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?
Definitely DON’T cancel Pure Genius!! LOVE this show!
I love this show also. I love all of the characters. I use to live in the Bay Area and this show is similar of what Steve Jobs did with Apple. Please bring it back.
Definitely DON’T cancel Pure Genius!! LOVE this show!!
I love this show also. I use to live in the Bay Area and this hospital director reminds me so much of Steve Jobs. Please bring it back.
Pure Genius was my favorite show. I love the personal interaction, along with the genius and Hunan element. Please reconsider.
Please do not cancel this show………there is so little worth watching……I am so damn sick of detective crape…….I want something that is uplifting……that stimulates the mind……..Reality TV is the symptom of a sick society.
Love this show.
One of our favorites!!!
Pure Genius is one of the best, we’ll rounded new shows and showed NOT be cancelled!!
It has been one of the best TV Shows I have seen in quite a while, utterly gutted that they have decided to cancel half way through the first season.
Keep this show, it is out of the norm and quality television!
One of our favorite shows!! Do not cancel!!
Love this program and it’s optimism for future.
This is a wonderful and fascinating show! The cast is terrific, the cutting edge medical technology and advancements are incredible to think about being possible, and it’s a clean and compassionate show. The care and tenderness while treating their patients is something that I love so much about this show, and we even let my 10 year old watch it. She’s become even more increasingly interested in the medical field. It’s a shame that shows are tossed around and out so quickly anymore. This has become a show that my family and I look forward to watching each week, and… Read more »
Please keep this show – I truly love it and find it very inovative! !!!
We really look forward to watching it each Friday !!!!
This show had me hooked after just one episode. I love the dedication of the characters to their patients and their different personalities. I’d love to see the characters develop and grow in seasons to come. The treatments are all fascinating and it’s amazing to see their brains hard at work trying to save someone. The actors are very talented and this show keeps me constantly entertained and intrigued. I’d be incredibly sad if it didn’t continue.
I completely agree with you Claire. I love this show.
I Loved Pure Genius! I found it hopeful, inspiring and sweet and nice refuge from the contentious times we are experiencing. Please give it more than 13 episodes and some more advertising so it will have a chance.
I left pure genius. The network kept moving it’s time around so it was hard to keep track of maybe that’s why the ratings were low. I was looking forward to it to be a bright moment of hope however fictional in these dark times