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.

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

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,

CBS ’s new medical drama Watson has already left viewers speechless with its casting reveal of a classic villain. The series, which aired its pilot episode immediately after the NFL AFC Championship between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills, is a daring spin-off of Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Morris Chestnut exclusively told Us Weekly about what Sherlock Holmes fans can expect from his new CBS medical drama 'Watson'

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.

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.