“Elementary,” a modern-day, U.S.-set
"Sherlock Holmes," premiered Thursday on CBS, garnering mostly
positive reviews and plenty of eyes.
The crime drama, which stars Jonny
Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Joan Watson, respectively,
drew about 13 million viewers, according to TV by the Numbers. And that's in spite of early criticism
and comparisons to BBC's “Sherlock."
"'Elementary' doesn’t go in for
cleverly re-worked versions of Conan Doyle stories (yet, at least), but that
doesn’t make the BBC/PBS series automatically superior to the CBS show," Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker wrote.
Meanwhile, Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times, writes: "It's not as clever
as 'Sherlock,' or as deep as 'House' and it certainly doesn't have the action
scenes of the new round of films, but it's not difficult to imagine it becoming
a successful thread in 'The Adventures of the Endlessly Replicating
Detective.'"
"Elementary"
producer Robert Doherty commented on the similarities between the series
in July, telling Collider.com, “Many hands have handled Sherlock
over the years and Watson and the premise and the show. … I’ve seen many, many
different takes and interpretations on the character and the franchise.
They’re all great. I don’t think any of them hurt any of the
others. … Sherlock, the character, has big shoulders and I think he can
carry all of us."
What did you think of the
"Elementary" premiere? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.comSeptember 28th, 2012
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