Morris Chestnut-Led CBS Series ‘Watson’ Sets Premiere Date
Morris Chestnut is coming back to prime time.
His new CBS series Watson is set to premiere on January 26 following the AFC Championship game. It will air at approximately 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT/7 p.m. PT, depending on the game’s end time, before the medical drama takes its regular time slot on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
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Watson, inspired by the characters from Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries, takes place six months after the death of the titular character’s friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty. The modern take follows the historic detective as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.
Chestnut stars as Dr. John Watson, who resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson’s old life isn’t done with him, though – Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century.
The series also 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 executive producer. Additional executive producers include Morris Chestnut; Sallie Patrick; Larry Teng; Sh?ron Moalem MD, PhD; Aaron Kaplan for Kapital Entertainment; and Brian Morewitz. Larry Teng also directed the first two episodes. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
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