“The canon is at all times very a lot with us. The life that Watson had with Sherlock is just not executed with him,” govt producer Craig Sweeny guarantees of the brand new CBS drama starring Morris Chestnut as the long-lasting physician, John Watson.
TV Insider can solely debut a brand new featurette with the EP and the solid — Chestnut (additionally an govt producer), Eve Harlow (Ingrid Derian), Peter Mark Kendall (Dr. Stephens Croft and Dr. Adam Croft), Ritchie Coster (Shinwell Johnson), Inga Schlingmann (Sasha Lubbock), and Rochelle Aytes (Dr. Mary Morstan) — introducing the world of Watson and giving a behind-the-scenes have a look at the present. It premieres after the AFC Championship Recreation on Sunday, January 26 earlier than shifting to its common time interval on Sunday, February 16 at 9/8c.
“Watson is a present within the Sherlock Holmes universe. It’s a medical present with an investigative backbone, so principally we’re docs who resolve medical mysteries,” Chestnut says. “We’re doctectives.”
The collection picks up six months after Sherlock’s dying by the hands of Moriarty. His buddy and accomplice “bestowed a fairly vital grant to Watson to start out a uncommon dysfunction clinic,” Schlingmann explains. Provides Harlow, “All of that is primarily based on actual circumstances, actual science, and I feel that that’s fascinating.”
However Watson’s outdated life isn’t executed with him — he and Moriarty are set to put in writing their very own chapter of a narrative that has fascinated audiences for over a century. As a clip within the video above reveals, Ingrid remarks, “An archvillain named Moriarty, whose palms make the form of an M. That sounds fictional. Did you ever see his face?” He doesn’t know.
“Morris Chestnut is sensible. He’s an absolute gem,” shares Aytes. “He’s on level and he’s variety and giving and inquisitive.”
Watch the complete video above for far more from the solid concerning the characters, the hyperlinks to Sherlock Holmes, and the medical mysteries, plus clips from the present.
Watson, Collection Premiere, Sunday, January 26, 2025, 10/9c, CBS (Time Interval Premiere, Sunday, February 16, 2025, 10/9c)