‘Elementary’ Season 6 Gets Additional Episode Order At CBS

CBS has extended the upcoming season of “Elementary.”

According to Deadline, the network ordered eight additional episodes of the crime drama, bringing its Season 6 total from 13 to 21 episodes. The first five seasons of the series all had 24 episodes each.

The network has yet to announce a premiere date and a time slot for the new season. But because the show most recently aired on Sundays, it’s likely that it will take the place of the freshman Sunday night drama “Wisdom of the Crowd,” which is already set to end after its initial 13 episode order.

“Elementary” wrapped up its fifth-season run last May. The season finale ended with Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) going to the hospital for a brain scan after realizing that something was wrong about him. While the result of the head MRI is yet to be revealed, series creator Rob Doherty told Entertainment Weekly last June that detective’s prognosis will affect him on many fronts in Season 6.

“It’s going to create some problems, both personal and professional,” Doherty teased. “For starters, Sherlock made a mistake when he decided to keep his condition from Joan (Lucy Liu). He’ll have a lot to explain and a lot to make up for. … And, of course, there will be an impact on his work. Sherlock is accustomed to being the finest detective in New York, if not on the planet. But the work won’t come as easily to him when the new season begins, at least not at first.”

Doherty added that Sherlock’s prognosis will also affect how he deals with his sobriety. “He’ll also find his sobriety regimen ‘competing’ with a regimen designed to address his prognosis,” Doherty said. “There will be times he’ll question whether he can tackle one problem without succumbing to the other.”

As for what’s in store for Joan next season, Doherty revealed to TVLine last month that the former surgeon will lose someone who was very close to her once upon a time. “She will learn that this person made certain assessments regarding the decisions Joan has made as a professional,” the creator said. “It’s going to give her cause to look at choices she’s made and choices that she has right in front of her: Might she be a more complete person if she weren’t in a partnership with Sherlock Holmes?”

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