Has ‘Watson’ Been Renewed for Season 2? What We Know So Far

Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) is again on the case, even with out Sherlock Holmes by his facet.

CBS’ Watson has revived the well-known detective’s assistant as a physician in present-day Pittsburgh, the place he is now the top of the Holmes Clinic of Diagnostic Medication for uncommon issues. The literary character and his staff mix their abilities to analyze the basis causes of sufferers’ dilemmas, with every episode mixing medical and thriller.

“We noticed among the circumstances contained in the hospital, however we go exterior the hospital to collect data as detectives,” sequence star Morris Chestnut advised TV Guide in January 2025. “So we’re docs contained in the hospital, we’re detectives exterior the hospital — we’re doc-detectives.”

Within the two-part finale (which aired over two weeks, on Might 4 and Might 11), Watson lastly met his mysterious nemesis, James Moriarty (Randall Park), the person liable for Sherlock’s presumed dying.

Chatting with TV Insider in Might 2025, Watson government producer Craig Sweeny — who beforehand labored on one other Sherlock Holmes present, Elementary — teased the “intense” season 1 finale.

“By the top, each member of Watson’s staff is completely modified,” he mentioned. “And never all of the docs make it to Season 2 as a part of the group.”

So what’s forward for Dr. Watson and the Holmes Clinic? This is all the pieces to find out about season 2 of Watson.

Will there be a season 2 of Watson?

Sure, Watson has been renewed for a second season.

The medical drama joins different returning CBS sequence, together with Ghosts, Elsbeth, Matlock, Tracker, Fire Country, FBI, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, NCIS: Sydney, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, Survivor and The Superb Race.

When will Watson season 2 premiere?

As of proper now, there is no such thing as a launch date for Watson season 2.

On Might 7, CBS released its 2025-2026 primetime schedule, and though Watson was lacking from the autumn lineup, the community confirmed the sequence will air on Sundays at 10 p.m. subsequent yr.

The detective present’s sophomore season will observe the brand new Yellowstone spinoff, Y: Marshals. Beforehand, the primary season of Watson debuted on Jan. 26, 2025, and concluded on Might 11.

Who will probably be within the Watson season 2 solid?

It has not been confirmed which solid members are returning for season 2, but it surely would not be Watson with out Chestnut.

Along with Chestnut, the primary season starred Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Inga Schlingmann, Ritchie Coster, Rochelle Aytes, Riley Orr and Randall Park.

“I am identified for enjoying amiable, good guys. So it was a shock to get the decision. A welcome shock,” Park advised USA Today in January 2025 about portraying Sherlock Holmes’ foe. “The thought of taking part in a villain is thrilling to me.”

Will Sherlock Holmes seem in Watson season 2?

The primary episode of Watson opens with Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty falling to their obvious deaths at Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.

Moriarty was presumed lifeless, however ended up surviving, so might the world’s most well-known detective additionally make an look within the subsequent season of Watson?

“Even in Conan Doyle’s tales, Sherlock is just not actually lifeless,” Sweeny advised Deadline in January 2025. “My perception is that Holmes is gone.”

“I don’t need to be held to that if there’s some nice story that presents itself,” he continued. “However I don’t consider that we’re ever going to characteristic Sherlock as an ongoing character within the present Watson at the moment.”

The place can I watch Watson?

Watson airs on CBS and is streaming on Paramount+. The present can also be out there to look at without cost on Pluto.