Is Pure Genius saying goodbye for good? CBS has released a synopsis for the season one finale of the TV show.
The medical drama follows top doctors as they team up with cutting-edge tech experts and try to push the boundaries of modern medicine to save lives. The cast includes Dermot Mulroney, Augustus Prew, Odette Annable, Reshma Shetty, Aaron Jennings, Ward Horton, and Brenda Song.
CBS has not yet announced whether or not Pure Genius will return for a second season. However, things aren’t looking great. So far, season one is averaging an 18-49 demo rating of .87 and 5.37 million viewers, placing it third-to-last out of CBS’ scripted TV shows for the 2016-2017 season.
The season (and possibly series) finale of Pure Genius airs on January 26th at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Read more details below:
AS ANGIE TRIES TO TREAT HER MOTHER’S ILLNESS, THE TWO WOMEN ARE AT ODDS OVER HER MOTHER’S PREFERRED TRADITIONAL METHODS VERSUS ANGIE’S RADICAL APPROACH, ON THE SEASON FINALE OF “PURE GENIUS,” THURSDAY, JAN. 26
“Lift Me Up” – Angie tries to target her mother’s illness using radical nanobot technology, but she looks to Scott for help when her mother prefers using traditional methods. Also, when a graffiti artist with a clotting disorder falls from a bridge, Walter, Malik and Zoe attempt to use suspended animation to stop his internal bleeding. And Walter is put in an awkward position when Julianna discovers James used the unapproved GSS drug on Louis Keating, on the season finale of PURE GENIUS, Thursday, Jan. 26 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
REGULAR CAST:
Dermot Mulroney (Dr. Walter Wallace)
Augustus Prew (James Bell)
Odette Annable (Dr. Zoe Brockett)
Reshma Shetty (Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra)
Aaron Jennings (Dr. Malik Verlaine)
Ward Horton (Dr. Scott Strauss)
Brenda Song (Angie Cheng)RECURRING CAST:
Wendy Moniz
(Julianna Wallace)
GUEST CAST:
Page Leong (Mrs. Cheng)
Alexis Krause (Nina)
Dante Swain (Free)
Jordan Calloway (Henry Jones)
Brandon Rush (Ron)
Cullen Douglas (Louis Keating)
Darius De La Cruz (Digitalist)
Paul Diaz (Paramedic)WRITTEN BY: Jon Cowan
DIRECTED BY: Norberto Barba”
What do you think? Are you watching Pure Genius? Do you think it should be renewed?
Love the show–please give it a chance!
Pure Genius is one of our favorite shows. Please do not cancel. Why are the ratings always based on the 18-49 year olds? We seniors watch TV too, and we also shop!!
This is a fabulous show. I have watched it on my computer, and I now read that doesn’t count for ratings. Please do not cancel this high quality, intelligent, uplifting show!!
I love this show and have saved every episode so I can go back and re-watch them all over. This show fills me with a warmth that very few TV shows can do. It’s imaginative and creative. I can’t believe that the Network would even consider canceling it. If they do not renew it, I think some one in management should loose their job. This is the best new show that has aired in YEARS!!!
Please don’t cancel Pure Genius, I love this show, it keeps me intrigued and I can’t wait until the next episode, great cast and I have fallen in love with theach characters and story lines. It is such a heart warming and brilliant show. This is something, much better than stupid reality shows. It your basicdoctor/medicine show. It is new and exciting and the future of medicine. So please don’t end it.
Every time a REALLY good show with REALLY good stories comes on, it gets cancelled. Pure Genius is my favorite show, period! Please give it another chance…please.
I have an “incurable” disease (MS) & Pure Genius gives me hope for medical research. A “cure” for my disease is years or decades away, according to the MS Society & there is virtually NO research going on that doesn’t require a very expensive prescription or lengthy FDA process; Pure Genius gives me hope, living w/ a hopeless disease. It gives me a light at the end of the tunnel. Do I know that MOST of the situations on Pure Genius are bunk? Of course I do however the story line of Louis Keating helps me keep my chin up… Read more »
Please DO NOT cancel Pure Genius! Everything about it is simply fantastic… the characters are engaging, the story line is superb and the ‘cures’ are remarkable. It gives us jope to think what the future of medicine could be like with some great minds, some money,and some spunk! Please give it another chance to catch on!!!!!
Pure Genius is one of the most interesting shows on tv. It shows what could happen in the medical field without all of the red tape! I hope they don’t cancel it. Give the show a chance! Give people a chance to find it and love it!
If you want to get rid of something get rid of Colbert
Keep the show going
This is a good quality series!! Gives us hope…characters have depth ….and an uplifting spirit to the performances….it deserves another chance!!
I can’t believe you would shoot yourself in the foot. Are you seriously cancelling the Pure Genius show?
My wife told me that you are not continuing with a second season of Pure Genius. Are you out of your minds at CBS? This is the best show on TV, not just you network, the best show period. If you don’t renew it will The CW network pick it up?
Please renew!!