The team members on the Pure Genius TV show work together to save lives. It’s a noble cause but will their stories attract enough viewers to bring big ratings? Will this new CBS TV series be cut down in its prime (cancelled) or, will it be renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.
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.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival.
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Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Pure Genius TV show on CBS? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for season two?
5/15/17 update: CBS has cancelled Pure Genius after one season. Details here.
Greatest show I have seen in a while. I always look forward to watching, have all episodes on my DVR, to watch again. Great cast and great stories building…you can’t cancel it! Just over the holiday, I turned my entire family on to it. Give it another season, please. Few shows focus on the good and this show is good, has heart, gives us faith that medicine is still good/people still invested in doing anything to save another, especialy in a world where we give $$, have hope and no cures. This could also be a reality, spark good ideas… Read more »
Pure Genius is another upbeat and inspiring show. There are barely any really great shows anymore on TV and it seems like when one finally comes on the Networks want to cancel before giving it time to get noticed. Perhaps instead of being in a hurry to cancel it try moving it to a different night, but Please Don’t cancel it!! I have stage 4 metastatic breast cancer and its uplifting to me to watch a show that shows hope (yes, I know it’s not true) but it’s something that gives me hope that there will be a place one… Read more »
I love this show. Please don’t cancel. It gives me something to look forward to and I would love to see this show continue.
PLEASE PLEASE DONT CANCEL. I haven’t seen such an interesting and HEART WARMING TV show in a long time. RENEW PURE GENIUS!
Pure Genius should be renewed….excellant prime time program
Do not cancel
Don’t cancel I love this show, it is very entertaining and interesting. A nice feel good show.
Best show I’ve seen in a long while. Actual stories and real dialog… Sick of the perpetuating of garbage. While good viewing like this is tossed…. Disappointing
Please DO NOT CANCEL this show. It is a great show.
I love this show. I am very tired of the blood letting, the car chases, people flopping into bed after banging against walls and tearing their clothes off — ugh — the utter disdain for originality AND the constant use of the F-Bomb! This little show is something different with fresh ideas and fresh faces. It is hopeful and inspiring. The writing could improve, but the over-all concept is hope. Whether the fictionalized cures could be realistic some day or not, I wouldn’t know. Some say yes and some say no. Nevertheless, we need more shows on Broadcast TV that… Read more »
I think pure genius is a great show and should not be taken off give it a chance everyone of my friends love it
My sister, husband and I really enjoy your new series, Pure Genius. We hope that this inspiring show will be renewed! Thank you. R, Stark- Bucsis, Canada
Please give Pure Genius another season to show what a fantastic show this is. This is my favorite show on television right now. Please CBS, give it a chance for at least another season. Some series don’t get a great following until a second season.
Please keep it!!!!!
I love this show. It is intelligent and refreshing. My husband and I both like it. I hope it isn’t dropped.
This is a wonderful show – fresh, fearless, heartwarming. Please renew!