‘New Amsterdam’ Flu Pandemic Episode Shelved By NBC: “The World Needs A Lot Less Fiction Right Now, And A Lot More Facts,” Creator David Schulner Says
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deadline.comBy Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV 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 deadly flu pandemic in NYC.
Soon after that, a recurring guest star, Daniel Dae Kim, a writer and three New Amsterdam crew members tested positive for the coronavirus.
NBC has decided to pull the flu pandemic episode, originally titled “Pandemic” and later renamed “Our Doors Are Always Open”, which had been initially slated as the show’s next original on April 7.
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