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NBC has unveiled a fall 2020 schedule comprised entirely of series that are yet to film new seasons. It is similar to CBS’ approach as both networks appear confident that they will get new episodes ready by sometime in the fall. (It is likely that neither network will have their lineups ready for the official start of…

On the ATX Television Festival's live feed today, the executive producers and stars of the hit medical drama New Amsterdam gathered to discuss the COVID-19 crisis, and how the "new normal" brought on by the pandemic will play into stories that are told on the show going forward. Created by David Schulner and based on…

ATX Television Festival’s virtual edition appropriately titled “ATX TV…From The Couch!” has unveiled its full first wave of programming which includes recent additions The Bold Type, New Amsterdam and P-Valley. The fest will also include timely conversations about COVID-19, election year issues, Latinx representation…

Tuesday saw a couple of shows ending their seasons early led by NCIS on CBS, which slipped in the ratings but still managed to top primetime with a 1.2 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 13.18 million viewers, easily the night’s most watched program. NCIS was followed by two helpings of FBI: Most Wanted, with a…

In the span of a couple of weeks, NBC medical drama New Amsterdam, starring Ryan Eggold, found itself eerily blending fiction and reality amid a global pandemic. Set and shot in New York, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., the series, created by David Schulner, had shot an upcoming episode about a…

Yesterday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed that the city will run out of medical supplies in between two and three weeks if infections continue at the current rate. Today, that rate further accelerated, prompting the Mayor to call NYC “the epicenter of this crisis” with 5,151 confirmed infections as of…

Lost and Hawaii Five-O alum Daniel Dae Kim, who executive produces and recurred as a physician on The Good Doctor, is heading to another medical drama series in a recurring role. Kim is joining NBC’s breakout medical drama New Amsterdam as new head trauma surgeon Dr. Cassian Shin. His character will be introduced in…

NBC’s sophomore medical drama made a splash at TCA today with a three-year pickup. As the ensemble medical drama headlined by Ryan Eggold is assured to go to five seasons, would NBC try and turn it into a franchise with offshoots, like Chicago? “There is a potential for a spinoff,” NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul…

NBC has handed an early renewal to sophomore medical drama New Amsterdam. In a big vote of confidence, the renewal is for for three years, through the 2022-23 season. The size matches the three-season renewal NBC gave its flagship drama series This Is Us in May though New Amsterdam produces more episodes a season. Its…

We have the first Live+3 adults 18-49 lift of more than a ratings point this broadcast season. It was posted by the Season 4 premiere of NBC’s This Is Us. The family drama cemented its status as the highest-rated scripted series on broadcast TV in 18-49 with a +1.1 ratings increase after three days of playback, bring…

NBC’s medical drama New Amsterdam (0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 5.54 million viewers) scored its best rating in two months with its Season 1 finale Wednesday, a night that also saw season-enders for CW’s The Flash (0.5, 1.52M) and CBS’ dramas FBI (0.8, 8.50M), steady week to week, and NCIS: New Orleans…

Writer-producer David Schulner is hoping that the hard lesson he learned from his mentor, veteran showrunner Shawn Ryan, during the 2007-2008 writers' strike will inspire his fellow scribes to stand with the WGA in its ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agencies. That struggle is now completing its third week…