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Following the recent finale of its inaugural season, Watson is taking some extra time off to prepare for his next case. CBS surprisingly left the new Morris Chestnut-led medical drama with a Sherlock Holmes twist off its fall schedule and will instead bring the series back in 2026. When it returns in January, it will also begin airing an hour later in the 10 p.m. slot. The delay means fans will have to wait just a bit longer to find out what comes next after Moriarty (Randall Park) met his end, and the network's Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach is opening up about why the hot new title is being left in the waiting room for the upcoming season.

Reisenbach spoke with Deadline after CBS unveiled its fall schedule to explain some of the final decisions made regarding the roster. Watson was a curious absence after the overall success of its first run.

The year dawned with a brand new medical procedural, Watson, on CBS, which chronicled events following characters from an already famous story. The CBS and Morris Chestnut-led project was a fun, contemporary spin on the legendary detective stories of Sherlock Holmes, even as Chestnut's Watson came to terms with the passing of the famous detective and best friend. Based on stories first brought to life by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his books about Holmes, Watson Season 1 relied on one of Holmes' greatest adversaries, James Moriarty (Randall Park), to be the antagonist this season. After 13 episodes, the show would kill off Park’s Moriarty in the season finale, paving the way for a new challenge for Watson in the second season.

Watson is set to return for a second season, as it is not part of the slew of cancellations meted out by CBS in recent months. Series showrunner Craig Sweeny,...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Watson season 1 finale.

Although Watson’s season 1 finale did kill off one of the show’s closest links to the original Sherlock Holmes canon, season 2 will reportedly feature plenty more links to the iconic detective stories, according to its showrunner. While Watson's cast of characters are engaging on their own, the show's nods to Sherlock Holmes lore are a pivotal part of its success. Watson season 1's ending shocked viewers by killing off Randall Park’s Moriarty, arguably the most famous recurring antagonist from author Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic Sherlock Holmes stories.

Speaking to ScreenRant, Watson showrunner Craig Sweeny confirms that despite Moriarty's death, the Sherlock Holmes lore will continue to be a factor in Watson season 2. Admittedly, there are some concerns about this after the villain's demise. Luckily, it seems like the creative team behind the series will keep its source material at play.

At the beginning of the year, a new medical procedural took an already famous story and flipped it on its head when Watson premiered on CBS. Now, 13 episodes later, and we’ve finally reached the first season conclusion, which partly tied up some major character beefs. Thankfully for fans, the Morris Chestnut-led project was not one of the many titles from the network to receive the axe, with Watson set to unfurl more medical mysteries with Season 2. During its debut run, audiences were treated to an onslaught of recognizable names from across the stories first brought to life by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the books within the universe of Sherlock Holmes. When it comes to who else might pop up down the line, executive producer, Craig Sweeny, has some terrific news for those eager for more modern-day crossovers.

During an interview with TV Insider, Sweeny primarily kept his secrets to himself,...

Marc Gilpin, the child actor who played a son of Roy Scheider’s Police Chief Martin Brody in 1978’s Jaws 2, died Saturday in Dallas of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma. He was 56.

His death was announced by his sister, the Frasier actor Peri Gilpin.

Marc Gilpin, born in Austin, Texas, had already appeared in commercials, the Saturday morning NBC series Thunder (1977) and, in 1978, the film Where’s Willy? when, at 11, he was cast in director Jeannot Szwarc’s sequel to Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws. While Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprised their roles as Brody and wife Ellen, the young actors playing the characters’ two sons in the original film, Chris Rebello and Jay Mello, had outgrown the roles and were replaced by Mark Gruner (as elder son Mike) and Gilpin (as Sean).

Gruner and Gilpin were at the center of one of Jaws 2‘s most memorable sequences,...

The 1990s were an exciting period for action films, with many of them getting released direct-to-video and showing up seemingly randomly at local video stores, requiring fans of the genre to have memberships at multiple locations to get to see everything. There was so much that if attention wasn’t paid, titles would be missed easily or rented twice under different titles at different video stores. Stars emerged within those ranks and gathered the love and adoration of fans. Here are the 10 of the best Dtv action stars of that era:

Dolph Lundgren

Let’s start with the obvious man on the list, the one that everyone saw films from at their local video stores. Lundgren had films that were released in theaters, on video, and direct to cable in some cases during the 1990s, but one thing is for sure, he was a mainstay of the action film aisle...

Hulu is launching a new sub-brand focused on adult animation and anime called Animayhem, Variety has learned exclusively.

The new hub is meant to capitalize on Hulu’s already popular lineup of adult animation and anime shows. Series like “American Dad,” “Bob’s Burgers,” “Family Guy,” “Futurama” and “King of the Hill” consistently rank among the service’s top 10 shows based on hours streamed, per Hulu. So far this year, over one billion hours of adult animation content has been streamed on Hulu, along with over 288 million hours of anime content, the streamer claims.

“When you have the number one offering in adult animation and anime of any major streaming service, creating this destination is obvious. We know exactly where we can meet these fans, because they’re already here,” said Barrie Gruner, Hulu’s executive vice president of marketing and publicity, in an interview with Variety.

“Creating this brand was...