After previously failing to make the renewals list for the upcoming television season, CBS has formally cancelled two new shows.<\/p>\n
Back in January, the network didn’t include the Sherlock Holmes adaptation Watson, or the workplace comedy DMV, in its 2026\/2027 lineup. After months of speculation that this was a red flag for its cancellation, Variety<\/a>has confirmed the two shows have ceased production. CBS has now reportedly completed its scheduling for the 2026-2027 lineup, taking production from pilot season in the fall into next year.<\/p>\n Watson, a medical drama series starring Morris Chestnut that serves as a modern retelling of the Sherlock Holmes supporting character, will end after its second season at CBS. Upon its premiere, Watson brought in a record-breaking 18.7 million viewers in its series premiere back in January 2025, boosted by the AFC Championship Game.<\/p>\n However, a subsequent report by Deadline<\/a> shows data that points to the show ranking as the lowest-rated scripted series on CBS. The outlet reported in January that the network is likely \u201cwait[ing] to see how Watson performs after its March 1 return.” Evidently, viewership never bounced back to the desired level to prove itself as a worthy investment for the network.<\/p>\n DMV, on the contrary, has been more successful with viewers. The sitcom, following the lives of employees at the Department of Motor Vehicles, aimed to be a spiritual successor for long-running workplace comedies like Superstore, The Office, or Brooklyn Nine-Nine.<\/p>\n The show ranked No.9 among all broadcast series for CBS\u2019s Oct. 12-19 premiere week with 10.1M Live+35 Day multi-platform viewers, according to Deadline’s January report. However, viewership data from the entertainment outlet reported that delayed multi-platform viewing still declined. Additionally, at a 65% Rotten Tomatoes score with critics, it’s rare for a show of such middling reviews to have longevity at its network, and DMV crashed and burned at this obstacle.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Men’s Journal<\/a> on Mar 27, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Men’s Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After previously failing to make the renewals list for the upcoming television season, CBS has formally cancelled two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[69771,88,244944,37569,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-550249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-dmv","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-series-premiere","11":"tag-sherlock-holmes","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}