In an exclusive scoop from the Sherlock producers, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that the US premiere date for the third series of Sherlock is set for January 19, 2014.

What I think is the even slightly bigger news is that the US date has been announced before the UK date…

Obviously we don’t yet know the BBC date. But given that the U.S. fans had to wait three months after the 2010 BBC premiere to see the first season of Sherlock, then had to wait four months for the 2012 second season after its UK debut, no matter when the BBC schedules its season three premiere, the gap is going to be less than before since Jan. 19 is less than three months from now (that sentence was totally convoluted but does make sense).