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Will medical science continue to advance at Bunker Hill Hospital? Has the Pure Genius TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on CBS? The television vulture is watching for the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is a dedicated place to track the status of Pure Genius season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What’s This TV Show About?
Airing on the CBS television network, Pure Genius is a high-tech medical drama. At Bunker Hill Hospital, Silicon Valley tech titan, James Bell (Augustus Prew), pairs brilliant medical minds with technology gurus and sidesteps bureaucracy in the interest of saving lives — including his own. Bell enlists an exceptional, yet controversial veteran surgeon, Dr. Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney) to help him revolutionize health care. As Chief of Staff, Dr. Wallace oversees a trail-blazing team including the candid Dr. Zoe Brockett (Odette Annable); the idealistic and overly literal neurosurgeon, Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra (Reshma Shetty); former gangbanger Dr. Malik Verlaine (Aaron Jennings); intense neurologist Dr. Scott Strauss (Ward Horton); and tech genius Angie Cheng (Brenda Song).
Season One Ratings
The first season of Pure Genius averaged a 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demographic and drawing an average of 5.34 million viewers. Find out how Pure Genius stacks up against the other CBS TV shows.
On May 15, 2017, it was revealed that Pure Genius has been cancelled so there won’t be a second season. Could it be revived someday? Stay tuned for updates.
Telly’s Take
While CBS has not officially cancelled Pure Genius, this medical drama’s prognosis is grim. In November of 2016, after just four installments had aired, the network passed on ordering the back nine episodes of Pure Genius, season one. The only CBS TV show it outperforms in the demo is Elementary. Right now, it looks like the Pure Genius (likely series) finale will air on January 26th. Barring a miracle, CBS will cancel Pure Genius. I have started circling this one and am all but certain there will be no season two.
5/15/17 update: CBS has cancelled Pure Genius after one season. Details here.
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What do you think? Were you hoping that CBS would renew their Pure Genius TV show for a second season? Are you upset that CBS has cancelled Pure Genius, instead?
Please do not CANCEL pure genius, I absolutely love this show!
Please don’t cancel this great show. It’s a show about technology, possibilities and doing the right thing even if it is breaking the rules. It’s about hope. I miss it every week.
Great show. You have to give it more time! Not your typical show.
I, personally, am watching only two shows; Bull and Pure Genius. I was waiting to watch the new season and could not understand why it wasn’t showing. As far as I am concerned, it is the best show on TV. The creativity, the possibilities, the characters all work together so well and demonstrate it’s pure genius. Do any of you executives watch TV ? Countless police shows, murders, sex, the crap… show after show of the same genre….BORING!!! Nothing to excite the mind. We need more shows, like Pure Genius, to reveal the endless possibilities of what man can do.… Read more »
PLEASE don’t cancel ‘Pure Genius’, CBS. You’re standing by Colbert. Stand by this brilliant mixture of comp sci and medicine. – from a computer scientist with sibling who’s a nurse.
I love this show! It’s the best medical show on tv. The cast is great and the story line is so compelling. Don’t cancell this show!!!! I was hooked on it by episode 2.
DO NOT CANCEL Pure Genius. I want to watch it NOW.
I CANNOT believe that there is even a thought, or hesitation, in cancelling this show. Network renew shows that are MUCH less thought provoking! The show is called “PURE GENIUS” for a reason… Pure Genius shows us what could be possible in the not too distant future with the melding of medicine, technology and creative, unrestricted minds.
CBS you are very short sited and closed mind if you cancel this great show!!!
I waited impatiently for this show to start, I was so excited. It first aired on my birthday, so it was like a little present just for me. I LOVE Dermot Mulroney and fell in Love with Augustus Prew’s character. More then that, this is a show that gave it’s viewers some extra real life satisfaction in how someone with the means to help those in need was actually making and fighting for a difference. While Prew’s character may have done some of this for selfish and/or personal reasons, he obviously went beyond that or he could have just found… Read more »
I’m very disappointed that the show Pure Genius has been cancelled. I loved the new technology used and approaches they used for new medical remedies.
Please do not cancel this show. It is a great show and deserves another season.
Dear CBS, Pure genius is the perfect combination of (already in research) high tech medical innovations, plus love drama, family concerns, making-good philosophy of good hearted people and without any of the deaths of other medical shows. We all love that amazing series, please consider season 2. There was a lot left being told… best regarda, viewer from Portugal
My sister and I love this show. Please give it another chance it is a very interesting and unique show.
I am pleading with you NOT to cancel PURE GENIUS! As a woman who has formerly worked in a hospital, I find this show so intriguing in that they are using the newest technologies that have been developed or are being developed in medicine.
This show allows you to think “out of the box” of the regular treatment for diseases, traumas, etc… while also taking into consideration the individuals psychological condition and home life.
I LOVE all of the actors and their characters.
Please re-think your decision to cancel this show.
Thank you!
Please do not cancel “Pure Genius” I really enjoy this show. I agree with other posts, too many reality shows. This show has some vision into what could be!! Love to watch!