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‘Watson’ Drama With Morris Chestnut a Go at CBS

CBS is sort of returning to the world of Sherlock Holmes. The Paramount Global-backed broadcast network has handed out a series order for Watson, a medical drama revolving around Dr. John Watson a year after the death of his friend and partner, Sherlock Holmes. Morris Chestnut will star as Watson and exec produce the series, […]

‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’ Review: Malcolm D. Lee’s Peacock Series Treads Familiar Ground

Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard and Harold Perrineau reprise their 'The Best Man' roles in a show about the friends navigating the adventures of middle age.

Morris Chestnut to Star in Lee Daniels’ ‘Our Kind of People’ for Fox

Morris Chestnut will pull double duty for Fox next season. The actor has been cast as the male lead in the network’s upcoming Lee Daniels drama Our Kind of People. Chestnut, who has also been a regular on Fox’s The Resident, will continue to recur on the medical drama as the series is expected to […]

BET Awards: John Singleton Remembered by ‘Boyz N The Hood,’ ‘Snowfall’ Stars

Morris Chestnut and Damson Idris paid tribute to late writer-director John Singleton during the 2019 BET Awards on Sunday night.

‘The Enemy Within’: TV Review

Jennifer Carpenter and pilot director Mark Pellington try hard, but NBC's new espionage-fueled drama 'The Enemy Within' becomes yet another 'Blacklist' knockoff.

‘When the Bough Breaks’: Film Review

Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall play a New Orleans couple whose attempts to start a family put them in the path of an unhinged surrogate in 'When the Bough Breaks.'

Weekend Box Office: ‘Sully’ Earns Heroic $12.2M Friday for Projected $35M Debut

The biographical drama marks one of director Clint Eastwood's top openings, as well as a recent best for Tom Hanks; elsewhere, 'The Disappointments Room' is living up to its name after earning a rare D CinemaScore.

Box-Office Preview: ‘Sully’ Buckles Up for Strong Takeoff as Fall Commences

Screen Gems' surrogate thriller 'When the Bough Breaks' is also expected to scare up good business, and Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media releases its first movie since emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

‘Rosewood’: TV Review

In this new Fox series, Morris Chestnut plays a private pathologist doing generic things in Miami.

‘The Perfect Guy’ Cast Dishes on Crazy Exes at Beverly Hills Premiere

The Screen Gems film features a loving boyfriend turned crazed stalker.

‘Legends’ Cast, Creators Reveal “Bumps” and “Clever Shortcuts” to Making TNT’s New FBI Drama

Sean Bean, Ali Larter and Morris Chestnut as well as executive producer Howard Gordon and showrunner David Wilcox tell how they got "a very challenging concept" off the ground

‘Legends’: Sean Bean, Howard Gordon Spill Secrets About TNT’s New FBI Show

The series centers on an undercover agent who works for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division. Ahead of its debut at 9 p.m. Aug. 13, THR sat down with stars Bean, Ali Larter and Morris Chestnut as well as executive producer Howard Gordon and showrunner David Wilcox to get the backstory on the 13-episode drama.

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