CBS is type of going back to the globe of Sherlock Holmes.
The Paramount Global-backed program network has actually given out a collection order for Watson, a medical drama focusing on Dr. John Watson a year after the fatality of his buddy and companion, Sherlock Holmes. Morris Chestnut will certainly star as Watson and officer generate the collection, which was initially placed in advancement a year ago at the network.
“We are thrilled to feature such a beloved character from the world of Sherlock Holmes at the center of this series and have it brought to life by Morris Chestnut in a fresh and unexpected take on the immortal doctor,” stated Amy Reisenbach, head of state of CBS Amusement.“Craig Sweeny’s bold new vision for the complex Dr. Watson deftly interweaves rich character storytelling with edge-of-your-seat medical mysteries.”
Primary alum Sweeny works as showrunner and composed the pilot. He exec generates along with Chestnut, Shäron Moalem, Aaron Kaplan and Brian Morewitz for Kapital Amusement. Larry Teng will certainly exec generate and guide the pilot.
Watson is called a medical program in which Watson resumes his occupation as the head of a center devoted to dealing with uncommon conditions. Moriarty (that eliminated Holmes) will certainly be a noticeable personality in the collection that CBS states functions a “modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.”
The drama is allocated for the 2024-25 program period. CBS placed the manuscript in advancement in January 2023 as component of its year-round advancement design when it opened a authors area for both Watson and the NAACP-produced hourlong The Deal, which stays in opinion.
Sweeny’s Elementary competed 7 periods and greater than 150 episodes with Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes, Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson and Natalie Dormer as Jamie Moriarty. Like Watson, the program was generated in residence at CBS Studios.
Watson notes the 3rd program allocated for the 2024-25 program period and signs up with Matlock and multicamera funny Poppa’s Home. Both Matlock and Poppa’s Home were established throughout the 2023 pilot period and were pressed till the complying with period as a outcome of manufacturing hold-ups brought on by in 2015’s double strikes.
