New Amsterdam (TV series)
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| Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Police procedural |
| Created by |
Allan Loeb Christian Taylor |
| Starring |
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Alexie Gilmore Stephen Henderson Zuleikha Robinson Susan Misner |
| Composer(s) | Mychael Danna |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Allan Loeb David Manson Christian Taylor Leslie Holleran Steven Pearl Lasse Hallström |
| Producer(s) | Margo Myers Massey Barry Pullman Michael Hausman |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sarabande Productions Scarlet Fire Productions Regency Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | March 4 – April 14, 2008 |
New Amsterdam is an American television drama which aired for eight episodes in 2008 on Fox. The series starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as "John Amsterdam" (real name Johann van der Zee), an immortal Dutch man born in 1607, who has lived in New York City on and off since he was 14 years old, and who is a homicide detective in the present day. The series was nominated for an Emmy for Main Title Design.
John Amsterdam (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is an NYPD homicide detective who is 400 years old, but has the appearance of a 35-year-old. He was a Dutch soldier in Manhattan in the year 1642 when he stepped in front of a sword to save the life of a Native American girl during a massacre of her tribe. The girl in turn rescued Amsterdam by weaving a spell that conferred immortality upon him. It was also prophesied that he would not age until he finds his one true love, and only then will he become whole and ready for mortality. Flashbacks in different episodes of the show reveal Amsterdam's centuries of life since, using many names, though usually retaining "John", marked by loss as his friends, lovers, children (63), and dogs gradually grow old and die. Amsterdam is a recovering alcoholic who regularly attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, having remained sober since 1965. In his lifetime he has joined the Army three times, in addition to the Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy. He stated that he never joined the Air Force because he "doesn't like heights". He has taught history at a university, served as a physician during the American Civil War, was a furniture maker at the turn of the 20th century, a portrait painter just before the outbreak of World War I, and by 1941 an attorney. At some point he attended Columbia University and served in the CIA. (See below for a detailed timeline.)
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