Watson (CBS, 2025–2026)
Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, running a clinic for rare diseases after Holmes is gone.
Watson was always the doctor; let him practise, and let Holmes be the absence he has to live with.
You like network medical dramas and you want one with a Holmes-shaped absence at its centre.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Watson, and a Holmes presumed dead who does not stay that way.
Changes: the profession at the centre. This is a medical drama: a team of doctors investigating rare diseases.
Whose story is it?
Watson’s.
How much time does it ask?
Two seasons on CBS, 2025–2026.
CBS’s own description calls the team “doc-tectives”.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Season One on DVD — Amazon · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More versions: Sherlock Holmes, Granada Television (1984–1994) · Sherlock (BBC, 2010–2017) · Sherlock Holmes (2009) and A Game of Shadows (2011)