"Watson" planned for CBS

[Carol the Dabbler]

The people who brought you Elementary have a new current-day Holmes-universe series in the works, namely Watson, wherein Holmes has died (murdered by Moriarty), and Watson has returned to medical practice.  Watson is played by Morris Chestnut, a middle-aged black American actor.  I have no idea whether his Watson is supposed to be American or British (likewise the show's Moriarty), but these producers did a good detective series (albeit not your usual Holmes) with Watson as an Asian-American woman, so I'll be interested to see how this one turns out.

Here's how the Hollywood Reporter describes the series (in this article) --

. . . a medical show in which Watson resumes his career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Moriarty (who killed Holmes) will be a prominent character in the series that CBS says features a “modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.”

Hopefully this series will run on CBS broadcast stations (rather than on streaming).  I've never seen Chestnut in anything (because I rarely watch anything new these days), but judging by the photos I've seen and what little I've read about him, he could play a good, solid down-to-earth Watson.  If he and the scripts capture the spirit of the canonical Watson, I'll be happy to watch -- and even if they don't, it could still be an interesting show.  (Not sure why they've included Moriarty, though -- other than everybody else does.)

In case you didn't see the news, there's also a new Holmes series coming on the CW network (see this thread).