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Watson: Morris Chestnut-Starring Series Gets CBS Sneak Peeks (VIDEO)

Set for this Sunday, January 26, here are four sneak peeks at CBS's Morris Chestnut-starring "Sherlock Holmes" universe series, Watson.

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CBS has a big week of new programming hitting screens next week – and the festivities begin on Sunday, January 26th, when Morris Chestnut-starring Watson debuts. The series offers a modern take on one of literary history's greatest detectives and poses a fascinating question as a jumping-off point for the series. What if the diabolical Moriarty was finally able to accomplish his goal of ridding the world of Sherlock Holmes once and for all? Set seven months after the death of the titular character's friend and partner, Sherlock Holmes, at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) 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 – with Moriarty and Watson set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century. Earlier today, CBS released four sneak peek clips that do an excellent job of helping establish Watson's backstory while offering some insight into how he plans to continue honoring Holmes' name (though we're still not sold on Holmes being dead for some reason).

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The medical mystery and crime-solving series is set to premiere on January 26, following the AFC Championship game (meaning that it will debut at approximately 10 pm ET/9 pm CT/7 pm PT, depending on how long the game ends up going). After that, CBS's Watson will hang its series banner in its regular timeslot –  Sunday, February 16, at 10 pm ET/PT. Now, here's a look at four sneak peeks at the premiere episode, followed by the images that were released for S01E01: "Pilot" and S01E02: "Redcoat":

Along with Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, the network series also stars Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster, Inga Schlingmann, and Rochelle Aytes. Craig Sweeny wrote the pilot and will showrun and executive produce the CBS series. In addition, Chestnut, Aaron Kaplan and Brian Morewitz for Kapital Entertainment, Sallie Patrick, and Shäron Moalem MD, PhD will also serve as executive producers. Larry Teng will executive produce and direct the first episode, with the series stemming from CBS Studios.

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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