Fox's 'Amsterdam' has strong debut

March 06, 2008 The debut of Fox's drama "New Amsterdam" won the 9 p.m. hour Tuesday night with a solid premiere rating aided by a typically massive "American Idol" lead-in. "Amsterdam," about an immortal New York City detective, has been pushed around the schedule this season and critic reviews were lukewarm. [...] last night's debut was the second highest-rated show of the night after "Idol" (28.2 million viewers, 10.5 preliminary adults 18 to 49 rating and a 26 share) which dipped 5% from last week to hit a Tuesday night season low.

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