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 do not cancel Pure Genius. One of the best shows on t.v. So much hope for people who are terminally ill. So creative, and such wonderful actors. PLEASE,PLEASE ,PLEASE KEEP IT GOING!
Everyone in our family watches this show … My 13-year-old grandson, my 40+-year-old daughter and son-in-law and my husband and myself. It is one of the very few episodic programs we can all watch, and enjoy together . It’s hopeful and inspirational. It’s funny and it’s dramatic. We are totally invested in the relationships. It is one of the best television shows I have ever been hooked on. Please bring us more… It’s an amazing ensemble. We’ve been missing Dermott Mulroney and it’s lovely to watch him again. And let me just say Augustus Prew is a breath of fresh… Read more »
Keep it on love this show
Please DO NOT cancel Pure Genius! I Love it!
One of the great shows!!!! Keep!!!
I love, love, love this show. So creative and great cast. Will be very sorry if completely canceled.
Our whole household loves the show. Please renew. CBS
I love this show!!! My teen daughter and I love watching this show together. It’s refreshingly clean which makes it the only show I watch on CBS besides Undercover Boss. We both love the characters and how they continue to develop as the season has gone on. We also find the medical aspect of it interesting and fun to watch! I think CBS should give this one another chance!
Please do not cancel this is a fantastic show. All in my family watch every week. Thank you
KEEP IT!!!!!!!
IT IS A PLEASURE TO WATCH PURE GENIUS. TIRED OF GORE AND MURDER. WONDERFUL STORYLINES. PLEASE KEEP.
Please don’t cancel Pure Genius. My husband and I love it! We love the characters and the innovative technology. Such wonderful story lines and characters. Love that it depicts a medical team with a heart and genuine concern for the patients. We think it’s a keeper!
Pure Genius is a fabulous show. Love watching the innovated ideas that these doctors come up with not to mention the highly enjoyable characters and how they interact with their patients as well as each other. I do hope that CBS will rethink their position and decide to order more episodes .
I really enjoyed this show. A medical drama with a high tech edge. Finally a series that wasn’t reality TV. I hope CBS will renew a second season.
I really liked this show don’t take it off
I agree with EVERYONE who has left their comments here ! What an unusual, original, absorbing and enjoyable show ! I have missed it these past few weeks, and was hoping it was just temporarily “on leave”. Darn it all …. PLEASE don’t cancel it , PLEASE ! ! ! What can we as viewers do to keep it on the air ? ? Just tell us and we’ll do it ! Just too good a show to lose … Thanks for ” listening” ~