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"Elementary creator Rob Doherty has hinted at the introduction of Moriarty. The iconic villain will feature in CBS&amp;#039;s update of Conan Doyle&amp;#039;s Sherlock Holmes stories, it was confirmed at this year&amp;#039;s Comic-Con. Doherty told reporters at the Television Critics Association Press Tour that he wants to remain faithful to the original Holmes canon, according to Deadline. &amp;quot;We want to keep all our secrets,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;[But] I feel it&amp;#039;s important at the end of the day to be true to the spirit of the character - a spider at the center of the web of crime in London.&amp;quot; The showrunner also teased the introduction of Sherlock Holmes&amp;#039;s father, describing the paternal character as &amp;quot;an interesting shadowy figure&amp;quot;. Irish actor Andrew Scott played Moriarty in BBC drama Sherlock, which has been compared to Elementary. CBS president Nina Tassler recently insisted that the two shows are nothing alike, saying: &amp;quot;[Sherlock is] a wonderful show [but] theirs is very different from ours. I think there&amp;#039;s plenty of room for another Holmes in our world.&amp;quot; Elementary will premiere in the US on September 27 and will air on Sky Living in the UK. &amp;gt; Elementary exec rules out Sherlock Holmes, Watson romance Watch Andrew Scott discuss playing Moriarty on Sherlock below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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