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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 more episodes of Pure Genius coming… CBS has a winner here and needs to keep it going. Please renew for season 2 and many more.
Great show I look forward to every week. Cancel Hunted if you must get rid of a show. No redeeming features in that show.
Up-beat, creative show that gives us all hope in a world that has experienced much despair. As a surgeon, I am so pleased to view this unique show. Hopefully this show will continue.
PLEASE PLEASE let Pure Genius continue!!!!! The most favorite program in our house! Anyone and any age will enjoy the trials and triumphs of each week”s heartfelt stories! The program just needs more promotions and awareness to get more viewers involved. We need more programs like this to be able to share with our kids and grandkids…..without violence and language censors. Very inspiring…..shows that there are still people who care for people! Makes you appreciate the medical field and what they do for us. Gives hope for future medical achievements. Thank you and God bless!
It had a slow start but it has really grown..do not cancel.
Love love love this show…why do they always cancel the good ones? Makes no sense
Please don’t cancel the show probably one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time
Please don’t cancel this show! It introduced me to the real-life benefits of low-intensity light therapy.
I love Pure Genius! I look forward to watching it every week! I was disappointed when I sat down to watch it tonight (I always DVR it) and found it hadn’t recorded. I found this site because I wanted to know what I missed in tonight’s episode. I am sad to think it may be cancelled and be replaced by another harsh show! I always feel uplifted after watching this show! Please save Pure Genius! I love the characters, they were perfectly cast and the story lines are so good and full of heart! Pure Genius is inspiring and a… Read more »
I would be devastated I absolutely love this show!!! I can’t wait for the next week to air. Please please please do not cancel it SAVE THIS SHOW
I’m all about super hero and special effects or action sequences white a conspiracy plot or a good comedy. But this show have the gadgets the plot and a kind of action never seen before and over all Heart. I love it don’t cancel it will be a bad move be smart like the people in the show and take a smart decision. Don’t don’t pls. And tnkx.
Please Continue with THE most entertaining show I’ve seen in a looong time. I had all but quit watching regular TV because of the violence and vulgarity. This was such a joy to watch. If CBS cancels Pure Genius I will cancel CBS.
Please don’t cancel Pure Genius. I absolutely love it. I was very dissappointef to see Training Day in its place.
Please don’t cancel “Pure Genius”! My whole family can’t wait for Thursday to watch this incredible show. It’s inspiring and an awesome look at what the future may hold with its scientific aspects of it. My ten-year-old son even enjoys watching it. I let him stay up late one Thursday just to watch the show with the whole family. Don’t cancel the show
PLEASE PLEASE DON’T CANCEL “Pure Genius” as much as I LOVED “Blacklist” I gave it up for Pure Genius because it was fresh, interesting to think of the future of medicine could be this way someday and it was the opposite of the other options that is so much of it violence and such. Please keep it on, we already last season lost a great show called Black Box that was awesome as well.