I reviewed the pilot of Elementary, the new Americanised version of Sherlock Holmes, over at Empire Magazine online, so pop on over there to read it.

If, like me, you can’t get enough of the BBC’s addictive-as-heroin Sherlock (seriously third season, hurry up), then you probably aren’t holding out much hope for CBS’s American remake. Putting aside the brilliance of Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ version for a moment, there’s also the little matter of Guy Ritchie’s big-screen interpretation, meaning that Elementary faced the potential problem of Arthur Conan Doyle fatigue. Take into account the poor track record of Americanisations of British shows, and things weren’t looking too good. Continue reading…