There’s no shortage of Sherlock Holmes stories but CBS is hoping they have a ratings hit with Elementary. Will it be cancelled quickly, a moderate success or a big hit?
Elementary is a modern take on the Arthur Conan Doyle characters, setting them in modern day New York City. Following a time in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) escapes to Manhattan. His wealthy father forces him to live under the watchful eye of Doctor Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). Restless, Holmes resumes his work as a police consultant, working with Captain Tobias “Toby” Gregson (Aidan Quinn).
The new TV series airs on Thursday nights at 10pm, opposite Rock Center with Brian Williams on NBC and Scandal on ABC.
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What do you think? Do you think Elementary will be cancelled quickly, a moderate success or a big hit? Will you watch it live, DVR, or skip it altogether?
This is a great show, try and keep it going
Please keep Elementary on for another season! Good cast and interesting story lines!
Excellent show with wonderful acting. My wife & I enjoy every episode.
Please save my favorite TV show. Complicated characters all and great story lines. I love the NY setting. No they didn’t fall in bed as soon as they met. Great that usually makes a dull soap opera. Remember X-files? Sometimes language is just like the books. Love love it.
I love this show it’s my favorite the chemistry between Watson and holmes is great Make them a couple.
I finally took a chance and watched this show to see if it was even close to being as bad as the two Robert Downey, Jr. movies. This show is completely different. I don’t mind the change of setting from London to New York, and I don’t mind the modern time change. What they haven’t changed is the original idea of Sherlock Holmes. This is the important part. Johnney Lee Miller is a perfect Sherlock, as was Jeremy Brett. Remember, the male Watson was a doctor too, and he also rode herd on the original Sherlock to keep him from… Read more »
Great show! One of the more intrigues of the storyline is the transition of Watson from a disgraced former surgeon to a life companion and then to a more interested crime solver herself. She’s been looking for something else to do with her life and if this show continues, she will eventually measure up to Holmes intensity. Had these two characters been written in as immediate lovers, the show would have tanked early. But over the long haul, this storyline has the potential to develop into a solid crime based show with a large fan base. Hopefully, the “suits” can… Read more »
i love elementary i love johny lee miller,aidan quinn and lucy liu
“Eelementary” is a TERRIFIC show!!! Liked that it had a new “take” on the characters and love Aidan Quinn, as well. Agree with a previous comment that the actor;s words were sometimes difficult to understand…must speak louder and slower!!!
Storyline kept my interest and like the city venue. Most definitely will watch again. NOTE: Thought it was on tonight (Saturday) and came home early to watch it. Now find out it’s on Thursday…Bummer!… I’ll be there on October 18th!!!
CBS repeats some of its dramas on Saturday nights. The regular airings are Mon-Fri.
I made myself get over Sherlock Holmes being in NYC instead of London. I even got used to Watson being a woman (Lucy Liu helped with that). But what I can’t get past is why an outstanding surgeon would take on a job as a “live-in” sobriety coach. A coach is not a “Life Coach”, Therapist, Sponsor, Companion, or Personal Assistant, and even if they were why would Joan Watson agree to such? You have an extremely attractive woman living in your house 24/7, seems like it would be the recipe for more problems. Besides she’s a surgeon….is she really… Read more »
Dull. Boring. Predictable.
I respectfully beg to differ with one of the previous “anonymous” posters … I thought the show was great! I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes books and several movies and TV shows. To start with, I appreciate the “new take” on Sherlock. The original Sherlock stories have been done-to-death. You know the stories and how they all end … different Sherlocks but the same story. This show offers not only a different Sherlock but a different Watson (very different). Jonny Lee Miller is a fantastic actor and I feel his talents are for the most part untapped. I think… Read more »
I watched this new show with interest, but quickly became frustrated with Elementary, due to the fact that it was way too hard to understand what was being said by the characters. They speak way too softly! I doubt that I’ll watch it again.
This show was awful! To all other lovers of Sherlock Holmes don’t bother. There’s no chemistry at all between Holmes and Ms. Watson. Gender bending didn’t annoy me it was that they did it SO BADLY!! I mean not only do they lack a friendship chemistry, they don’t even have any romantic chemistry which although I’d be opposed to it would at least make sense! There’s absolutely nothing new to this show nor is there any playful nods to the old (other than bees). The Holmes isn’t interesting and the fact that he uses google-foo does not make him modern.… Read more »
Cant wait for this show, Jonny Lee Miller should be great in it.