Sherlock Holmes and Tom Sawyer come to TV
Two classic works of literature are headed to TV with slight twists.
One of CBS鈥檚 new shows for the fall is 鈥淓lementary,鈥� a present-day update of the Sherlock Holmes stories starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, while ABC is currently developing a show titled 鈥淔inn & Sawyer鈥� in which the heroes create an investigative business in a steampunk New Orleans as adults. It is described as a take on Mark Twain鈥檚 鈥�The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
鈥淓lementary鈥� stars Miller as famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes and Liu as a female Watson. In the CBS show, Sherlock has come to New York from London after spending time in rehab. He works as a consultant to New York鈥檚 police.
Executive producer Rob Doherty said Holmes鈥� drug habit and his legendary nemesis, Professor Moriarty, will both be part of the show. While concerns have arisen over whether the CBS show and the BBC series 鈥淪herlock,鈥� which also features a modernized Holmes and Watson, can coexist, Doherty pointed out that a contemporary update of Sherlock Holmes is not a new idea and that he has seen the first season of 鈥淪herlock鈥� and enjoyed it.
鈥淚've seen many, many different takes and interpretations on the character and the franchise,鈥� Doherty of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in general. 鈥淭hey're all great. I don't think any of them hurt any of the others.鈥�
CBS鈥檚 Sherlock show begins this September, while 鈥淔inn & Sawyer鈥� was given a script order by ABC, so its air date (if it gets one) will be determined in the future.
