May 14, 2012 - 13:35 AMT
CBS orders Lucy Liu’s modern-day Sherlock Holmes flick to series

CBS has ordered four new drama series, including the Sherlock Holmes update "Elementary," as well as two new comedies, The Wrap reported.

"Elementary" stars Jonny Lee Miller as a modern-day Sherlock in New York City, whose Holmes is played by Lucy Liu. "Vegas," starring Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, is a 1960s period drama about Ralph Lamb, a rodeo cowboy turned sheriff of Las Vegas. "Made in Jersey" stars Janet Montgomery as a working class woman who uses her street smarts at a tony Manhattan law firm, and "Golden Boy" tracks a cop's rise from officer to detective to police commissioner.

The new comedy "Friend Me," is about two Indiana twentysomethings - played by Nicholas Braun and "Superbad" star Christopher Mintz-Plasse - who move to Los Angeles to work at Groupon. "Partners," the other comedy, is about two lifelong friends and business partners.