Home away from Holmes


By DQ
March 4, 2025

DQ TV

US actor Morris Chestnut has starred in medical dramas such as Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and Fox pair Rosewood and The Residence. He now takes the title role in Sherlock Holmes spin-off Watson, which focuses on Dr John Watson as he returns to medicine to solve a series of medical mysteries.

The series, which debuted on US network CBS earlier this year, opens six months after Holmes’s death at the hands of Moriarty. Watson (Chestnut) is back practising medicine and running a clinic for rare disorders, but he hasn’t entirely escaped his past – and Moriarty.

In this DQTV interview, Chestnut reveals why he was drawn to this modern take on the Sherlock Holmes mythology, how his previous roles prepared him to step back into the medical genre and how he contributes to the show behind the scenes as an executive producer.

He also discusses the future of television procedurals, and the hidden secrets that lie in store for “hardcore” Holmes fans.

Watson is produced by CBS Studios and Kapital Entertainment for CBS, and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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