CBS has given a straight to collection order to a drama collection that may see Morris Chestnut star as the enduring literary character Dr. John Watson, the companion of grasp detective Sherlock Holmes.
The present, titled “Watson,” is a up to date story set one 12 months after the dying of Holmes by the hands of his archnemesis Moriarty. Per the official logline, the present will see “Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) resume his medical profession as the top of a clinic devoted to treating uncommon problems. Watson’s outdated life isn’t accomplished with him, although—Moriarty and Watson are set to put in writing their very own chapter of a narrative that has fascinated audiences for greater than a century.”
Craig Sweeny created the collection and can function showrunner and govt producer. Chestnut will govt produce along with starring. Shäron Moalem MD, PhD, and Aaron Kaplan and Brian Morewitz for Kapital Leisure additionally govt produce. Larry Teng will govt produce and direct the primary episode. CBS Studios will produce. Sweeny and Teng are presently below general offers at CBS Studios.
“Watson” is predicted to air through the 2024-2025 broadcast season
“We’re thrilled to characteristic such a beloved character from the world of Sherlock Holmes on the middle of this collection and have it delivered to life by Morris Chestnut in a recent and sudden tackle the immortal physician,” mentioned Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Leisure. “Craig Sweeny’s daring new imaginative and prescient for the complicated Dr. Watson deftly interweaves wealthy character storytelling with edge-of-your-seat medical mysteries.”
This would be the second collection based mostly on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to air on CBS in recent times. The community beforehand aired the collection “Elementary,” which starred Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson. Sweeny was a author and govt producer on that collection, which ran for seven seasons.
“Watson” additionally marks the newest new collection order at CBS. Along with their returning reveals, whose premiere dates had been all delayed to the actors’ and writers’ strikes, the community can be getting ready to launch the present “Tracker” starring Justin Hartley and “Elsbeth” starring Carrie Preston in February. There’s additionally CBS’ upcoming replace of “Matlock” starring Kathy Bates and the multi-cam comedy “Poppa’s Home.” The latter two reveals are slated to air through the 2024-2025 season as properly.
For Chestnut, the present shall be his newest stint enjoying a physician in a current broadcast collection. Chestnut beforehand starred in a number of seasons of the Fox medical drama collection “The Resident” and led the solid of the Fox collection “Rosewood,” wherein he performed a personal pathologist who solves crimes in Miami.
His different current roles embody the Peacock collection “The Finest Man: The Last Chapters,” the Fox collection “Our Type of Individuals,” and the NBC collection “The Enemy Inside.” He’s additionally identified for movies like “Boyz n the Hood,” “The Finest Man” movies, and “Assume Like a Man.”
He’s repped by Verve and Hyperlink Leisure. Sweeny is repped by WME and Jamie Mandelbaum at Jackoway Austen Tyerman.