Watson
CBS | Release Date: January 26, 2025
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
71
TV GuideKeith PhippsJan 23, 2025
Season 1 Review: Watson uses both time-tested characters and a familiar model, but the show itself never seems tired or overly familiar. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydJan 27, 2025
Season 1 Review: “Watson” has all the hallmarks of a CBS procedural. The network has a taste and a talent for a kind of light serious entertainment in which a likable cast of sometimes difficult characters solve a problem in an hour, while other, darker events percolate underneath. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonJan 23, 2025
Season 1 Review: As a free-standing medical mystery series, it has promise. There is quite a bit of nonsense at the outset. .... But for all the tortured setup, the cases addressed by Watson and his team of upstart fellows at the freshly minted Holmes Institute are off the charts, so to speak. Read full review
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