After its first season was successful, Watson season 2 simply obtained an thrilling replace. Just some months after it was introduced that Watson season 2 can be a January 2026 midseason premiere, CBS has reversed course. Per Deadline, CBS has now determined to maneuver Watson season 2 to a fall 2025 slot.

What This Means For Watson Season 2

Watson Now Takes The Vacated CIA Slot

“We’ll definitely be pushing viewers to binge it on Paramount+ in the meantime. But there truly was a lack of room on the schedule. You look at that schedule, there’s no other real logical place for it.”

After all, that was earlier than CIA discovered itself having to be retooled after Tom Ellis’ casting. Whereas Watson does not naturally thematically mesh with FBI, thereby disrupting the TV universe and style blocks networks favor, that is not essentially a difficulty. Watson is powerful sufficient to face by itself. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if the transfer from Watson season 1’s Sundays at 9/8c to Mondays at 10/9c will affect its viewership, although.

Our Take On The Watson Season 2 Fall Premiere Information

Its Season 1 Rankings Had been Already Robust

When it was first introduced that Sherlock Holmes can be getting one more TV reimagining, loads of folks groaned. But, led by Morris Chestnut because the titular character, and with Randall Park as Watson’s nemesis Moriarty (in an impressed little bit of casting), Watson gained over viewers, as evidenced by its season 1 scores. The truth is, the scores in its debut season had been so sturdy that CBS greenlit Watson season 2 earlier than season 1 had even wrapped.

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Whereas viewership dipped from its season-high single-episode ranking of 9.581 million common viewers for the premiere, Watson season 1 averaged a extremely stable 5.161 million for your entire season, a robust exhibiting whether or not a midseason premiere or not. Now it will get the prospect to indicate what it could do with a fall premiere.

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Supply: Deadline

Watson

Launch Date

January 26, 2025

Showrunner

Craig Sweeny

Morris Chestnut

Dr. John Watson

Eve Harlow

Dr. Ingrid Derian