CBS TV show 'Elementary' to feature notable Call of Duty, Smash, and Street Fighter pros
CBS has announced an upcoming esports-focused episode of Elementary, featuring cameos of notable players from various esports.
The show’s official Twitter account revealed five players set to appear in the upcoming episode, including Team EnVyUs’ Call of Duty player Jordan “JKap” Kaplan, Super Smash Bros. Melee players Ryan “The Moon” Coker-Welch and Hendrick “DJ Nintendo” Pilar, Optic Gaming’s CS:GO player Tarik “tarik” Celic, and Street Fighter player and streamer Arturo “TS Sabin” Sanchez.
We’re excited to announce that professional Call of Duty player @JKap415 will be appearing in Episode #514 of Elementary! Get Hype! pic.twitter.com/PjMffhyKQ1
— Elementary Writers (@ELEMENTARYStaff) January 4, 2017
The episode will also feature Easter eggs related to high profile Melee players Evil Geniuses’ Kevin “PPMD” Nanney, TSM’s William “Leffen” Hjelte, and Boxr’s Julian Zhu, as well as Halo pro Richie Heinz.
Episode #514 will also feature some eSports easter eggs, including small shoutouts to @EG_PPMD, @TSM_Leffen, @RichieHeinz, and @boxrZhu. pic.twitter.com/gpj3qqT8X0
— Elementary Writers (@ELEMENTARYStaff) January 5, 2017
Elementary is amodern take on the classic Sherlock Holmes stories created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The esports episode will focus on Sherlock and Watson “investigating a murder in the esports world,” executive producer and writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe told Dot Esports.
“The idea for using real players just sort of popped into my head,” producer and writer Jeffrey Paul King told the site. “I thought it would be a nice nod to the eSports community. I didn’t want the gaming community to hear that we were doing an episode about eSports and think, ‘A CBS cop show about eSports? Lame.’ I wanted to include the community and make them a part of it.”
Elementary’s esports episode is set to air on Sunday, February 19 at 10 pm PT and ET, and 9 pm CT.
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