Back in 2018, television viewers had the chance to fall in love with a new medical drama series. New Amsterdam premiered with a fresh take on the genre and quickly attracted a loyal fanbase. After the season 5 finale, some fans will be wondering if New Amsterdam season 6 is on the way.
90210 and The Blacklist vet Ryan Eggold stars in the series, based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, as Dr. Max Goodwin. As the new medical director of the titular hospital, he looks to bring a little good to their many patients’ lives.
New Amsterdam was a stable ratings player from the beginning of its run, riding the wave of its early lead-in This Is Us. During its second season in January 2020, NBC renewed the series for three more seasons, which brings the hit medical drama to its fifth season.
After watching the season 5 finale, will there be a season 6 of New Amsterdam to look forward to in the future? Here’s everything fans, new and old, need to know about the future of the beloved medical drama, including where to stream the series.
Unfortunately, there will not be a sixth season of New Amsterdam on NBC. The network announced that the fifth season, which finished airing on Jan. 17, 2023, would be the final season of the medical drama. New Amsterdam season 6 won’t happen.
There’s no need to start online petitions or start fighting for another streaming service like Netflix to save the medical drama. The series had plenty of time to plan a proper ending, as the final season announcement arrived in March 2022 ahead of the September 2022 premiere of season 5.
Before the airing of the series finale, series star Ryan Eggold shared a beautiful tribute to the series on Instagram alongside a photo of himself smiling on set as Max. He began his tribute by saying, “Man this show has meant a lot to me… I’m proud of the many stories we’ve been able to tell over these five years.”
Even though the first four seasons of New Amsterdam became available on Netflix earlier in 2023, fans of the series had to wait quite a while for the fifth and final season to hit their watch lists. Finally, on Sept. 20, New Amsterdam season 5 became available to watch on Netflix.
New Amsterdam wasn’t canceled in the traditional sense. Having already renewed the series for three more seasons back in 2020, NBC then opted for the fifth season to be a shortened final season. As mentioned before, the final season announcement arrived in time for the creative team to craft a proper final season and series ending.
However, it seems that declined ratings were part of the culprit for New Amsterdam coming to an end on NBC. It’s typical for some veteran series on broadcast television to have lower ratings in their later seasons. Networks also often tend to cite budgetary reasons for cancellations, as most television shows become more expensive to produce as they age.
As much as it will sting for fans to not have more stories to look forward to with New Amsterdam season 6, it’s the perfect time to start re-binge-watching the series from the beginning on Netflix. Watch all of the heartfelt and heartbreaking moments unfold all over again.
Watch all five seasons of New Amsterdam, now on Netflix.
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