I just finished publishing the ratings for Tuesday night and I stated that the numbers for NBC’s New Amsterdam were consistent enough the last three weeks that a back nine order would likely be announced any day now. Well, that day is today because New Amsterdam has become the first new fall series to earned a full season pickup.
The back nine gives the freshmen series a full season order of 22 episodes at NBC, which is seeing some impressive numbers from most of its new and returning lineup. Their other new drama, Manifest, is actually performing a bit better than New Amsterdam and I’m sure an additional episode order for that series isn’t too far off either. New Amsterdam is a more procedural medical drama versus the serialized nature of Manifest so NBC is likely looking at what the creators of the latter show have planned for its long-term prospects and serialized series’ typically get limited episode orders nowadays to keep the storylines tighter.
New Amsterdam has averaged a 1.6 rating in adults 18-49 and 7.6 million viewers overall in Live+Same day ratings and ranks as the #2 new series behind only NBC’s Manifest. New Amsterdam has dominated its Tuesday 10 PM hour, defeating the timeslot’s ABC and CBS series competition in every key ratings category. In L+7, the September 25 New Amsterdam series premiere grew by +5.7 million viewers to 14.1 million, giving NBC its third-biggest lift ever for a series premiere.
New Amsterdam was created by David Schulner and is inspired by Dr. Eric Manheimer’s memoir, “Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital,” and his 15 years as Medical Director at the hospital. The series stars Ryan Eggold, Freema Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Anupam Kher, and Tyler Labine.
