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David Schulner is an American television writer and producer best known for creating New Amsterdam. Career. Schulner's career began in the late 1990s, working on Once and Again. He would write for multiple television series in different genres.
YearTitleWriterExecutiveproducer2022YesNo2018–2023YesYes2018YesYes2017YesYesDavid Schulner is known for New Amsterdam (2018), The Event (2010) and Reverie (2018).
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Feb 5, 2020 · The creator of New Amsterdam, a medical drama on NBC, will continue as showrunner and develop new projects for the studio. He has been with Universal TV since 2010 and has worked on shows like The Event, Emerald City and Reverie.
- The Guy Who Believed He Was A Ghost
- The Guard Who Gave Prisoners Ketamine
- The Domino Surgery Gone Wrong
- The Pope's Chaos-Causing Visit
- The Terrifying Generator Outage
In Episode 3, "Every Last Minute," a patient crawls into a morgue, injects himself with embalming fluid, and digs in a graveyard because, as the doctors and viewers eventually discover, he believes he's dead — a delusion caused by an undiagnosed brain tumor. "This episode came directly from wonderfully twisted mind of [Consulting Producer] Shaun Ca...
In Episode 6, "Anthropocene," the doctors discover that a Rikers guard has been injecting prisoners with ketamine without their consent, in order to keep them sedated. "[Writer Aaron Ginsburg] mentioned reading an article about police officers injecting ketamine into suspects to sedate them," recalls Schulner. "We both thought it was horrifying and...
In Episode 7, "The Domino Effect," a chain of people getting and donating organs to one another — a domino surgery — gets complicated when someone pulls out, putting the whole operation in jeopardy. "[Writer] Shireen Razack came up with the idea because her mother was the recipient of an organ donation," explains Schulner. "An organ that gave her a...
In Episode 15, "Croaklahoma," the Pope comes to the hospital, and his presence causes serious security issues — including doctors' comments being interpreted as death threats. "This episode grew out of my conversations with Eric Manheimer," explains Schulner. "Every year, he had the Secret Service tour Bellevue when POTUS was in town. Bomb sniffing...
In Episode 17, "Sanctuary," the hospital generator goes out, causing a maintenance worker to be electrocuted, doctors to be stuck in an elevator, and an open heart surgery to occur without machines. "Again, this episode came out of my talks with Dr. Manheimer," says Schulner, explaining how he learned that during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Bellevue H...
The series was created by David Schulner and stars Ryan Eggold, Freema Agyeman, Janet Montgomery, Jocko Sims, Anupam Kher, Tyler Labine and Sandra Mae Frank.
Jan 18, 2023 · Schulner and co-showrunner Peter Horton discuss the ending of the NBC medical drama, which featured a shocking twist involving Max and Helen. They also reveal why Helen was absent from the finale and how they left some questions unanswered.
Feb 6, 2020 · The creator and showrunner of NBC's "New Amsterdam" extends his relationship with the studio for four more years. He will develop, write and executive produce projects across multiple platforms, including the medical drama that was renewed for three seasons.
