Watson (TV series)

Did You Know?

• The series is set one year after Sherlock Holmes's apparent death at Reichenbach Falls.
• In season 2, Holmes emerges alive, but Watson doubts whether he is the same man.
• The review aggregator Metacritic assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 16 critics.

Cast and characters

Morris Chestnut portrays Dr. John Hamish Watson, a former London-based physician and consulting detective who now heads the Holmes Clinic of Diagnostic Medicine in Pittsburgh. He applies deductive reasoning learned from working with Sherlock Holmes to aid his patients. Kevin Vidal plays a younger Watson in the episode "Take a Family History. Eve Harlow plays Dr. Ingrid Derian, an aloof neurologist with an enigmatic past and questionable methods; in season 2 she begins group therapy. Amanda Arcuri portrays a teenaged Ingrid in the same episode. Peter Mark Kendall plays twin brothers Drs. Inga Schlingmann plays Dr. Sasha Lubbock, an immunology and rheumatology specialist born in China and raised in Dallas; in season 2 she searches for her biological mother. Ritchie Coster plays Shinwell Johnson, a former London criminal and acquaintance of Holmes and Watson who works as the clinic's administrative aide; in season 2 he trains to be a nurse. Rochelle Aytes plays Dr. Mary Morstan, an East Coast surgeon and Watson's estranged ex-wife who maintains a productive working relationship with him. Randall Park plays Professor James Moriarty in season 1, Sherlock Holmes' archenemy who re-emerges from presumed death. Kacey Rohl plays Hannah Burke in season 1, Moriarty's subordinate. Amanda Crew plays Lauren Confalone in season 2, a lawyer and Stephens' ex-fiancée now engaged to Adam. Rachel Hayward plays Detective Lestrade in season 2, a Pittsburgh Police investigator who befriends Watson. Tika Sumpter plays Laila Bynum in season 2, a pediatric oncologist who forms a relationship with Watson.

Production

The series was announced in October 2022, created and written by Craig Sweeny, who had worked on Elementary, and received a straight-to-series order. By January 2024, Morris Chestnut was attached to executive produce and star. Executive producer Larry Teng directed the first two episodes. Peter Mark Kendall and Ritchie Coster were announced as core cast additions in May 2024, followed by Rochelle Aytes in June 2024, and Eve Harlow and Inga Schlingmann later that month. In July 2025, Robert Carlyle was cast in a recurring role as Sherlock Holmes, appearing in roughly eight episodes. Filming began in Vancouver in June 2024 at The Bridge Studios and the University of British Columbia campus, concluding on November 22, 2024; the show is set in Pittsburgh, where some exterior scenes were shot. Paul Leonard-Morgan scored the series. CBS renewed the series for a second season on March 26, 2025, originally set for January 2026 but moved to October 13, 2025 due to CIA being delayed. No location shooting in Pittsburgh occurred for season 2. Filming for season 2 ran from June 24, 2025 to March 9, 2026, and Leonard-Morgan revealed the season would consist of 20 episodes. CBS canceled the series on March 27, 2026.

Release

The show's first episode was unveiled globally at MIPCOM Cannes on October 20, 2024. It then launched on CBS on January 26, 2025, right after the AFC Championship Game, and is available on Paramount+. A second season followed on October 13, 2025. Australian viewers can catch it on Network 10 and Paramount+. In Canada, it airs on Global and streams via StackTV. The UK premiere on Sky Witness happened on November 24, 2025, while Sky One in Germany and Austria began airing it on November 9, 2025.