# New Amsterdam **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984 "2018-11-04T21:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Navigator66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@Navigator66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator66)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/1 "2018-11-04T21:45:22Z")
Airing now on NBC is a medical drama called New Amsterdam. Back in 2008 FOX had a short lived series (8 episodes) called New Amsterdam. It was a story about an immortal NYPD detective. I thought this was odd, has there been any other TV series using the same name as an older canceled one? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/2 "2018-11-04T22:12:30Z")
Two examples come to mind immediately. The sitcom The Goldbergs has the same title as one from the 1950s. And the drama series ER has basically the same title as an earlier sitcom called E/R. In short, it’s happened many times both with television series and movies. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/3 "2018-11-04T22:28:05Z")
I assume you’re mainly thinking of shows with a different premise, and not including re-boots or sequels to previous shows, such as _Battlestar Galactica_ or _The Twilight Zone._ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/4 "2018-11-04T22:46:06Z")
_The Bob Newhart Show_ was a variety show in 1961, not to be confused with _The Bob Newhart Show_, a situation comedy from 1978. Ditto with the variety show called _Happy Days_ and the sitcom _Happy Days_, which arrived just four years later. CBS ran a failed sitcom called _The Simple Life_ in 1988. In 1993 Fox ran a reality show with the same name starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. NBC failed with a sitcom called _Brothers and Sisters_. ABC failed with a drama. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/5 "2018-11-04T22:48:49Z")
There’s a program starting this year called “The Rookie” [The Rookie (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rookie_(TV_series)) - it has nothing to do with the 1970s program “The Rookies” [The Rookies - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rookies) or the reality program “Rookies” [Rookie (disambiguation) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rookies_(TV_series)) (other than the fact that all three have to do with police). ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/6 "2018-11-04T23:00:18Z")
A lot of good examples in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=855667) from back in May. I was reminded because I brought up New Amsterdam as an example. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-amsterdam/823984/7 "2018-11-05T18:51:08Z")
I remember the first _New Amsterdam_, and liked it. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was pretty good in the lead, before he went on to play Jaime Lannister on _Game of Thrones_.