NEW AMSTERDAM (picked-up-to-series, fka “Bellevue”)Bellevue Hospital’s new director has a maverick a

NEW AMSTERDAM (picked-up-to-series, fka “Bellevue”)Bellevue Hospital’s new director has a maverick approach which disrupts the status quo, while always prioritizing patient care. Located in Manhattan, Bellevue is the only hospital in the world that has the capability to treat Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers Island and the President of the United States all under one roof.Cast (thus far)Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist) as Max Hollander, who is driven to the point of exhausting himself and everyone around him including his wife, who recently separated from him. An internist, he has just been hired as medical director at the hospital, which he’s going to restore to its former glory or get kicked out trying. (Mar 5)Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who) as Dr. Hana Sharpe, the lead doctor at the hospital who has not practiced medicine in a while. Rather, she appears on talk shows across the country pitching Bellevue hospital. (Feb 8)Jocko Sims (The Last Ship) as Dr. Floyd Pearson, an intelligent, virtuous and honest-to-a-fault attending cardiac surgeon. A graduate of Yale who came from humble beginnings, Pearson loves his work but still carries a chip on his shoulder for having to work twice as hard to get there. (Mar 12)Janet Montgomery (Salem) as Dr. Laura Bloom, an attending ER doctor. Moonlighting to make more money, she’s spreading herself too thin and running on fumes. (Feb 15)Anupam Kher (The Big Sick) as Dr. Anil Kapoor, one of the oldest doctors at the hospital. He believes the hospital needs to change but does not feel he needs to change his ways. (Feb 8)Tyler Labine (Deadbeat) as Dr. Iggy Frome, an attending child psychiatrist at the hospital, who likes to think outside the box, but has been continually beat down by the system. (Feb 21)Margot Bingham (She’s Gotta Have It) in a recurring role, the details of which are not being revealed. (Sep 26)Genre: Medical DramaCreated by: David Schulner. Directed by: Pete Horton.Produced by: Dr. Eric Manheimer, David Schulner & Pete Horton.Studios: Universal Television.Note: Dr. Eric Manheimer is the former medical director at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital and author of “Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital,” the memoir that inspired the series Season Zero Pilot Preview (beware of spoilers)To air Tuesdays at 10:00 P.M., after This is UsPremiere: Tuesday, September 25 -- source link

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