‘Watson,’ CBS’ Modern-Day Twist on Sherlock Holmes, Opens MIPCOM

Morris Chestnut‘s new CBS Studios’ collection, Watson, a fast-paced medical drama impressed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s much-adapted tales of detective Sherlock Holmes, premiered on Sunday on the Marché Worldwide des Programmes de Communication (MIPCOM) in Cannes, France.

“One of many issues that excited me most in regards to the present is that it’s a contemporary tackle the mythology,” Chestnut stated of his new collection.

The brand new drama kicked off the worldwide tv market MIPCOM with a world premiere of the story informed from Dr. John Watson’s perspective and “by a medical somewhat than a legal lense,” famous Chestnut. “Nevertheless it nonetheless pays nice respects to the Sherlock Holmes tales.”

Chestnut performs Watson, Holmes’ iconic sidekick, who, within the new present’s telling, resumes his medical profession as the pinnacle of a clinic treating uncommon issues after the demise of his good friend and companion. However he quickly finds that his outdated life isn’t fairly executed with him but.

In a twist on different Sherlock variations, Watson focuses on medical mysteries as an alternative of detective tales. As one physician protests within the pilot, “We’re docs. Not detectives.”

Within the pilot episode, directed by Larry Teng, Watson is confronted with a case of deadly familial insomnia which is coupled with the problem of attempting to assist a pregnant girl with the neurodegenerative prion illness dwell lengthy sufficient to ship her child.

Chestnut stated that the present, at its core, is a procedural that encompasses a central case in every episode because the characters evolve and develop over the collection.

Watson showrunner Craig Sweeny (Elementary, Star Trek: Part 31) wrote the pilot episode and is govt producing alongside Chestnut, Sallie Patrick, Teng, Shäron Moalem, Brian Morewitz and Aaron Kaplan for Kapital Leisure. 

The CBS Studios-produced collection is about to debut on Jan 26 on CBS.

CBS Studios used the MIPCOM premiere to kick off Watson‘s worldwide rollout and the community’s father or mother, Paramount International, is relying on market demand for high-end procedurals that may carry out on each conventional broadcasters and streaming platforms.

MIPCOM, the world’s main worldwide tv market, runs Oct. 21-24.