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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 keep pure genius, great show needs to be on earlier time slot to get better ratings.
Please bring back pure genius it was a great show.
extremely upset to hear they have cancelled this show. How can we get it back on?
It is unbelievable that they bring on a stupid show like Me, Myself & I instead of renewing Pure Genius. It goes to show how simple minded CBS thinks we are.
There are no good television shows.
Very upset to hear we won’t have a second seasonI loved this show!
I feel the viewer has one less really entertaining seris to watch. It was pure genius. It gave people who had a hopeless illness think someone, somebody is looking for their cure. Very positive. I want it back
Both my sister in Indiana and I love watching this show and see every sad to see it go!! Please reconsider!
Bring it back! Bring it back!!!!
Please reconsider bringing back Pure Genius. We really loved the show and couldn’t wait to see it every week. You have so many stupid shows still on and cancell a great show. Give it another chance and do a marathon so people can catch up.
I can’t wait till I have Netflix because these tv stations have NO IDEA what a good tv show is anymore. So please let’s support shows that are extremely violent, living the seven deadly sins, that teach hate, discrimination and judgement and dumb us down. NOT! This is what is wrong with tv these days. SO PATHETIC! Half of these stations wouldn’t know a show if it bit them in the rear. This is what happens when Satan controls our social media. We all are such stupid sheep.
I loved the show. So disappointed if it doesn’t continue!!!!
Very disappointed. one of the best shows last season. If you want to cancel something not worth watching cancel Gotham. That show sucked got so ridiculous I stopped watching after the third episode just hoping it would get better. Characters are so stupid.
Very disappointed also. Great show please renew
So disappointed anothe great Shwart cancelled and I was sooo looking forward to season 2
So disappointed another great show cancelled was really looking forward to season 2
this was a GREAT GREAT SHOW BRING IT BACK…………..PLEASE
This is one of the few new tv shows I was interested in and enjoyed. And as my husband says, everything will come to an end (including your favorite shows.
Great show bring it BACK!!!!
Very disappointed to find out another great show was cancelled. My son just came in asking when the new season is going to begin and find out it was cancelled. Why don’t you let the public realize when a show is in the critical category. Let us vote on what stays and goes. Sometimes it is the date and lineup aren’t meshing with our schedules. So many shows are moved to a new night and are saved. Genuinely feel this one would have been saved. Pure Genius was exactly that. Will be missed.
Agreed, hands down.