Watson (TV series)

TV series or program

Watson

Genre|

* Medical drama
* Mystery

Created by| Craig Sweeny
Based on| Dr. Watson by Arthur Conan Doyle
Starring| Morris Chestnut
Original language| English
Production
Executive producers|

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

Running time| 60 minutes
Production companies|

* Kapital Entertainment
* CBS Studios

Original release
Network| CBS

Watson is an upcoming American television series set to air on CBS. 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.[1]

It is the second Holmes-based series from CBS, following Elementary, which shares many of the same creative team; the two programs are otherwise unrelated.

## Synopsis[edit]

One year after the death of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, now head of a clinic specializing in rare disorders, finds himself pitted against his friend's killer, the criminal mastermind Moriarty.

## Cast[edit]

* Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, a former consulting detective who heads a clinic specializing in rare disorders.
* Peter Mark Kendall as Dr. Stephens Croft and Dr. Adam Croft, identical twin brothers serving as surgeons at the clinic.
* Ritchie Coster as Shinwell Johnson, a former criminal acquaintance of Holmes and Watson who now serves as the clinic's Administrative Aide.

## Production[edit]

Watson was announced in October 2022, to be created, written, produced and showrun by Craig Sweeny who had previously worked on Elementary.[2] The show was given a straight to series order, bypassing the pilot stage.[3]

By January 2024, Morris Chestnut was attached to executive produce and star as the title character.[4] Executive producer Larry Teng will direct the first episode.[5] In May, Peter Mark Kendall and Ritchie Coster were announced as the first core cast additions.[6]

The series will be shot in Vancouver in June 2024, although the show's setting will be Pittsburgh.[7][8]

## Release[edit]

The series is scheduled to premiere in the mid-season replacement for the 2024–25 television season on CBS.[9] The show will be available to stream on Paramount+.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Dr. Watson Drama Series In Works At CBS From Craig Sweeny & Kapital Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Dr. Watson Drama Series In Works At CBS From Craig Sweeny & Kapital Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
3. ^ Otterson, Joe. "CBS Orders Medical Drama Starring Morris Chestnut as Sherlock Holmes Character Dr. John Watson". Variety. Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Morris Chestnut To Star In 'Watson' As Arthur Conan Doyle-Inspired Drama Gets CBS Series Order". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 3, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
5. ^ Goldberg, Lesley. "Morris Chestnut To Star In 'Watson' As Arthur Conan Doyle-Inspired Drama Gets CBS Series Order". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
6. ^ Otterson, Joe. "Morris Chestnut Series 'Watson' at CBS Casts Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety Magazine. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
7. ^ Owen, Rob. "TV Talk at TCA: CBS's 'Watson' will be set in Pittsburgh; Apple TV+ explores 'New Look' of post-WWII Paris". TribLIVE. Archived from the original on April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
8. ^ Vardhan, Harsh. "Morris Chestnut's CBS Series Watson Starts Filming in Vancouver in June". The Cinemaholic. Archived from the original on April 23, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
9. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 2, 2024). "CBS 2024-25 Schedule: 'Tracker' Shifts, 'NCIS: Origins' & 'Georgie & Mandy' Succeed 'Hawai'i' & 'Young Sheldon', 'The Amazing Race' Held". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

## External links[edit]

* Watson at IMDb

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CBS programming (current and upcoming)

Primetime|

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* 60 Minutes (since 1968)
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* Fire Country (since 2022)
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* Ghosts (since 2021)
* Lingo (since 2023)
* Lotería Loca (since 2023)
* NCIS (since 2003)
* The Neighborhood (since 2018)
* Raid the Cage (since 2023)
* Secret Celebrity Renovation (since 2021)
* Superfan (since 2023)
* Survivor (since 2000)
* S.W.A.T. (since 2017)
* Tough as Nails (since 2020)
* Tracker (since 2024)

Daytime|

* The Bold and the Beautiful (since 1987)
* Let's Make a Deal (since 2009)
* The Price Is Right (since 1972)
* The Talk (since 2010)
* The Young and the Restless (since 1973)

Late night|

* After Midnight (since 2024)
* The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (since 2015)

News|

* 48 Hours (since 1988)
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* CBS News Sunday Morning (since 1979)
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* Face the Nation (since 1954)

Sports|

* PGA Tour on CBS (since 1956)
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* College Football on CBS (1950–66; since 1968)
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* The NFL Today (1961–94; since 1998)

Upcoming|

* Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (2024)
* NCIS: Origins (2024)
* The Gates (2025)
* Hollywood Squares (2025)
* Watson (TBA)

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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)

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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 (1986)

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 Civilization 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)
* Sherlock & Daughter (2025; upcoming)

Actors by role|

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

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