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Shows that feel likeNew Amsterdam (2018–2023)

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.

If you loved New Amsterdam, the closest series we have are Maid (2021), Mucize Doktor (2019) and Superman & Lois (2021). All three share New Amsterdam's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tracker (2024).

★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗5 seasons · NBCcreated by David Schulnercontemplativehopeful
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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If New Amsterdam hit the spot, these will too

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Maid
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.3dramaNetflix

The same mix in both: stillness, then hope

After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.

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Mucize Doktor
2019–2021 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7drama

Two things both keep coming back to: health care and hospital

The difference: Takes it somewhere less hopeful than New Amsterdam does

Mucize Doktor / A Miracle (2019) is a Turkish FOX medical drama (64 episodes) starring Taner Ölmez, adapted from the Korean series Good Doctor. Ali Vefa, a young surgical resident with autism savant syndrome, joins a prestigious Istanbul hospital — facing resistance from colleagues who doubt his abilities. As he proves his genius case by case, he navigates friendships, rivalry and first love while learning what it means to belong.

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Superman & Lois
2021–2024 · 4 seasons · The CW
★ 7.8drama · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Both are built on the same subject: hopeful

The difference: Leans harder into sci-fi & fantasy than New Amsterdam does

After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever: dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.

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Tracker
2024– · 4 seasons · CBS
★ 7.2drama · crimeHuluParamount+

Contemplative drama in both cases

Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

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Snowfall
2017–2023 · 6 seasons · FX
★ 8.5drama · crimeHuluDisney+

Drama built on hope, twice over

Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.

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Blue Bloods
2010–2024 · 14 seasons · CBS
★ 7.7crime · dramaPrime VideoParamount+

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

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3 Body Problem
2024– · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaNetflix

A streak of hope through both

Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.

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The Resident
2018–2023 · 6 seasons · FOX
★ 7.8dramaNetflixHulu

Both are working the same pair: doctor, medical drama

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

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The Good Doctor
2017–2024 · 7 seasons · ABC
★ 8dramaHulu

Common ground: hospital

Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.

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Chicago Med
2015– · 12 seasons · NBC
★ 7.6dramaPeacock

One thread runs through both: doctor

An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.

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MacGyver
1985–1992 · 7 seasons · ABC
★ 7.6drama · action & adventure · crimeParamount+

Drama of the same temperament

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's brakes... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

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Supergirl
2015–2021 · 6 seasons · CBS
★ 6.2drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflix

Both play drama straight

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

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