New Amsterdam Star Heads over to Virtuality

One of the suckiest thing about the FOX network is that, unless a show is a bona fide hit, they’ll shut it down faster than you can say, “Stupid FOX, why don’t you at least give it a chance first?” Case in point: New Amsterdam, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as an immortal cop. Sure, the show was probably too procedural, but overall it was a fresh take on an old, stale formula (the cop show), and deserved a chance. Well in any case, while Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is no longer on New Amsterdam, he has landed at another FOX sci-fi show, this time Virtuality. Oh damn, another FOX show? Crap.

More from seat42f, who breaks the news:

This just in from a source at FOX. They may have canceled New Amsterdam but series star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is staying put at Fox booking the pilot for Virtuality. Coster-Waldau will play Commander Frank Pike. Directed by Friday Night Light’s Peter Berg Virtuality centers around Earth’s first Starship and the first space mission to a distant solar system.

Virtuality is from Battlestar Galactica guru Ron Moore, so it should have a chance. Maybe. This is FOX we’re talking about, and FOX is, for some reason, jamming their schedule full of sci-fi shows, which makes them our best friend — but also our worst enemies, alas, since most of those shows probably won’t last past their first season, if that.