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New Amsterdam (2008)

New Amsterdam poster
Genre
police procedural
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 81 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Dutch man born in 1607 cannot die, so he lives through centuries in New York City. In the present day, he works with a homicide detective to solve murders while carrying the weight of his long past.

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What happens

New Amsterdam is an American television drama which aired for eight episodes in 2008 on Fox. The series starred Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as "John Amsterdam" (real name Johann van der Zee), an immortal Dutch man born in 1607, who has lived in New York City on and off since he was 14 years old, and who 'partners' with a female homicide detective in the present day. The series was nominated for an Emmy for Main Title Design. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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