TUESDAY
SHILO: 8:00 The Voice; 9:00 This Is Us; 10:00 Chicago Med
CRAIG: 8:00 The Voice; 9:00 This Is Us; 10:00 Chicago Fire
ACTUAL SCHEDULE: 8:00 The Voice; 9:00 This Is Us; 10:00 New Amsterdam
SHILO: On the surface, I’m fine with This Is Us leading into a new show; it’s still powerful enough that I get NBC wanting to use it to continue deepening their drama slate. And the choice to use it on another medical drama in New Amsterdam shows they learned from Chicago Med‘s success this year, in that big shows need a casual-friendly lead-out vs. something overly serialized. But I don’t know, the New Amsterdam trailer gave me distinct Pure Genius vibes and we’ve also seen the “damaged maverick tries to revolutionize X field/business” concept stumble with APB and Wisdom of the Crowd, so it’s doubtful this is the medical drama that NBC needed, particularly now that we’re in Peak Medical Drama with Good Doctor, Grey’s, The Resident, and Chicago Med.
CRAIG: Another doctor show. Another show with Ryan Eggold at the lead. New Amsterdam is really not my kind of thing, but it’s surely a better fit than Law & Order: True Crime was, so at least there’s that. I’m mostly ambivalent.
