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CBS Cancels “Watson” After Season 2 Finale Airs

5/5/2026

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CBS canceled “Watson” after its Season 2 finale aired.
Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) quits a glioblastoma surgery to treat Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) in Pittsburgh.
Watson then suffers a seizure and confesses love to Mary (Rochelle Aytes).
Creator Craig Sweeny said the writers finished the finale unaware of renewal, called the Baker Street vision a possible fantasy, and planned Season 3 to show Watson as Holmes’s doctor.

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CBS canceled “Watson” after its Season 2 finale aired.
Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut) quits a glioblastoma surgery to treat Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) in Pittsburgh.
Watson then suffers a seizure and confesses love to Mary (Rochelle Aytes).
Creator Craig Sweeny said the writers finished the finale unaware of renewal, called the Baker Street vision a possible fantasy, and planned Season 3 to show Watson as Holmes’s doctor.