'New Amsterdam' Brings In The One Man Who Can Save Medicine (And The World)

You probably thought that the existing Coldplay version of the Coldplay song "Fix You" — which, by the way, I love — was maudlin enough for any montage-accompaniment needs you could possibly have.

This is because you have not seen NBC's New Amsterdam, which premieres Tuesday night.

It's easy, in these times of experimentation and directorial flourishes, to neglect the arrival of fall broadcast pilots. Critics don't fuss over them, thinkpieces don't spring from them, and movie stars usually don't appear in them. But broadcast pilots can still be special and promising — more in recent years in comedy ( and , for instance) than in drama, but there's nothing to say we couldn't wake up this fall to a new or . Why not, I figured, see about this new doctor show? I liked , after(off and on, like many people). Let's give it a chance!