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CBS Looking to Reinvent ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and Other Mysteries

Sep 14, 2011  •  Post A Comment

CBS is tapping into the world of literature for two new mystery projects, including a reinvention of the classic "Sherlock Holmes" mysteries, Deadline.com reports.

The network also has a project in the works based on the "Mommy-Track Mysteries" by Ayelet Waldman, the story reports.

The "Sherlock Holmes" project is described as a modern version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective, with Rob Doherty writing and executive producing with Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly.

Waldman is adapting her comedic book series about Juliet Applebaum, a public defender who becomes a stay-at-home-mom and private investigator, the story notes. The series includes six novels, including "The Big Nap" and "A Playdate With Death," the piece adds.

4 Comments

  1. BBC/PBS already HAS done an updated version of Sherlock Holmes–set in modern-day England. It’s been very successful and well-received. Three eps have aired in America with at least three more to come.

  2. The Applebaum books are great for a TV series. Holmes is miniseries material. BBC/PBS have done it right. That is a great series. Doing a credible Holmes on a weekly basis will not work. For him to be credible it can’t be neatly wrapped up in a weekly episode. The cases have to have a certain of complexity that episodic television has rarely been able to handle.

  3. and by “reinvention” we mean stealing an already existing and successful concept and totally ruining it. This is already being done to perfection by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss on the BBC with “Sherlock”. Back off, CBS! We don’t need “Sherlock: CSI” !

  4. and by “reinvention” we mean stealing an already existing and successful concept and totally ruining it. This is already being done to perfection by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss on the BBC with “Sherlock”. Back off, CBS! We don’t need “Sherlock: CSI” !

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