Sherlock Holmes is dead. Probably. We think. The new CBS series Watson kicks off in Switzerland, where we find a determined Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) chasing after Holmes, who's busy fighting his arch nemesis,

In CBS' new medical mystery drama, Morris Chestnut leads a team of capable doctors who don't need to be stuck in Sherlock Holmes' mythology.

Set six months after Sherlock Holmes' death, the new CBS series stars Morris Chestnut. When does it come out and how can you watch?

Morris Chestnut, who plays John Watson on CBS's newest medical drama, exclusively told Us Weekly who had his vote to play Sherlock Holmes

Perrineau, a costar of Chestnut’s in the Best Man film series, has been delivering powerful performances for decades now, including his too-short Lost stint. He’d undoubtedly put his own stamp on the character.

The actor stars as a version of the Arthur Conan Doyle character in a series set in the present day, following an American geneticist in the wake of Sherlock Holmes’s death.

Morris Chestnut stars as the famed detective's sidekick, who's grieving the apparent death of his mentor while running a Pittsburgh clinic specializing in rare disorders.