Watson (TV series)

2025 American television series

Watson

Star Morris Chestnut in a promotional poster for the series

Genre|

* Medical drama
* Mystery
* Crime drama

Created by| Craig Sweeny
Based on| The works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Starring|

* Morris Chestnut
* Eve Harlow
* Peter Mark Kendall
* Inga Schlingmann
* Ritchie Coster
* Rochelle Aytes

Music by| Paul Leonard-Morgan
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 13
Production
Executive producers|

* Shäron Moalem
* Morris Chestnut
* Brian Morewitz
* Sallie Patrick
* Aaron Kaplan
* Larry Teng
* Craig Sweeny

Producers|

* Geoffrey Hemwall
* Scott Graham

Production location| Vancouver, Canada
Cinematography|

* Brook Willard
* Shamus Whiting-Hewlett
* James Liston

Editors|

* Jesse Ellis
* Sondra Watanabe
* Aric Lewis

Production companies|

* Action This Day!
* Kapital Entertainment
* CBS Studios

Original release
Network| CBS
Release| January 26, 2025 (2025-01-26) –
present

Watson is an American television series created by Craig Sweeny which premiered on CBS on January 26, 2025. The series, described as a "medical drama with detective elements", is centered around the character of Dr. John Watson from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, with Morris Chestnut portraying the character. It is the second CBS series to adapt the Holmes stories, after Elementary. While the two programs are otherwise unrelated, their creative teams overlap. In March 2025, Watson was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere in January 2026.[1][2]

## Premise

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One year after Sherlock Holmes's apparent death at the hands of his archenemy Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls ("The Final Problem"), Dr. John Watson resumes his medical practice by opening the "Holmes Clinic" in Pittsburgh to treat patients with strange and unidentifiable issues. Soon however, Watson must face his past when evidence surfaces indicating that Moriarty is still alive.[3]

## Cast

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The cast of Watson

### Main

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* Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, a clinical geneticist and former London-based consulting detective who heads the Holmes Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. To aid his patients' cases, he applies a specific and incisive type of deductive reasoning that he learned from his years working with Sherlock Holmes.
* Kevin Vidal plays Watson as a younger nurse in the episode "Take a Family History".
* Eve Harlow as Ingrid Derian, an aloof but highly skilled neurologist with an enigmatic past. She has a shaky relationship with her colleagues owing to her stony manner and questionable methods.
* Amanda Arcuri plays a teenage Ingrid in the episode "Take a Family History".
* Peter Mark Kendall as Stephens Croft and Adam Croft, identical twin brothers, acting as infectious disease and functional medicine specialists at the clinic. Stephens, a Johns Hopkins graduate, is an emotionally withdrawn workaholic, while Adam, who attended Boston University, talks too much. They have a strained relationship, owing to the fact Adam is dating Stephens' ex-fiancée.
* Inga Schlingmann as Sasha Lubbock, an affable specialist in rheumatology and immunology. She is torn between her birth parents from China and her adoptive family from Dallas.
* Ritchie Coster as Shinwell Johnson, a former criminal from London and an acquaintance of Holmes and Watson who works as the clinic's administrative aide, his connections often proving very useful to the team.
* Rochelle Aytes as Mary Morstan, a noted East Coast surgeon and Watson's estranged wife who serves as the clinic's medical director. Despite their impending divorce, she maintains a productive working relationship with Watson, acting as his voice of sanity and attempting to rein in his more irregular techniques.

### Recurring

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* Randall Park as Professor James Moriarty, a criminal mastermind and Sherlock Holmes' archenemy who reemerges from his presumed death with a nefarious agenda[4]
* Kacey Rohl as Hannah Burke, Moriarty's subordinate who forces Shinwell to carry out her employer's bidding[5]
* Louriza Tronco as Reyes, a nurse at the clinic

### Guest

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* Nat Faxon as Hobie McSorley, an experimental geneticist and old friend of Watson's with a colorful personality.[6]
* Kiera Allen as Gigi Grigoryan, Ingrid's paraplegic sister. Beatrice Schneider plays a teenaged Gigi.
* Amanda Crew as Lauren, a lawyer and Stephens' ex-girlfriend who is presently dating Adams
* Matt Berry as the voice of Sherlock Holmes, a brilliant British consulting detective and Watson's best friend who was seemingly killed alongside Moriarty. Berry voices the character as an auditory hallucination.[7][8]
* Whoopie Van Raam as Irene Adler, a con artist and the only woman ever to outwit Holmes who turns to Watson in a moment of desperation[9]
* Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez as Angus Adler, Irene's young son who might be the offspring of Sherlock Holmes[10]
* Vincent Gale as Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother who previously crossed paths with Watson[11]
* Andy Bean as Ivo Derian, Ingrid and Gigi's father
* Rachel Hayward as Detective Lestrade, a veteran Pittsburgh Police Department investigator who is initially skeptical of Watson's theories[4][12]
* Tika Sumpter as Laila Bynum, a pediatric oncologist who forms a relationship with Watson[13]

## Episodes

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No.
overall| No. in
season| Title [14]| Directed by| Written by| Original release date [14]| U.S. viewers
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1| 1| "Pilot"| Larry Teng| Craig Sweeny| January 26, 2025 (2025-01-26)| 9.58[15]

Dr. John Watson suffers a traumatic brain injury during the final encounter between detective Sherlock Holmes and master criminal James Moriarty ("The Final Problem"). Waking up in a Swiss hospital, Watson learns from Shinwell Johnson that Holmes secretly funded a private clinic in his will so Watson could find a new purpose in the event of his death. Several months later, Watson and his handpicked team take on a new patient at the request of his ex-wife, hospital administrator Mary Morstan. The patient, Erika Filipello (Anjelica Bette Fellini), is seemingly dying from fatal insomnia, but using his investigative skills, Watson determines not only that she is suffering from a genetic deficiency of biotinidase but that her similarly ill cousin Autumn (Shannon Berry) is actually the girl's half-sister. However, Autumn goes into septic shock, and Watson is unable to call in his usual surgeon due to adverse weather. Mary, a former surgeon, agrees to operate, saving Autumn's life. Watson later retrieves his old case files at Mary's encouragement. Shinwell delivers a case of genetic samples to a still-alive Moriarty (Randall Park), who reminds him that he is watching "always and everywhere."

2| 2| "Redcoat"| Larry Teng| Craig Sweeny| February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16)| 4.32[16]

Entrepreneur Andrew Tanner (Damian O'Hare) is left with a bullet lodged in his brain from an attempted murder. His case is further complicated when he claims to be the famous Scottish military officer Patrick Ferguson. Watson gives his team a lesson in the value of applying investigative techniques while deducing the cause of Tanner's condition. Stephens is able to glean from social media that he has symptoms consistent with Huntington's disease. Combined with Sasha's search of the crime scene and information from Watson's "Irregulars," the team realizes that Tanner is faking his insanity; having botched his "murder", the patient plans to commit suicide to preserve his family's life insurance. Watson then notices an additional symptom while foiling Tanner's suicide attempt and determines that he actually has Wilson's disease, which can be treated. To remove the bullet, Ingrid persuades former flame Isaac (Hampton Fluker), who blames her for ruining his career, to operate. Isaac declines a job offer from Mary and warns her not to trust Ingrid. Johnson is approached by Moriarty's agent (Kacey Rohl), who has him switch out Watson's medication with an identical set of pills.

3| 3| "Wait for the Punchline"| Christine Moore| Sallie Patrick| February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23)| 4.69[17]

Molly Jones (Djouliet Amara), an aspiring comedian, collapses while performing and comes to the Holmes Clinic; John is intrigued when she explains how previous doctors had diagnosed her with epilepsy, but then collapses himself. He sustains a second traumatic brain injury and begins hallucinating visions of Sherlock and of Moriarty's fused fingers. Despite the team's concerns, Watson accepts Molly as a patient and has Stephens look into her family history. He learns that "Molly" is actually Linda Mancini, daughter of convicted murderer Felicia Mancini (Lisa Arrindell). A visit to Felicia gives Watson vital clues, and he identifies Molly's condition as that of long QT syndrome, which can cause sudden death. This insight also convinces him that Felicia was wrongfully convicted of drowning Molly's siblings. His own condition soon worsens, however, and the team forces him to return home. A guilt-ridden Shinwell is told he can switch Watson's pills back, curing him of the hallucinations. Molly undergoes surgery to fix her heart, and evidence supplied by Watson enables the DA to initiate proceedings for releasing Felicia from prison. Mary visits Watson and warns him that she can no longer hide his condition from the hospital board. Meanwhile, Ingrid tries to get her spinal research project off the ground, and Adams tries to reconnect with Stephens.

4| 4| "Patient Question Mark"| Ron Underwood| Teresa Tuan| March 2, 2025 (2025-03-02)| 4.04[18]

During a team exercise to identify the clinic's next patient, Sasha diagnoses a rich lawyer (Michael Kostroff) with Cowden syndrome; while in surgery, the man dies on the table. Noticing Sasha's emotional distress, Watson learns that while attending medical school, Sasha worked on a cadaver that also had Cowden syndrome. As Cowden's is both hereditary and difficult to detect, Watson realizes that others may be at risk. He, Ingrid, and Sasha trace the cadaver to an Amish community in Lancaster, where the residents remember Watson from years earlier when he studied among them. The team is informed that the deceased had a sister, Rachel Smith (Sprague Grayden), who was banished from the community and now lives with her young son, Amos (Cruze McKinnon). When Amos starts having trouble breathing, Watson takes him in for treatment but ultimately cedes his role to Ingrid after recognizing that he cannot be trusted with patients in light of his condition. Sasha's efforts to have the Amish residents tested uncovers more than a dozen cases of Cowden, and Watson commends her. Shinwell purchases a tracking device and plants it on the car of Moriarty's agent. He later retrieves it after seeing her with a young, sick girl. Watson visits Mary at home and says that he will not contest their divorce, urging Mary to live her life even if he isn't a part of it.

5| 5| "The Man with the Glowing Chest"| Tara Nicole Weyr| Shardé Miller| March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09)| 4.84[19]

Watson faces a serious dilemma while treating Taryn Quintyne (Brittany Adebumola), who suffers from a rare form of sickle cell anemia; Taryn can be cured, but the existing cure is prohibitively expensive and would render her infertile. With Shinwell's help, he recruits unscrupulous genetics researcher Hobie McSorley (Nat Faxon) to devise a non-FDA-approved treatment using her bone marrow to replace the diseased cells and administer it to Taryn in secret. Despite efforts to keep the rest of the team in the dark, Stephens alerts them after recognizing Hobie's distinct birthmark. After reflecting on Watson's intentions, they collectively agree not to report him. Taryn suffers from complications just as Mary obtains proof of Watson's ethical violations. When she confronts him, Watson defends his decision and reveals that Taryn has become pregnant due to an unexpected failure of her IUD. Mary discharges her from the hospital and destroys the evidence. Ingrid turns to Sasha for help getting her sister Gigi (Kiera Allen) into the spinal project after running up against a hostile administrator. Stephens learns that Adams, who is in recovery for drug addiction, relapsed without his knowledge several years prior.

6| 6| "The Camgirl Inquiry"| Bille Woodruff| Neal Dusedau| March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16)| 5.15[20]

Stephens has a secret relationship with a camgirl named "Porsche" (Sofie Kane); when she collapses on a live feed, he asks the team for help. Watson guides the team as they use various clues in Porsche's apartment to find her address. This includes Adams reaching out to his lawyer girlfriend Lauren (Amanda Crew), who also happens to be Stephens' ex. Noticing that Stephens is in emotional distress, Watson comforts him by noting that since high intelligence can make it hard to form lasting bonds, he should never feel alone in his pain. Porsche is ultimately found and brought to the hospital, but her health is rapidly deteriorating from septic shock. Stephens recalls how Porsche once told him that she grew up on a rabbit farm in New Mexico; this reveals that her condition is in fact an undiagnosed case of bubonic plague from being bitten by an infected animal. As she recovers from the infection, Porsche tells Stephens she wants to go out with him, but he decides that their relationship is just not what he needs anymore. Sasha buys a cake for Ingrid, who hates celebrating her birthday. Annoyed, Ingrid tells her off and questions why she should want to force happiness on others when she can't find it in her own life. That night, Sasha breaks up with her boyfriend upon realizing that he doesn't want to marry her.

7| 7| "Teeth Marks"| Jennifer Lynch| Charly Evon Simpson| March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23)| 5.12[21]

Librarian Ginny Roberts (Caitlin Stasey) stumbles into the Holmes Clinic with a condition that causes her memory to "reset" every three minutes. Watson finds himself at a loss to figure out Ginny's issue, particularly her insistence that something is "eating" her from the inside. Shinwell receives new orders to once again switch out Watson's pills; this causes Watson to hear the voice of Sherlock Holmes (Matt Berry) inside his head. Accepting that someone is tampering with his medication, Watson has Stephens analyze the pills and confides in him his belief that Shinwell is responsible. Ginny becomes increasingly unstable as the team fails to cure her, eventually storming out of the hospital in anger. Watson convinces her to undergo screening, revealing a teratoma in her ovaries. During surgery to remove it, Watson speaks with Mary after noticing that she had visited Ginny several times during her stay. Mary reveals that she was pregnant when her ex-husband left to help Sherlock on his final case; the baby was miscarried and she chose not to tell him after he came home injured. Informed by Shinwell of Watson's suspicions, Moriarty arranges a suicide to cast blame for the pills on a different suspect. He also visits Ingrid in secret and gives her human bones, saying that soon, they will find out "who she really is".

8| 8| "A Variant of Unknown Significance"| Larry Teng| Anna Mackey| March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30)| 5.28[22]

Irene Adler (Whoopie Van Raam) seeks out the Holmes Clinic to treat her son Angus (Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez), claiming that he is Sherlock's biological child. Watson divides the team into two groups: Sasha and Adam are tasked with diagnosing Angus while Stephens and Ingrid must determine whether Irene is trying to deceive them. Despite being warned by a mistrustful Shinwell, Watson finds himself growing close to Angus after noticing how the boy's wit and insights match those of Sherlock. He suspects that Angus may be suffering from a genetic flaw that is hereditary to male members of the Holmes family. To prove this, he has Shinwell meet with Holmes' brother Mycroft (Vincent Gale) at the Diogenes Club to obtain the only known sample of Sherlock's DNA. The team learns that Irene has previously dabbled in charity fraud and realize that Angus is deliberately faking his condition. Irene steals the DNA sample and attempts to fly to Austria, but Watson and Shinwell intercept her. Watson explains how he knows Irene, suffering from multiple myeloma, only wanted to sell the sample and provide for her son. Irene then asks him to assume guardianship of Angus in the event of her death. To her surprise, however, Watson offers her the chance to participate in the clinical trial of a treatment that could save her life.

9| 9| "Take a Family History"| Mario Van Peebles| Teleplay by : Teresa Tuan & Craig Sweeny
Story by : Shäron Moalem & Craig Sweeny| April 13, 2025 (2025-04-13)| 4.97[23]

In 2010, a teenage Ingrid (Amanda Arcuri) accompanies her father Ivo (Andy Bean) after Gigi (Beatrice Schneider) is brought in with a spinal injury from a fall. A high-risk surgery is needed to prevent her losing the use of her legs, but the surgeon, fearing a malpractice suit, refuses to authorize the procedure. A nurse (Kevin Vidal) puts Ingrid in touch with Mary, then a junior attending, and when Ingrid explains that Gigi's injury was caused by the alcoholic Ivo's abuse, Mary arranges the surgery without permission. Upon being confronted by her boss (Martin Cummins), however, she reluctantly cancels the procedure, and Gigi is left permanently disabled. In 2025, Ingrid is forced to have Gigi admitted to UHOP when she suffers complications from her spinal treatment. She attempts to solicit Watson and the team's help while keeping her sister's true identity a secret to avoid losing her job for violating the project's ethical guidelines. Watson deduces on his own that Gigi has a form of hypothermia, the result of a genetic mutation unknown to Ingrid that reacted with Gigi's treatment. For endangering a patient, Mary tells Ingrid that she will be fired, and Watson makes it clear he will not oppose her decision. A flashback shows that after promising to care for Gigi, Ingrid murdered her father with an overdose of fentanyl and buried the body.

10| 10| "The Man with the Alien Hand"| Clara Aranovich| Theo Travers| April 20, 2025 (2025-04-20)| 4.47[24]

Shinwell is ordered to collect DNA samples from all four members of the team, for unknown purposes. Watson takes on Cameron Phipps (David Thompson) as a new patient; Phipps suffers from alien hand syndrome and has become increasingly desperate for treatment. Attempts to paralyze the hand with injections of neurotoxin fail, and Phipps seemingly commits manslaughter by pushing his brother Damian (Corey Sorenson) in front of a moving bus. Watson meets with Lestrade (Rachel Hayward), the detective handling the case, and persuades her not to charge Phipps. He also sends for a highly regarded neurosurgeon to deaden the nerves of Phipps' hand and reverse his condition. However, a chance meeting reveals to Watson that Phipps is a failed entrepreneur facing bankruptcy, and with Damian's death is now slated to inherit his ailing father's fortune. Unable to have him arrested, the team instead confront Phipps with the revelation that his father had numerous children out of wedlock, all of whom will be equally entitled to a share of the man's estate. Shinwell turns over a collection of fake samples to Moriarty's agent. Lestrade is impressed with Watson's handling of the case and gives him her card; as they walk out, a man who had unknowingly helped Phipps orchestrate the murder suddenly arrives and offers to testify against him in exchange for an opportunity to intern at the Holmes Clinic.

11| 11| "The Dark Day Deduction"| Sheelin Choksey| Jason Inman| April 27, 2025 (2025-04-27)| 4.59[25]
12| 12| "My Life's Work Part 1"| Jeff W. Byrd| Teleplay by : Adam Samuel Goldman & Heather Ross
Story by : Shäron Moalem & Adam Samuel Goldman & Heather Ross| May 4, 2025 (2025-05-04)| 4.85[26]
13| 13| "My Life's Work Part 2"| Kristin Lehman| Teleplay by : Craig Sweeny & Teresa Tuan
Story by : Shäron Moalem & Sallie Patrick| May 11, 2025 (2025-05-11)| 4.74[27]

## Production

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Watson was announced in October 2022, to be created, written and produced by Craig Sweeny who had previously worked on Elementary.[3] The show was given a straight to series order, bypassing the pilot stage.[28]

By January 2024, Morris Chestnut was attached to executive produce and star as the title character.[29] Executive producer Larry Teng will direct the first two episodes.[30][31] In May, Peter Mark Kendall and Ritchie Coster were announced as the first core cast additions.[32] In June, Rochelle Aytes was cast as Mary Morstan,[33] followed by Eve Harlow and Inga Schlingmann.[34]

Watson began shooting in Vancouver in June 2024,[35] with filming locations including The Bridge Studios and the University of British Columbia campus.[36] The shoot concluded on November 22, 2024.[37] The show is set in Pittsburgh, where some exterior scenes were shot.[38][39][31][40] The series is scored by Paul Leonard-Morgan.[41] On March 26, 2025, CBS renewed the series for a second season.[1]

## Release

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The first episode had its worldwide premiere at MIPCOM Cannes on October 20, 2024.[42] The series premiered on January 26, 2025, on CBS after the AFC Championship Game,[43] and is streaming on Paramount+.[44] The second season is slated to premiere in January 2026.[2] In Australia, the series airs on Network 10 and is streaming on Paramount+.[45] In Canada, the series airs on Global and is streaming on StackTV.[46]

## Reception

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### Critical response

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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 56% approval rating with an average rating of 5.9/10, based on 16 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Transplanting Sherlock Holmes lore into a medical procedural, Watson's conceit proves an awkward fit but gets a boost from the ever-watchable Morris Chestnut."[47] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 55 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[48]

### Ratings

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Viewership and ratings per episode of Watson No. | Title  | Air date | Rating/share
(18–49) | Viewers
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1  | "Pilot"  | January 26, 2025 | 1.6/21 | 9.58 | 0.1 | 1.30 | 1.7 | 10.88 | [15]
2  | "Red Coat"  | February 16, 2025 | 0.3/3 | 4.32 | 0.1 | 1.97 | 0.4 | 6.28 | [16]
3  | "Wait for the Punchline"  | February 23, 2025 | 0.3/4 | 4.69 | 0.1 | 1.69 | 0.4 | 6.38 | [17]
4  | "Patient Question Mark"  | March 2, 2025 | 0.2/2 | 4.04 | 0.1 | 1.69 | 0.3 | 5.74 | [18]
5  | "The Man With The Glowing Chest"  | March 9, 2025 | 0.3/4 | 4.84 | 0.1 | 1.47 | 0.4 | 6.32 | [19]
6  | "The Camgirl Inquiry"  | March 16, 2025 | 0.3/4 | 5.15 | 0.1 | 1.63 | 0.4 | 6.77 | [20]
7  | "Teeth Marks"  | March 23, 2025 | 0.3/4 | 5.12 | 0.1 | 1.50 | 0.4 | 6.61 | [21]
8  | "A Variant of Unknown Significance"  | March 30, 2025 | 0.3/5 | 5.28 | — | — | — | — | [22]
9  | "Take a Family History"  | April 13, 2025 | 0.3/5 | 4.97 | — | — | — | — | [23]
10  | "The Man with the Alien Hand"  | April 20, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 4.47 | — | — | — | — | [24]
11  | "The Dark Day Deduction"  | April 27, 2025 | 0.2/4 | 4.59 | — | — | — | — | [25]
12  | "My Life's Work Part 1"  | May 4, 2025 | 0.3/3 | 4.85 | — | — | — | — | [26]
13  | "My Life's Work Part 2"  | May 11, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 4.74 | — | — | — | — | [27]

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## External links

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* Official website
* Watson at IMDb

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Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes

Theatrical films|

| Silent|

* Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
* Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
* Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
* Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
* Éclair film series (1912–1913)
* Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
* Detektiv Braun (1914)
* A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)
* A Study in Scarlet (1914 US film)
* The Valley of Fear (1916)
* Sherlock Holmes (1916)
* Sherlock Holmes (1922)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

| Stoll series|

* The Dying Detective (1921)
* The Devil's Foot (1921)
* The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
* The Sign of Four (1923)

|

Wontner series|

* The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
* The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
* The Sign of Four (1932)
* The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
* Silver Blaze (1937)

Rathbone–Bruce
series|

* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
* Voice of Terror (1942)
* Secret Weapon (1942)
* Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
* Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
* The Spider Woman (1943)
* The Scarlet Claw (1944)
* The Pearl of Death (1944)
* The House of Fear (1945)
* The Woman in Green (1945)
* Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
* Terror by Night (1946)
* Dressed to Kill (1946)

Downey series|

* Sherlock Holmes (2009)
* A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films|

* The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
* The Limejuice Mystery (1930)
* The Speckled Band (1931)
* Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
* Sherlock Holmes (1932)
* A Study in Scarlet (1933)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
* The Grey Lady (1937)
* The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
* Deduce, You Say! (1956)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
* The Deadly Necklace (1962)
* A Study in Terror (1965)
* The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
* They Might Be Giants (1971)
* The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
* The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
* Murder by Decree (1979)
* The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
* Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
* The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
* Without a Clue (1988)
* Zero Effect (1998)
* A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
* Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
* Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
* Mr. Holmes (2015)
* The Empire of Corpses (2015)
* Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
* Holmes & Watson (2018)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)

Television/
streaming/
direct-to-video|

| Films|

| Ian Richardson|

* The Sign of Four (1983)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

|

Peter O'Toole
(animated)|

* Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)

Vasily Livanov
series|

* Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
* The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
* The Treasures of Agra (1983)
* The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987)

Christopher Lee|

* The Leading Lady (1991)
* Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)

Matt Frewer|

* The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
* The Sign of Four (2001)
* The Royal Scandal (2001)
* The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)

Ian Hart (as Watson)|

* The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
* The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

Other films|

* The Three Garridebs (1937)
* The Man Who Disappeared (1951)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
* The Longing of Sherlock Holmes (1972)
* Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974)
* The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976)
* Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
* Silver Blaze (1977)
* The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as We Know It (1977)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
* The Masks of Death (1984)
* The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
* Hands of a Murderer (1990)
* The Crucifer of Blood (1991)
* 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
* The Hound of London (1993)
* Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
* Sherlock Holmes (2010)
* Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Television series|

* Sherlock Holmes (1951)
* Sherlock Holmes (1954)
* Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
* Sherlock Holmes (1967–1968)
* Sherlock Holmes (1968)
* Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980)
* Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
* The Baker Street Boys (1983)
* Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
* Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
* episodes
* The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
* Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
* Sherlock (2010–2017)
* Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2010–2016)
* Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2011)
* Elementary (2012–2019)
* Sherlock Holmes (2013)
* Sherlock Holmes (2014–2015)
* Miss Sherlock (2018)
* Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019)
* Case File nº221: Kabukicho (2019–2020)
* Moriarty the Patriot (2020–2021)
* Sherlock in Russia (2020)
* The Irregulars (2021)
* Mademoiselle Holmes (2024)
* Watson (2025–present)
* Sherlock & Daughter (2025; upcoming)
* Young Sherlock (2025; upcoming)

Actors by role|

* Sherlock Holmes
* Dr. Watson
* Inspector Lestrade
* Mycroft Holmes
* Mrs. Hudson
* Professor Moriarty

* v
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CBS programming (current and upcoming)

Primetime|

* Survivor (since 2000)
* Big Brother (since 2000)
* The Amazing Race (since 2001)
* NCIS (since 2003)
* FBI (since 2018)
* The Neighborhood (since 2018)
* The Greatest @Home Videos (since 2020)
* Secret Celebrity Renovation (since 2021)
* Ghosts (since 2021)
* Fire Country (since 2022)
* Lingo (since 2023)
* Raid the Cage (since 2023)
* NCIS: Sydney (since 2023)
* Tracker (since 2024)
* Elsbeth (since 2024)
* The Real CSI: Miami (since 2024)
* Matlock (since 2024)
* NCIS: Origins (since 2024)
* Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (since 2024)
* Hollywood Squares (since 2025)
* Watson (since 2025)

Daytime|

* The Price Is Right (since 1972)
* The Young and the Restless (since 1973)
* The Bold and the Beautiful (since 1987)
* Let's Make a Deal (since 2009)
* Beyond the Gates (since 2025)

Late night|

* The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (since 2015)
* Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen (since 2023)
* After Midnight (since 2024)

News|

* CBS Evening News (since 1948)
* Face the Nation (since 1954)
* 60 Minutes (since 1968)
* CBS News Sunday Morning (since 1979)
* CBS News Roundup (since 1982)
* CBS Morning News (since 1982)
* 48 Hours (since 1988)
* CBS Saturday Morning (since 1997)
* CBS Mornings (since 2021)

Sports|

* College Football on CBS (1950–1966; since 1968)
* NFL on CBS (1956–1994; since 1998)
* PGA Tour on CBS (since 1956)
* CBS Sports Spectacular (since 1960)
* The NFL Today (1961–1994; since 1998)
* College Basketball on CBS (since 1981)
* NCAA March Madness (since 2011)

Upcoming|

* Big Brother: Unlocked (2025)
* Boston Blue (2025)
* CIA (2025)
* DMV (2025)
* The Road (2025)
* Sheriff Country (2025)
* America's Culinary Cup (2026)
* Harlan Coben's Final Twist (2026)
* Y: Marshals (2026)

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