New Amsterdam is one of the most popular shows to hit Netflix in 2023. If Suits hadn’t been released on Netflix this year, New Amsterdam might have been able to claim the title of “most popular new broadcast/cable show on Netflix” this year. Now, fans are waiting to watch New Amsterdam season 5 on Netflix.
The first four seasons of New Amsterdam hit the streaming service earlier this year. Fans couldn’t wait to watch New Amsterdam season 5, but they had to wait a few months until after the season aired on NBC in late January 2023.
Yes, New Amsterdam season 5 is coming to Netflix in September 2023. Netflix announced that the season will be available to stream back in August, and now, that moment is finally here.
All five seasons will be available to stream soon!
New Amsterdam season 5 will be released on Netflix at 12:00 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Unfortunately, that’s going to be at 3:00 a.m. ET, so fans on the East Coast will have to stay up way late to watch the season.
All 13 episodes of season 5 will be available to stream on Netflix at that time. It’s a bummer that there are fewer episodes in New Amsterdam season 5 than in most seasons of the series. The first and fourth seasons have 22 episodes, while the second season has 18 episodes and the third season has 14 episodes.
It’s hard to say the exact reason that New Amsterdam ended after season 5. The show was technically canceled, but the creative team was given time to plan for the series ending. The fifth season was shortened to 13 episodes to wrap up the story.
Overall, New Amsterdam season 5 ended because of low ratings. Season after season, ratings continued to drop consistently, and that appears to be the main reason NBC decided to end the series. There’s always more to these decisions behind the scenes, but it’s easy to see how other shows ratings were improving while fewer viewers were tuning in for New Amsterdam every week.
What’s interesting to me is how the show was released on Netflix and became even more popular. Had the show been available on Netflix for longer, would ratings have improved or held steady? It’s hard to say, but there’s definitely some benefit for some of these shows, including New Amsterdam, Manifest, Suits, and others, to get a wider release on Netflix.
New Amsterdam season 5 hits Netflix at 12:00 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
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