We will already inform that Morris Chestnut goes to be charming as Dr. John Watson—simply check out TV Insider’s unique first-look pictures of him within the function within the new CBS drama!
Chestnut takes on the enduring function on Watson, which has a particular premiere after the AFC Championship Sport on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. (That begin time is approximate and can depend upon post-game protection.) It’ll then start airing in its common time interval on Sunday, February 16, at 10/9c.
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Try the total variations of our unique pictures above and under for a take a look at Chestnut as Watson. To begin with, we love him with the magnifying glass (a nod to his late pal and associate?). But in addition be certain to try every thing round him for clues—it’s what he (and Sherlock Holmes) would do!
Watson takes place six months after the demise of John’s pal and associate Sherlock Holmes by the hands of Moriarty. John resumes his medical profession as the pinnacle of a clinic devoted to treating uncommon issues. However Watson’s outdated life isn’t finished with him, and he and Moriarty are set to write down their very own chapter of a narrative that has fascinated audiences for over a century. Watson is described as “a medical present with a powerful investigative backbone, that includes a contemporary model of considered one of historical past’s best detectives as he turns his consideration from fixing crimes to fixing medical mysteries.”
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The sequence additionally stars Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster, Inga Schlingmann, and Rochelle Aytes.
Watson is produced by CBS Studios. Craig Sweeny wrote the premiere episode and serves as showrunner and government producer. Becoming a member of him as government producers are Chestnut; Sallie Patrick; Larry Teng; Shäron Moalem MD, PhD; Aaron Kaplan for Kapital Leisure; and Brian Morewitz. Larry Teng additionally directed the primary two episodes.
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Watson, Collection Premiere, Sunday, January 26, 2025, 10/9c, CBS (Time Interval Premiere, Sunday, February 16, 2025, 10/9c)