Though CBS canceled a piece of exhibits this yr, there are nonetheless prime titles to sit up for for the 2025-26 season. That features loads of returning exhibits. Watson, the Morris Chestnut-led medical drama is among the many collection that managed to keep away from the axe this spring amid the 2025 TV schedule and, as a fan, I am very comfortable about that. Nonetheless, what I am not so happy about is an replace relating to when new episodes of the present will debut.
CBS’ schedule for subsequent season reveals that Watson won’t be again this fall and can as a substitute be held for midseason in 2026. The present will nonetheless air on Sundays, however it is going to take over The Equalizer’s slot at 10 p.m. ET, together with new Yellowstone spinoff Y: Marshals following Tracker. The wait goes to be excruciating for me, particularly for the reason that thriller collection’ first season ended with a serious twist that noticed the titular physician homicide enemy and Sherlock Holmes’ killer James Moriarty.
Whereas talking with Deadline, CBS Leisure President Amy Reisenbach mentioned she was nonetheless pretty assured the present will do nicely in its new timeslot, contemplating what it’s being paired with:
I’m pretty assured in Tracker and Y: Marshals being very, very huge lead-ins for Watson. Watson does actually, very well for us on streaming as nicely. So we count on that viewers who may not catch it at 10 o’clock will catch on streaming as a result of it’s had such a loyal fan base over on Paramount+. We predict it’s one of the best of each worlds.
Regardless of the exec’s confidence, I am nonetheless not all that enthused about having to attend so lengthy for brand spanking new episodes. Certain, I perceive the logic of holding the present as, throughout a given TV season, there are cases by which a present have to be held for scheduling causes. However having to attend till 2026 to see extra of John Watson’s story is simply irritating for me as a viewer. From a enterprise standpoint, although, Reisenbach and co. need to be certain that curiosity within the present stays, and that technique includes Paramount+ subscription holders:
We’ll undoubtedly be pushing viewers to binge it on Paramount+ within the meantime. However there really was a scarcity of room on the schedule. You have a look at that schedule, there’s no different actual logical place for it.
Season 1 comprises 13 episodes, and an official depend has but to be revealed for the second season. Primarily based on previous cases of midseason placings, I feel it’s potential that Watson may obtain 18 episodes for Season 2, relying on when it’s scheduled to premiere and what number of breaks it has. For instance, The Rookie and Will Trent on ABC will as soon as once more be airing midseason, and each exhibits and each put out 18 installments this yr. After all, this can be a completely different community we’re coping with for Morris Chestnut’s present.
It was fairly gutsy for the Craig Sweeny-created present to exit with that killer finale. On high of the massive Moriarty twist, twins Adam and Stephens Croft had been on the point of dying because of a focused virus however, as per standard, the staff — though down two folks — was in a position to save them each. Season 2 will greater than possible observe up on the traumatic expertise that the Crofts went by way of and the aftermath of Moriarty’s dying. As some who’s actually into Watson, I am hoping the wait for brand spanking new episodes will probably be price it.
On the very least, although, I suppose that I ought to simply be grateful that Watson is returning in any respect, given the others exhibits that met their demises this spring. This time of yr may be brutal for avid TV followers, and I am glad considered one of my favourite exhibits remains to be on the docket.