New Amsterdam Trivia | 30 facts about the series

New Amsterdam is an American medical drama television series, based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer,

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1. New Amsterdam is an American medical drama television series.
2. It is based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer.
3. It premiered on September 25, 2018 on NBC.
4. The series was created by David Schulner and stars Ryan Eggold, Freema Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Anupam Kher, and Tyler Labine.
5. In February 2019, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.
6. It premiered on September 24, 2019.
7. In January 2020, NBC renewed the series for three additional seasons.
8. The third season premiered on March 2, 2021.
9. The fourth season premiered on September 21, 2021.
10. New Amsterdam follows Dr. Max Goodwin as he becomes the medical director of one of the United States’ oldest public hospitals, aiming to reform the neglected facility by tearing up its bureaucracy to provide exceptional care to patients.
11. Filming for the series takes place at New York City area hospitals including Bellevue Hospital and its surrounding area, Metropolitan Hospital Center, Woodhull Hospital, and Kings County Hospital Center.
12. By October 2018, Universal Television had paid NYC Health + Hospitals, the corporation that oversees New York City’s public hospitals, US$665,000 to film in the hospitals. Robert de Luna, a spokesman for Health + Hospitals, said certain areas that are “unoccupied and unstaffed… presents a great opportunity for a production company and a welcome source of revenue for our health system.”
13. On March 12, 2020, production of New Amsterdam and other Universal Television series was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
14. A supply of personal protective equipment used by the series was donated to the New York State Department of Health.
15. In the United Kingdom, the series premiered its first half of Season 1 on Amazon Video on February 8, 2019.
16. Amazon Video releases the series in binge-ready batches, with further episodes released in May 2019 and November 2019.
17. 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.
18. On September 25, 2017, NBC announced that it had given the production, then titled Bellevue, a put pilot commitment.
19. The pilot was written by David Schulner, who was also set to executive producer alongside Peter Horton.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. In January 2020, NBC renewed New Amsterdam for a third, fourth, and fifth season.
26. The fourth season premiered on September 21, 2021.
27. One of the doctors being fired at the beginning of the show is producer Peter Horton.
28. In the early 1600s, the Dutch settled on Manhattan Island’s Southern tip and named the area New Amsterdam. On 8 September 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed New York after the Duke of York.
29. Freema Agyeman (Dr Helen Sharpe) and Anupam Kher (Dr Vijay Kapoor) both were in the show Sense8 (2015).
30. HCC is short for Health Care Commission. As stated in the show, New Amsterdam is a public hospital. Since New Amsterdam is a thinly-veiled reference to Bellevue Hospital, the organization which oversees the hospital is actually the Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC), an arm of the City of New York.