The NewAmsterdam creator says several people actually tested positive for coronavirus after they filmed the pandemic episode.
Francisco Roman/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Imageshas proved to be a little too real for the show's creator, David Schulner.
NBC announced on Wednesday that an episode centering around the spread of a deadly flu would be shelved while the world is in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic.has an episode that was written some time ago that focuses on a flu epidemic in New York City. Being sensitive to the current climate, the producers, network and studio have decided that the episode will not air on NBC on April 7 as previously scheduled.
"We showed what happens when our hospital has to erect tents in the parking lot because every bed is taken. When the doctors and nurses and medical techs have been working back to back shifts because their replacements are sick. When panic sets in. When people are quarantined. When people die," says Schulner, who notes that the episode was written back in 2019 by David Foster, a Harvard trained M.D.
"One of our writers is sick. Daniel Dae Kim, whose character was introduced in this episode, tested positive for Covid-19 a few days after we shut down production," he writes."I know most, if not all of us want this episode to air. We poured our hearts and souls into it. And it will air. Just not now. And when it does some will still say it’s exploitative. Some will still say it’s in bad taste. And some will be grateful to have their experiences reflected back to them.
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