Many medical dramas have succeeded on television and many more have failed. The Pure Genious TV show is a bit unique as it mixes medical cases with high tech. Is this a winning combination for CBS when it comes to the ratings? Is this TV series worth watching? Should Pure Genius be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Pure Genius follows top medical professionals as they team up with cutting-edge tech experts and try to push the boundaries of modern medicine to save lives. Doctor Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney) is a disgraced but brilliant surgeon who is recruited by a young Silicon Valley tech billionaire, James Bell (Augustus Prew). Wallace learns that Bell is harboring a secret and he begins to question just what the young founder is really trying to achieve. Others on the team are played by Odette Annable, Reshma Shetty, Aaron Jennings, Ward Horton, and Brenda Song.
Pure Genius debuted on October 27th with a 1.05 rating in the coveted 18-49 demographic with 6.23 million viewers. It was not a good start and the show’s ratings have gotten even worse. The second episode dropped to a 0.88 rating with 5.37 million.
The numbers have risen and fallen a bit over the course of eight episodes that have aired so far. The show’s averaging a 0.9 demo rating with 5.39 million viewers. Pure Genius is currently CBS’ second-lowest rated scripted TV series (behind Elementary, which airs on Sunday nights at 10pm).
It’s already been revealed that CBS won’t be ordering any more episodes for season one of Pure Genius. Though the network hasn’t cancelled the show, it’s highly unlikely that CBS will be bringing it back for a second season either.
Pure Genius is off the schedule for the holiday but will return in a special timeslot on Sunday, January 1st, at roughly 9pm (it may be delayed because of football). The remaining installments will air on Thursday nights at 10pm. Right now, it looks like the (likely series) finale will air on January 26th.
But, what do you think? Do you like the Pure Genius TV show? Is the show better than the ratings seem to indicate? Should the network cancel or keep it?
Please keep. This is the best show on the air. Nice to see a show with a positive message.
I really enjoy this show. Please do not cancel!!!
Love the show have to bring it back
Love this show !! Please don’t cancel
Please don’t cance such a creative show
Please do not cancel Pure Genuis! My husband and I both love this show! It is a medical drama unlike any other. I agree that the situations are not realistic, but it does give us hope about what medicine will be like in the future. I want to believe that these things will help us in the future, and that there is hope for diseases to be conquered. It represents hope for our future! We need programs like this in our world! Perhaps it just needs more time to settle in, with a different time period, or more advertising.
Please don’t cancel that show we love it
Please keep. Great show
Please don’t cancel this show! We all love it. There’s nothing like this on tv.
This is one of the best shows I have seen in years!! If there are not enough viewers its the fault of the advertising and NOT the fault of the writers or actors because they are nothing short of brilliant. The ONLY reason I even know about the show is because I read an article about new shows and caught Dermot Mulroney’s name and decided to check it out. I have not seen a single advertisement for it or any kind of media promoting it! CBS…you have a hit here! Get it out there for everyone to hear about! I… Read more »
Please keep this show. It is by far better than most broadcast television available right now. We never miss an episode and we will sorely miss the show if it is cancelled!
It’s a great show! If it’s not doing well, fire the advertising, not the show. It, absolutely, is not a typical medical drama. This one reaches far beyond the workplace romances.
keepkeepkeep……keepkeepkeep
Please keep this show. It’s great and refreshing. Do not cancel please.
Please make the right decision on this one. It’s unique, interesting, an upper in a time of despair and fear of the unknown nationally. We need this escape with a clever stable of writers and great technical effects.