Fox's New Amsterdam

[Brigitte]

I was waiting for Jericho to come on a few nights ago and flipped to the pilot of New Amsterdam on FOX. It's definitely a show with a good light sci-fi premise (immortality), but I can't see it staying afloat very long. Does anybody else think the same?

 

[Steve Jordan]

If they actually downplayed the immortality bit, and presented the guy as being a really, really good judge of character and font of historic information, I could see the show doing well.

But of course, the network will likely make a big deal about his being immortal every single week, finding him a new girl who may be his true love every single week, somebody finding out he's immortal every single week... so I predict quick burnout.