By John Keegan and Paul Pearson

For the second time in recent years, here's another attempt at a Sherlock Holmes television series set in the modern day -- only this one is coming from the US network notorious for its procedurals. And this really shows, because "Elementary" feels more like a CSI spinoff than an adaptation of a beloved literary canon. There's a solid presentation and a sense that if the creator had the guts to simply pitch the premise as its own story, it might actually work, but the little glimmers of quality are pretty quickly snuffed out.