Fox's 'New Amsterdam' series
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:57 amby Frau_Blucher
Just saw a commercial for this, and it instantly reminded me of <a href="http://news.aol.com/entertainment/television/story/_a/fox-show-bears-odd-resemblance-to-book/20070829172809990001">a great book called 'Forever' by Peter Hamill</a> from 2002. It's a fanstastic read that weaves in a lot of history. I've given it as a gift to a few friends who live in Manhattan, and each has absolutely loved it. I can't imagine the producers wouldn't be crediting Hamill - it's such an obvious knock-off. Regardless, I'm definitely going to watch it, hoping against hope that they don't fuck it up.
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:52 pmby glokstadt
What, Fox [b]not[/b] fuck something up...[}:)]
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:48 pmby randy
It's a Dennis Leary produced series--could be good.
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:42 pmby Frau_Blucher
[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
<br>It's a Dennis Leary produced series--could be good.
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Now I'm really puzzled as to why the character was changed from Irish to Dutch...other than to make a cloying fit to the title.
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Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:17 pmby SomebodySomewhere
The pilot is pretty bad. I don't know if it gets any better, but there's no way it can ever get better enough as to make it watchable.
It was also pulled off the fall schedule at the last minute and essentially cancelled. With the writer's strike about to come to an end, FOX has about as much use for it as Alan Keyes has for a presidential ballot.
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