New Amsterdam Belongs on the SCI -FI channel so that it has a chance to develop and find an audience that is interested in this type topic and show. I think NA could do very well there. The SCI FI channel has some big shows now with Dr. Who, Stargate, Flash Gordon, Eureka, and others.
Would love to see NA there.
Wayne
I don't think it is far out there enough for scifi but maybe on tnt or something (TNT used to air Highlander and while the shows have absolutely nothing excpet for a type of immortality in common it would be a good fit for it)
But I would liek to see NA come back to regular televiion, we so despearately need somehting on network tv besides reality shows...
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I agree, Sci-Fi likes to have more alien type shows.
New Amsterdam is more drama and TNT's logo is "We Know Drama"
The only thing they need to do is get better writers. And TNT does have shows like The Closer which is usually nominated for it's great writing.
Sci-Fi's speculty seems to be space and aliens and New Amsterdam is nothing like that. Plus this show needs a high budget and TNT can afford it while Sci-Fi is owned by NBC which is a very poor network. Most of their money goes to Heroes. And even then they still have crappy green screen.
I thought The 4400 was better suited for Sci-Fi since USA cancelled it. What a waste of a great show. NBC also owns USA so it wouldn't be switching networks. But if it had a lower budget then it could fail. And I heard it was cancelled due to it's high budget.
There's a huge difference between Network and Cable stations it seems. Cable stations usually have a feel to their shows that those shows are well suited for that station.
For example The 4400 was a short episode, high budget show.
It was perfect for USA since USA isn't pressured into getting high rating like NBC is. NBC would cancel it if it didn't get a large audience. They may give it a season, unlike ABC who would pull it the day after it airs then fire the cast and kick them to the curb.
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Maserati777
I would agree about New Amsterdam deserving a spot on Sci-Fi. Sci-Fi has always taken in shows like Tru Calling and Dead Like Me, which aren't the typical science-fiction, alien-loving show.
shareYeah, but they don't renew for new eps.
shareI remember Sci-Fi did rerun Highlander back in the late 90s and early 00s. I think maybe New Amsterdam would have worked better as a cable show even though cable shows only run 13 episodes a season. The Dead Zone and The 4400 did well on USA but The 4400 was cancelled too early. Maybe New Amsterdam would have been successful on FX. I would rather watch NA than Nip/Tuck. Another show that could also been sucessful on cable was Journeyman.
shareGood call. Sci-Fi should pick this show up before all the actors move on to other projects.
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i dont' get that station...but i'd love to see it come back somewhere.......
yeah it's such a shame that it didn't come back at all this year....
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