TV’s erstwhile Sherlock Holmes is officially royalty — or rather, royalty adjacent.
Jonny Lee Miller, who played the eccentric detective at the center of CBS’ long-running procedural Elementary, has been cast as Prime Minister John Major in Season 5 of The Crown READ MORE
THE PERFORMER | Ellen Barkin
THE SHOW | Animal Kingdom
Elementary, my dear… Horvath?
TVLine has learned exclusively that Lucy Liu, star of CBS’ Sherlock Holmes-themed procedural, will appear in a Season 5 episode of HBO’s Girls. READ MORE
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When word got out that Elementary — CBS’ Sherlock drama — would feature a female Watson (Lucy Liu) opposite Jonny Lee Miller’s Holmes, many of the iconic sleuth’s fans got their knickers in a knot.
However, Benedict Cumberbatch, who currently portrays the detective on PBS’ Emmy-nominated Sherlock, was not one of them. In fact, he’s remained altogether mum about the controversial gender switch… at least until now. READ MORE
Sherlock Holmes purists who might already be knitting their brows over CBS’ Elementary casting Lucy Liu as a female Watson can find great solace in the fact that, even with that male/female dynamic, the New York City-set freshman mystery series will not devolve into some “Will They/Won’t They?” thing. READ MORE
Jonny Lee Miller has landed the lead role of Sherlock Holmes in the CBS drama pilot Elementary. READ MORE
