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NBC's New Amsterdam is a diagnosis for drama

Sometimes the stars are asked to play doctor in real life, too.

LOS ANGELES — The hospital drama 'New Amsterdam' is tackling Season Two with a commitment to authenticity, which has caused some of the actors' lives to begin to blend with their characters. The writers even asked Tyler Labine, who plays a psychiatrist, if they could use a secret, real-life struggle of his own on the show. Courageously, he said yes.

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"This season is going to be interesting for me," Labine says, without revealing all the intimate details. "I think a lot of personal things are going to pop up that are going to be really difficult for me to tackle on camera, but I'm ready to do it."

His co-star Janet Montgomery agrees.

"That's our job," she says, "to be vulnerable. And I think we're just lucky to work with the right people that make us feel safe doing that."

Because the actors play doctors so convincingly, fans sometimes ask them to dispense medical advice.

"We don't have to. But I do choose to," Montgomery jokes.

It doesn't always end well.

"I've lost a few," she says with a laugh.

"New Amsterdam" airs Tuesdays at 10:00 on KING 5.

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