Yes, There Will Be a Third Series of Sherlock

The prospects of a third Sherlock series appeared on the doubtful side looking at how stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are headed for bigger things, if you've been following the movie-news beat. That's great for their perspective careers, but the downside is their growing busy schedule and, eventual, salary demands to return put a potential damper on those of you (myself included) who'd rather see the British actors in more Sherlocks and less Hobbits and Star Trek 2s.

Not helping matters was last night's series two finale of Sherlock (either being an overseas Gent watching it on the BBC or like Hicks/Yanks stateside like me had to stream it online – no way I'm waiting till May for PBS to air it). I won't spoil it here...unless you're aware of the source material it was based on, The Final Problem. Needless to say it left many wondering if that was it for this small-screen iteration of Sir Conan Doyle's literary heroes.

Rest assured series three is coming.

Following the broadcast, show-runners Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat went straight to Twitter confirming a third series was given the go-ahead by the BBC. In a move showing smarts of their end, the network commissioned series two and three at the same time. Thus when Freeman almost missed out on The Hobbit and Peter Jackson & Co. had to work out a schedule for both productions to have him, they had to fit in a hypothetical third Sherlock series into the equation.

Past this (Hopefully will be on the airwaves this time next year) my guess is everyone will call it a day and move on. So we'd better enjoy this while we can.