Lucy Liu to play Watson in US Sherlock – Daily TV round-up

Lucy Liu is set to play Dr Watson to Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes in the US take on the Arthur Conan Doyle tales.

Liu, star of films like 'Kill Bill' and 'Charlie's Angels', will take on the role of Joan Watson in the new CBS drama 'Elementary'.

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And more details have emerged about the plot too.

As well as being set in modern day New York, it's emerged that Holmes will play a Scotland Yard consultant who has travelled to New York to shake his addiction problems.

The series will pick up with Holmes living in Brooklyn after leaving rehab, while Liu will play a sober former surgeon struck off after a patient died. [Deadline]

Also in today's press

Sir David Attenborough has revealed how he scrapped a series about human behaviour as it would have had to have shown couples having sex. “I didn't dare,” he said. “The series would have to go into sexuality. The premise was people didn't know they were being observed on camera as, if they did, that wouldn't be genuine behaviour. So in the end I abandoned it.” [The Sun]

Benedict Cumberbatch is rumoured to be starring in the 50th anniversary episode of 'Doctor Who' as the Time Lord's nemesis The Master. John Simm previously played The Master opposite David Tennant's Doctor. [Metro]

The cast of 'Desperate Housewives' are set to appear in court over Nicolette Sheridan's wrongful dismissal claims. The actress says she was unfairly fired from the show, and is seeking $4 million in lost income. She also claims that the show's creator, Marc Cherry, struck her in the face during a disagreement over a script. [Daily Mail]