan Eggold and Jocko Sims had also joined the main cast.^[16][17] On September 26, 2018, it was announced that Margot Bingham had joined the cast in a recurring role.^[18]

Marketing

On May 13, 2018, NBC released the first official trailer for the series.^[19]

Premiere

On June 22, 2018, a screening of the series was held during Seriesfest, an annual international television festival, at the Denver Art Museum's Lewis I. Sharp Auditorium in Denver, Colorado. The screening was followed by a question-and-answer session with series lead Ryan Eggold and executive producers David Schulner and Peter Horton. It was moderated by Vanity Fair's executive west coast editor, Krista Smith.^[20] On September 10, 2018, the series took part in the 12th Annual PaleyFest Fall Television Previews which featured a preview screening of the series.^[21]

Critical response

The series has been met with a mixed to negative response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 33 percent approval rating with an average rating of 5.68 out of 10 based on 24 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Overcrowded, overwrought, and overly familiar, New Amsterdam plays more like an exquisite corpse of pre-existing shows than a breakthrough for the genre – though that may be enough for medical drama devotees."^[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 47 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."^[23]

Ratings