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Great medical shows come in all shapes and forms, ranging from the laugh-out-loud humor of "Scrubs" to the hard-hitting realism of "The Pitt." However, they are typically unified in the sense that their stories are emotional, inspirational, and present characters with professional and personal problems to overcome. This brings us to "New Amsterdam," the NBC drama that enjoyed five pretty successful seasons on their air before it was canceled alongside several other shows in 2022.

Created by David Schulner from Eric Manheimer's book "Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital," "New Amsterdam" stars Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, a medical examiner at a dingy New York hospital who wants to shake things up from the inside. He's fed up with the bureaucracy put in place by the healthcare system and believes that patients should come first. As such, he's more than happy to get rid of entire waiting...

Cornfields are a horror film classic, and for good reason. Having personally grown up where cornfields stretched farther than my headlights could reach, I know how quickly these fields of plenty can transform into a disorienting maze. Whether it’s the leaves whispering in the wind, the claustrophobia of narrow paths flanked by towering stalks that trap heat and smother sound, or the way shifting shadows mess with the mind, cornfields have a way of tapping into the most primal of fears.

For filmmakers, cornfields offer perfect cover for unseen terrors, their dense foliage masking movements and muffling cries for help. As unlucky protagonists push through the stalks, every rasp becomes an ominous warning, every breath a race against the unseen. And if rural terror gets your blood pumping, then you’re in luck because the new film Clown in a Cornfield is barreling down the dirt road and into theaters this Friday.

In Prime Video's horror series "The Bondsman," Kevin Bacon plays Fred Herbert, a bounty hunter who dies and goes to Hell after being shot on the job. Upon making a deal with Lucifer, he gets a second chance at life, but there's a catch: Frank must hunt down demons and send them back to the pit. What ensues is a gory, action-packed good time with enough red-eyed menaces and country music to fill a hellish hootenanny.

That said, "The Bondsman" isn't the most original show out there. In fact, fans of short-lived millennial comedies might be reminded of "Reaper," which follows a college dropout tasked with capturing on-the-lam demons for the Devil after his parents sell his soul. However, even "Reaper" is heavily indebted to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," as both shows center around regular people who are forced to embrace their larger-than-life destinies -- a premise that's quite different...

As the old adage goes: if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Real utopias don’t exist and there’s no such thing as perfection and bliss. While admittedly nihilistic, this sentiment also protects us from hidden dangers lurking all around. When we wander into an ostensibly flawless environment, it helps to take a peek behind the curtains and examine the truth behind artful set dressing.

Mark Anthony Green’s harrowing film Opus begins with just such a gift as music journalist Ariel Ecton (Ayo Edebiri) receives a luxurious gift basket from world-famous pop star Alfred Moretti (John Malkovich). Doubling as a high-end Swag Bag, this opulent basket also includes a copy of Moretti’s highly anticipated new EP and a coveted invitation to an early premier. She and five industry veterans will be taken on an exclusive retreat to the singer’s private residence where...

Tony Etz, who executive produced Brian Dennehy-starring telefilms before serving as a CAA agent for 30 years, died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, the agency announced. He was 64.

During his CAA tenure that began in 1994 as an agent in the TV department and ended as co-head of packaging, Etz represented writers, directors, actors and producers and was involved with such hit series as Lost, House, Big Little Lies, Grey’s Anatomy, Rescue Me, Brothers and Sisters, Band of Brothers and Jackass.

Survivors include his wife of 25 years, fellow CAA agent Nancy Axelrode, and their son, Alex, who recently got a job in the agency mailroom after graduating from the University of Michigan to work alongside his folks.

A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Etz attended Illinois’ Knox College, where he was involved in Catch, the student literary magazine, serving as an editor on the 1983 edition that...

James Spader's filmography proves that the actor is one of the most versatile performers in Hollywood. He is also someone who reinvented himself halfway through his astonishing career. For the first 25 years, Spader was a solid performer in movies, taking on several high-profile supporting roles in movies like Pretty in Pink. He also proved he could pique the interest of critically acclaimed directors like Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Mike Nichols, and David Cronenberg while appearing in blockbusters like Stargate.

However, Spader made a change in 2003 when he took on a role in the TV series The Practice. Since then, his movie roles remain minimal, with only a few major releases. Instead, Spader focuses on TV now. He followed up The Practice with the leading the main cast in its spin-off Boston Legal, took a shot at starring in The Office, and enjoyed the greatest success of his career with...

When it comes to hard-hitting medical dramas, Grey's Anatomy stands proudly at the forefront of this genre. For 21 seasons, this drama has delighted fans with its unique ensemble of lovable characters, intense plotlines, and tear-jerking episodes. As such, many long-term fans of the show feel as if they've been on an emotional rollercoaster, thanks to Grey's Anatomy's huge number of twists.

Even after so many years on air, Grey's Anatomy still knows how to surprise its fans. Every season is fitted with another range of twists and turns, causing fans to wonder where the story will take them next. With episodes like "Flight" and "Now or Never" defining the series, Grey's Anatomy just wouldn't be the same without its plethora of plot twists.

Derek Has a Surprise Connection to Addison Montgomery Season 1, Episode 2, "The First Cut is the Deepest"

Related Denzel Washington Directed 1 of Grey's Anatomy's Saddest Episodes...

There's no denying that medical dramas are becoming increasingly popular across the U.S., especially since they tend to deal with real-world issues. But alongside the cases and the patients, a lot of these shows are teeming with personal drama, gripping audiences with their highs and lows. As such, America has become a medical drama fanatic, so it's no wonder the genre has grown exponentially.

New Amsterdam is a prime example, placing viewers at the center of a fast-paced hospital in New York. The staff at this establishment is expertly trained, but with the number of cases that walk through the door, it's evident that the team is at breaking point. But why is New Amsterdam so popular, and how does it match up against its competitors?

Updated by Alex Roush on September 30, 2024: More than one year after the series finale of New Amsterdam aired, NBC announced the development of a spinoff series,...

There are a lot of good-to-great Stephen King movies ... and then there's the "Children of the Corn" series. Somehow, King's short story "Children of the Corn," originally published in a 1977 issue of Penthouse and added to his 1978 short story collection "Night Shift," has popped off a horde of sequels and not one but two remakes. As of this writing, there are 11 (!!) "Children of the Corn" movies. How in the hell did this happen? Well, for one thing, the first film, released in 1984, was a big hit — primarily because it was made rather cheaply. And that then became the name of the game: make quick, cheap sequels and dump them on home video (only the first two movies, "Children of the Corn" and "Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice," went to theaters).

In King's original short story, a feuding married couple, Burt and Vicky, are on a road trip...

In Grey's Anatomy Season 2, Kyle Chandler played a guest starring role that ended up being a favorite among fans. Creator Shonda Rhimes would later claim she didn't want to kill off Chandler's character after she learned he was cast in the role. If Chandler's character hadn't been killed off so soon, he probably wouldn't have had a chance at his biggest television role ever.

In its early days, Grey's Anatomy had so many guest stars that make first time viewers on Netflix go, "Hey! I know that guy!" Similar to Law and Order: Svu, Grey's Anatomy is a procedural show many actors get their start on. But there was one guest star in its second season who was already quite famous, and his very short stint on the series made Shonda Rhimes want to keep him on longer.

One of the most iconic episodes of Grey's Anatomy is...

When people say, “Hollywood is a cult!”, it’s usually meant as hyperbole. But when Michelle Pfeiffer tried to make her name in Tinseltown, she found herself actually falling in with a cult, even if she didn’t realize it at the time.

Although Michelle Pfeiffer grew up in California, she knew to make it in movies she would have to move to Hollywood. Soon after she made her small screen debut on a 1978 episode of Fantasy Island, Pfeiffer landed the role of The Bombshell on Delta House, a terrible spin-off of Animal House. And it was that character name that Pfeiffer felt compelled to live up to, becoming close with a group that she thought was just trying to help her stay fit. “They worked with weights and put people on diets. Their thing was vegetarianism.” She added that this was far from being a standard weight loss group,...

Stephen King's short story "Children of the Corn" was first published in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse Magazine, and later published in the author's 1978 anthology "Night Shift." The story was about a small town in Nebraska that had been overrun by an eerie cult of killer children. They worship a demonic deity called He Who Walks Behind the Rows and commit regular acts of human sacrifice. A pair of itinerant Californians run afoul of the cult and are killed by their rituals. 

As Stephen King stories go, "Corn" is straightforward and simple. It's astonishing to think that it spawned eleven feature films and a short. Fritz Kiersch's 1984 horror film "Children of the Corn" was the second adaptation, coming after the relatively obscure short film "Disciples of the Crow" in 1983. Kiersch's film would see eight direct-ish sequels, and two remakes in 2009 and 2020. Most of the "Corn" films are weird and/or bad,...

We live in a golden era of sci-fi on TV, where "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" come in multiple flavors, "Stranger Things" is an event every season, and the CW recently wrapped up an entire universe of DC Comics superheroes on the small screen. Fortunately for all sci-fi fans, this is a time where the people who make such shows grew up loving them, and critics who review them were raised on the concepts and get it. This is all a relatively new phenomenon.

As recently as the '90s, TV critics weren't necessarily big on high-concept sci-fi, and the people making these shows didn't always know what they were doing either. Even if they did, producers over their heads weren't necessarily making the best decisions either. Superheroes on TV were entirely different three decades ago, and the weekly format was just discovering the notion of season-long arcs. There were growing pains to be sure,...

Spring has sprung, and with it, a fresh crop of horror films is blooming on Amazon Prime. As we bid farewell to the icy grip of winter, it’s time to embrace the eerie warmth of spring with some spooky cinema. Forget the usual spring cleaning; it’s time to clear your schedule for some seriously sinister screen time. From terrifying classics to fresh frights, Amazon Prime’s horror lineup for Spring 2024 is like a carefully curated cabinet of curiosities, each film a unique gem designed to unsettle and entertain.

This season, Amazon Prime is serving up a smorgasbord of screams, featuring everything from cornfield cults to animatronic nightmares. Our list cuts through the clutter to spotlight eight exceptional horror movies that are a must-watch for any horror enthusiast. Whether you’re in the mood for supernatural scares or slasher satires, these films promise to deliver the thrills and chills that horror fans crave.

Exclusive: New Amsterdam fans who were left wanting more when the NBC series concluded its run after 5 seasons last year, may have something new to look forward to.

Series creator, executive producer and showrunner David Schulner is developing a spinoff series at NBC set 30 years after the events of the original series. Tentatively titled New Amsterdam: Tomorrow, it follows Dr. Max Goodwin’s (Ryan Eggold) daughter, Luna Goodwin, who steps into her father’s role as Medical Director of New Amsterdam Hospital.

The potential sequel, which is expected to explore the ways artificial intelligence would help advance the medical industry in the future, was set up in the New Amsterdam series finale. It introduced a young and enthusiastic new medical director, played by Molly Griggs, at the beginning of the episode who was revealed at the end to be Max’s daughter, Luna Goodwin, as an adult in flash-forwards.

In...

Peter Horton had good and bad news on Wednesday, March 13, as he updated fans on where things stand with the potential thirtysomething reboot. The actor, who played Gary Shepherd on the ABC drama that aired from 1987 to 1991, took to X (formerly Twitter) to reveal that Amazon has backed out of plans to reboot the series. Horton had previously encouraged fans to “try blasting” Amazon Studios and MGM Studios about bringing back the series. However, all hope isn’t lost, as Horton explained in his tweet, “The bad news: Amazon has decided not to program our reboot. Good news: they gave us permission to take it out wide! Take it anywhere without encumbrance. This is big! So keep it up. Stay tuned for progress reports! Keep up the pressure!!!” His former co-star Mel Harris, who played Hope Steadman, also urged fans to keep up the pressure. “Keep posting using #whereisthirtysomething. It...

The quest continues to reboot thirtysomething for the small screen.

Original series star Peter Horton, who played Gary Shepherd in the drama that aired from 1987 to 1991 on ABC, gave his followers an update Wednesday on where the project stands. He first engaged fans about the possibility last August by asking them to “try blasting” Amazon Studios and MGM Studios about doing the reboot.

“The bad news,” he wrote on X Wednesday, “Amazon has decided not to program our reboot. Good news: they gave us permission to take it out wide! Take it anywhere without encumbrance. This is big! So keep it up. Stay tuned for progress reports! Keep up the pressure!!!”

Okay. A #whereisthirtysomething update. The bad new: Amazon has decided not to program our reboot. Good news: they gave us permission to take it out wide! Take it anywhere without encumbrance. This is big! So keep it up. Stay tuned for progress reports!

“Question not my judgment, Malachai. I am the giver of His word.”

It’s the summer of 1984. The pavement is hot, the corn is high, and the eerie voices of children can be heard singing in a distant barn. Something sinister walks behind the rows. Is it a cult of killer children ripped from the Old Testament? Is a vengeful deity who demands human sacrifice? Is it a roving mound of dirt speeding through the corn or a loud little girl who draws in her sleep? In the latest episode of The Long Watch, The Losers’ Club will pick up their scythes and venture into the fragrant fields to unearth the secrets of Fritz Kiersch’s Children of the Corn.

Burt (Peter Horton) and Vicky (Linda Hamilton) are driving across the country when a detour off the main highway takes them straight through a never ending sea of corn. When...

Stephen King's 1977 short story "Children of the Corn" has been adapted to film an embarrassing number of times. The first adaptation was a 1983 short called "Disciples of the Crow," and it was off to the races. The first feature in the franchise, directed by Fritz Kiersch, hit in 1984 and starred Linda Hamilton and Peter Horton as an innocent city couple who make the mistake of driving through Gatlin, Nebraska, a town that's been taken over by its under-16 population. The kids, following the directions of an off-screen demonic entity they call He Who Walks Behind the Rows, have murdered all the adults and set up their own blood cult. The protagonists run afoul of the kiddie cult and barely escape with their lives intact.

"Children of the Corn" was followed by eight sequels, released from 1993 through 2018. Few of them are good, although the monster design for "Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest...

When Marlee Matlin began her career 35 years ago, she says there was “nothing” in terms of accessibility in the awards industry space. But that’s begun to change, especially following her film Coda’s best picture win in 2022, including at the 2023 Oscars, where she saw a “significant improvement.”

“I’ve seen changes in award shows and how they are perceived by people who attend them, by producers, by the people who make the decisions as to what to present on the air — all the little things,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “Coda really was a game changer and made a huge impact in terms of equity, accessibility, and just how people are perceived in general.”

The Oscars, for which Matlin serves on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors, has in the last several years taken the lead among the major Hollywood award shows in its...

The 1980s saw the evolution of horror cinema, as the genre found its voice and took established tropes to their limits. The best horror movies of the 1980s are considered among the greatest films of all time, combining genres like sci-fi, fantasy, drama, and comedy. From iconic Western horror films to obscure Italian giallo and Asian horror cinema, these movies make a strong case for the '80s being the best decade in horror.

The best 1980s horror movies represent a special era in the evolution of the genre. This is because contemporary horror cinema developed exponentially from the '60s through the '80s. While the very foundations of modern horror were set in the '60s and '70s, it can be said that it was in the '80s when the genre truly found its voice.

Like the best horror movies of the 1970s, the genre's greatest...

“Coda” stars and Oscar winners Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur have been chosen to host the 2023 Media Access Awards on November 7, marking the first time ever that two Deaf performers have presided as hosts over an awards show together. The awards were founded by Norman Lear in 1979 and annually honor artists and film and television projects that are inclusive of disabled characters and actors. This year’s ceremony will be held in Hollywood, airing December 3 at 9 p.m. Pt on Los Angeles public broadcaster Kcet and December 15 at 9 p.m. Pt over PBS SoCal.

Matlin won her Academy Award in 1987 as Best Actress for “Children of a Lesser God,” while Kotsur warned his as Best Supporting Actor in “Coda” starring alongside Matlin.

SEETroy Kotsur wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar for ‘Coda,’ makes history as first Deaf male champion

This year’s honorees were selected by the diversity committees of the...

Coda actors Troy Kotsur and Marlee Matlin will host the 2023 Media Access Awards next month, marking the first time that two Deaf performers will host an awards show together.

The Media Access Awards, presented by the Media Access Awards and nonprofit disability services provider Easterseals Southern California, honors artists and film and television projects that are inclusive of disabled characters and actors. This year’s awards ceremony is set for Tuesday, November 7 in Hollywood, and will air Sunday, December 3 at 9 p.m. Pt on Kcet, and Friday, December 15 at 8 p.m. Pt on PBS SoCal, with streaming on both websites and on the free PBS App.

“2023 has been another incredible year for on-screen diversity and inclusion for the disabled community,” said co-ceo’s of the Media Access Awards, Deborah Calla and Allen Rucker. “We can’t wait to celebrate these talented individuals once again for their strong efforts in furthering...

The original Children of the Corn, despite negative reviews, has become a cult classic and spawned a multi-movie franchise including a 2020 remake. The ensemble cast, including Linda Hamilton and Courtney Gains, had breakout performances in the film. Many of the cast members went on to have successful careers in TV and film.

The original Children of the Corn has emerged as a cult classic despite its negative reviews and as for its cast, both young and old members of the ensemble have managed to make their mark in diverse projects. This Stephen King movie adaptation covered the supernatural fantasy short story of the same name, the 1984 movie is somewhat of a pop culture enigma. Even though it garnered mostly negative reviews at the time of its release, Children of the Corn’s hyperviolent glory still dominated mainstream horror and spawned a multi-movie franchise including nine more installments and a 2020 remake,...

Director Fritz Kiersch scared Linda Hamilton on the set of Children of the Corn by surprising her with a real child actor in a key scene. Despite the scare, Hamilton considers Children of the Corn her worst movie and worried it would harm her acting career. Many of the special effects in the film were cut due to budget restrictions, which disappointed Hamilton and affected her faith in the film's success.

One scene in Children Of The Corn legitimately scared Linda Hamilton during filming. A slasher-horror based on the Stephen King short story of the same name, the 1984 film featured The Terminator star in the co-lead role of Vicky Baxter. While the movie is not necessarily viewed as one of the strongest horror adaptations, it's cult following, multiple sequels, remake, and reboot suggest there's something thrilling about the story and setting that's worth keeping alive.

Although the franchise has 11 films,...

Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of director Fritz Kiersch’s 1984 Stephen King adaptation Children of the Corn (watch it Here) – but the folks at Trick or Treat Studios are getting the celebration started early. They’re already accepting pre-orders for a two-pack of action figures based on the characters Isaac and Malachi! An image of the action figures can be seen at the bottom of this article. The two-pack can be pre-ordered at This Link, where more images of the figures can be found.

The action figures are expected to start shipping out in just a couple months, on September 15th.

Scripted by George Goldsmith and based on a King short story, Children of the Corn has the following synopsis: As physician Burt Stanton and his girlfriend Vicky drive across the Midwest to his new job, their trip comes to a sudden halt when they encounter the body...

Shudder is a streaming service that is specifically dedicated to the horror genre, so it’s only fitting that we here on Arrow in the Head should compile a list of the Best Horror Movies on Shudder Right Now. As with all streamers, Shudder has movies that come and go on a regular basis, but if you head over there today here are some of the best movies you can find on the service:

Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

Yes, George A. Romero’s 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead seems to be available on nearly every streaming service there is, and that’s because the movie is in the public domain due to the copyright notice accidentally being left off the film print. When you’re a streaming service that deals specifically with the horror genre, it would be insane if you didn’t have Night of the Living Dead...

When Ellen Pompeo sees Katherine Heigl before our photo shoot, she offers a greeting worthy of Barbra Streisand. “Hello, gorgeous!” Pompeo exclaims, giving Heigl a hug. And suddenly, it’s like no time has passed since “Grey’s Anatomy” premiered as a midseason replacement in 2005 — after ABC executives considered not airing the show at all — in the time slot after “Desperate Housewives.” Ultimately, these two women somehow not only surpassed the ladies of Wisteria Lane, they redefined pop culture.

Throughout this reunion, we seriously take you back to the first days of TV’s longest running primetime medical drama. As “Grey’s Anatomy” became an overnight sensation, Pompeo and Heigl were launched into the stratosphere of fame together, for better and for worse. On the plus side, the Shonda Rhimes-created series revolutionized television, with women and actors of color leading the show. Yet the sudden, sometimes toxic attention — as well as...

Forty-six years after publication, Stephen King’s Children of the Corn has become a B-horror institution. The short story, which first ran in a 1977 issue of Penthouse, follows a bickering couple who run afoul of a murderous cult of corn-worshiping children on a back road in Nebraska. A bleak example of horror in the daylight, the original text plays out like the bastard child of The Wicker Man and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. A 1984 film adaptation adds a sunnier tone while kicking off the story with a brutal massacre in which the children of Gatlin murder their parents. But this jarring tone is not the strangest thing to happen in the corn.

The franchise’s eleven entries are a cinematic cornucopia of ludicrous scenes and sequences. The following is a list of the most bonkers moments in the Children of the Corn series.

The eleventh installment in the franchise,...

Stephen King’s short story “The Children of the Corn” has been catnip to horror filmmakers for nearly fifty years. Originally published in the March 1977 issue of Penthouse, the tale of a quarreling couple who stumble onto a murderous cult of children in a Nebraska cornfield was included the following year in King’s first short story collection Night Shift and subsequently adapted into a 1984 feature film directed by Fritz Kiersch. Night Shift also contains the source material for King classics such as The Mangler, Sometimes They Come Back, Maximum Overdrive, and the upcoming The Boogeyman, but none of the collection’s other 19 stories have had the staying power of “Children of the Corn.” Perhaps due to its evocative title implying barbaric pagan rituals or the eerie juxtaposition between childlike innocence and brutal murder, the original film has spawned eight sequels and two remakes over the course of four decades.

Jay Weston, who was working as a publicist when a chance meeting with Billie Holiday at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival would lead to the producing of her 1972 biopic Lady Sings the Blues, died February 28 of natural causes at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 93.

His death was announced by spokesperson Jeff Sanderson on behalf of the Weston family.

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A prominent restaurant critic later in life, Weston’s show business career in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s was marked by such high points as producing Billy Wilder’s last film, Chu Chu and the Philly Flash with Carol Burnett and Alan Arkin, W.C. Fields...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the New Amsterdam series finale “Right Place” and “How Can I Help.”] New Amsterdam may have said goodbye after five seasons on NBC, but in a time full of revivals and spinoffs, is it really the end? Hopefully not, if you ask executive producers David Schulner and Peter Horton. “Give us a call. We’re there,” Schulner tells TV Insider when asked about the possibility of a spinoff. “We feel like this has got much more potential to it. It’s number three on Netflix. We’re not the only ones who feel that way. There’s a real audience response to this show, and there was even while we were on NBC,” Horton adds. “So we’re kind of feeling like we should come back in some form, but it’s not up to us. We can only sit there and charge that windmill so many times.” The drama ended with Dr. ...

In one of the stranger coincidences of the 2022-23 TV season, two medical dramas said their goodbyes on Tuesday — New Amsterdam on NBC and The Resident on Fox. It was a series finale for the former; as much as creator/showrunner David Schulner and Executive Producer Peter Horton didn’t think their five-year-old series should be canceled, they had enough time to plan a hopeful ending for the Ryan Eggold starrer.

After six seasons on Fox, The Resident hasn’t been canceled … yet. But Tuesday’s finale dubbed “All Hands On Deck” had all the makings of a final farewell. Dr. Conrad Hawkins (Matt Czuchry) got his happy ending by declaring his love for Dr. Billie Sutton (Jessica Lucas). Dr. Ian Sullivan (Andrew McCarthy) came clean about his drug addiction and got to keep his job at Chastain Memorial after saving young Sammie, the granddaughter of Dr. Bell (Bruce Greenwood...

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Tuesday’s New Amsterdam. Proceed at your own risk!

There was one doc who was notably missing from New Amsterdam‘s series finale on Tuesday: Dr. Helen Sharpe, played by Freema Agyeman, who departed the NBC drama at the end of Season 4.

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In the series ender, Max announced that he was moving to Geneva, Switzerland, to...

Spoiler Alert! This story contains plots points from the series finale of New Amsterdam.

So long, good doctors of New Amsterdam: The drama about an old public hospital from creator/executive producer David Schulner, director/executive producer Peter Horton and Universal Television ended its five-season run Tuesday on NBC. Launched in 2018, the series was inspired by the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer.

Here, Schulner and Horton reflect on what they did and didn’t do in the final episode, and why they think its way too early to wrap up the drama that stars Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine, Debra Monk, Matthew Jeffers, and Sandra Mae Frank.

Deadline Did you have a checklist going into the finale with things that you wanted to include, like a chainsaw accident?

Peter Horton Yes, that was the whole basis for the episode. We thought chainsaws,...

NBC has set the series finale for medical drama New Amsterdam for January 17 at 9 p.m. The two-hour episode follows the series premiere of freshman comedy Night Court.

Additionally, New Amsterdam will return from hiatus on January 3 at 10 p.m.

New Amsterdam, from creator/executive producer David Schulner, director/executive producer Peter Horton and Universal Television, stars Ryan Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, who became the medical director of New Amsterdam, one the country’s oldest public hospitals, with the goal of reforming it by tearing up its bureaucracy to provide better care to patients.

The series also stars Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Tyler Labine, Sandra Mae Frank, Alejandro Hernandez, and Gina Gershon.

Deadline exclusively revealed in March that the medical drama would wrap up with a 13-episode Season 5. The show will conclude with a total of 92 episodes.

Creator Schulner and director Horton executive produce with Michael Slovis, David Foster,...

In the pilot episode of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) wakes up next to Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey) in her living room after a night of hooking up. Meredith frantically gets up to head to her first day of work at Seattle Grace Hospital. Little does she know that Derek is essentially her boss. Creator Shonda Rhimes revealed on the “9 to 5ish with theSkimm” podcast (via Insider) that a room full of old male television executives gave her a hard time for starting her show this way.

“I remember getting called into a room full of old men and they brought us in to tell me that the show was a problem because nobody was gonna watch a show about a woman who would sleep with a man the night before her first day of work,” Rhimes said. “And they were dead serious.”

Rhimes somewhat understood where the male...

New Amsterdam‘s final season may have just started, but with only 12 episodes left, we’re already looking ahead. After all, the premiere began with Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) not in the best of places, after Dr. Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman) left him. But the good news is we can rule one thing out: Max won’t die. Eggold and executive producers David Schulner and Peter Horton explain why and offer a hint at what is coming up for Max. What can you say about how the series ends for Max? Ryan Eggold: I was very curious about that myself. I had a handful of ideas and maybe this could happen or maybe that could happen. I was wondering how do we possibly wrap up this story that we’ve been telling for so many years now. And at the end of last season, David told me about an...

Warning: The following contains spoilers from Tuesday’s New Amsterdam premiere. Proceed at your own risk!

New Amsterdam‘s Max didn’t exactly get the closure he was seeking from his ex-fiancée Helen in Tuesday’s fifth and final season premiere.

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The episode opened with a montage spanning the months post-their breakup, during which Max marked Luna’s birthday and his friends consoled him.

When last we saw the men and women of “New Amsterdam,” Ryan Eggold’s character Max Goodwin had been left at the altar, on the rooftop of the hospital, where they were all in attendance.

“It was a heartbreaker of a season finale, and playing the scenes with Freema [Agyeman, who plays Helen], in that romance were, you know, some of my absolute favorite scenes, and Freema is so talented,” Eggold said (Agyeman is not returning full time for the final season). “And those scenes were just a joy to play and discover. And I think for David and Peter to write, and to find that whole arc, I just think we had such a great time with it.

“This season is going to be different in that regard,” Eggold continued. “And I’m going to miss playing those scenes very much. But I think that when there’s a dramatic change in someone’s life,...

It’s time for a new episode of the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series, and in this one we’re looking back at a movie that most horror fans have probably heard of before. But have you actually seen it? The movie is Children of the Corn (watch it Here) – the 1984 Stephen King adaptation that kicked off a franchise that doesn’t have the greatest reputation. But if you’ve been avoiding the first Children of the Corn because you’ve heard negative things about the series, we’ve put together the video embedded above to tell you why you should give it a chance.

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Like “Sharpwin” fans, New Amsterdam star Ryan Eggold has a lot of feelings about the exit of his longtime costar and TV fiancée Freema Agyeman ahead of the NBC drama’s fifth and final season.

As TVLine exclusively reported in July, Agyeman, who has played Dr. Helen Sharpe since the series premiere, will not return for the show’s swan song. A source close to the series told us that it was Agyeman’s decision to leave.

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NBCUniversal Formats said on Wednesday that the first international version of Universal Television’s NBC medical drama New Amsterdam will be produced for Turkey.

The Turkish adaptation Hayat Bugün, meaning “Life Is Today,” will be produced by 03 Medya in association with Universal International Studios. Original show creator David Schulner is consulting on the series. It is scheduled to air in Turkey on Show TV in 2023.

The series will follow Dr. Bariş, the newly appointed chief of medicine at one of Turkey’s most famous and oldest public hospitals, as he works to reform the neglected facility by tearing up its bureaucracy to provide exceptional care to patients using creative solutions.

“Hayat Bugün boasts an exciting ensemble cast led by Ulaş Tuna Astepe playing Dr. Max Goodwin (“Dr. Bariş Güvener”), who will be joined by Hazar Ergüçlü as Dr. Helen Sharpe (“Dr. Suzan Mayer”), Tansel Öngel as Dr.

We’ll admit: Part of us expected to see Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) with his infamous “How can I help?” as the tagline for the final season of New Amsterdam. But, as you can see with TV Insider exclusively unveiling the key art for the NBC drama’s farewell, that is not the case. The poster (which you can see in full below) features Max, with the tagline, “Take Care. Always,” and it’s fitting, considering how much he and the rest of the staff of New Amsterdam care for their patients — and maybe need to learn to do so for themselves as well. But can Max even “take care,” considering his fiancée, Dr. Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman), left him at the altar and isn’t coming back? “The right thing at the wrong time ceases to be the right thing anymore,” executive producer Peter Horton tells TV Insider.

Freema Agyeman, who has played Dr. Helen Sharpe since the launch of NBC medical drama series New Amsterdam, is departing the show ahead of its fifth and final season.

Agyeman announced the news, first reported by TVLine, on Instagram.

“Dearest Dam Fam. First off I would like to say a huge heartfelt thank you for your unending, dedicated and deliciously ferocious support!” Agyeman wrote. “I feel very fortunate to have connected with so many of you over these past few years, while rolling around in the skin of Ms. Helen Sharpe, and witness every ebb and flow of your emotional investment. What a ride! Thank you for being on it with me. She has meant so much to me, but the time has come for me to hang up her white coat, as I officially share the news that I will not be returning for the final season of New Amsterdam.

Freema Agyeman will not return for the fifth and final season of NBC medical drama “New Amsterdam,” she announced on Wednesday.

The news comes less than a week after Sky announced filming had begun on Agyeman’s new series, “Dreamland,” which will also costar singer Lily Allen in her debut TV role. On Friday, the former “Doctor Who” star posted a photo to Instagram of her and Allen on the set of “Dreamland,” with the caption, “Come watch me and @lilyallen play-out in the sunshine in Dreamland! All new dark comedic exploration of dysfunctional family dynamics! Gonna be a ride!”

Agyeman, who has played Dr. Helen Sharpe since the series premiered in 2018, shared a farewell message to her “New Amsterdam” fans on Wednesday, thanking them for their ” unending, dedicated and deliciously ferocious support!”

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Freema Agyeman, one of the original stars of NBC’s “New Amsterdam,” will not be returning for the show’s fifth and final season, she announced via Instagram on Wednesday.

“Dearest Dam Fam. First off I would like to say a huge heartfelt Thank You for your unending, dedicated and deliciously ferocious support! I feel very fortunate to have connected with so many of you, while rolling around in the skin of Ms. Helen Sharpe, and witness every ebb and flow of your emotional investment in her. What a ride! Thank you for being on it with me. She has meant so much to me, but the time has come for me to hang up her white coat, as I officially share the news that I will not be returning for the final season of New Amsterdam,” Agyeman captioned a photo of herself.

She continued, “While I am saddened, I...

When the final season of New Amsterdam gets underway in the fall, it will be without one half of the core couple at the wheel of the show.

TV Line reported Wednesday that Freema Agyeman will not return to the medical drama as Dr. Helen Sharpe.

A source close to the show said that the decision to leave was Freema's and that the star recently started filming the Sky comedy series Dreamland.

“Dearest Dam Fam. First off I would like to say a huge heartfelt thank you for your unending, dedicated and deliciously ferocious support!” Agyeman sharein a statement to TVLine.

“I feel very fortunate to have connected with so many of you over these past few years, while rolling around in the skin of Ms. Helen Sharpe, and witness every ebb and flow of your emotional investment," the star added.

"What a ride! Thank you for being on it with me.

Max Goodwin isn’t going to like this news one bit: New Amsterdam star Freema Agyeman, who has played Dr. Helen Sharpe since the show’s debut, will not return for the NBC medical drama’s fifth and final season, TVLine has exclusively learned.

A source close to the show tells us that it was Agyeman’s decision to leave. The actress recently began shooting the Sky Original comedy series Dreamland, opposite Lily Allen, in England.

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We’ll be seeing more of Dr. Elizabeth Wilder on NBC’s New Amsterdam. Sandra Mae Frank, who joined the series in the current fourth season as a recurring, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming fifth and final season, Deadline has confirmed.

Frank, who is deaf, portrays deaf surgeon and the newest Chief of Oncology at New Amsterdam Medical Center, Elizabeth Wilder. She was first interviewed by Max (Ryan Eggold) to fill Helen’s (Freema Agyeman) position. Max then offered her his job as the hospital’s medical director, which she turned down, but went on to join the staff as Chief of Oncology. She appeared in 12 episodes this season.

New Amsterdam, from creator/executive producer David Schulner, director/executive producer Peter Horton and Universal Television, stars Eggold as Dr. Max Goodwin, who became the medical director of New Amsterdam, one the country’s oldest public hospitals,...