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.
PLEASE don’t cancel this show!! It’s sooooooo good with so much potential. It’s like Scorpion (a very successful show), but with geniuses saving people in the medical world. The characters are people you can really care about and the medical challenges are fascinating. It just needs a chance. PLEASE bring it back!!
Hoping this is renewed! Nice to have a family show full of positive stories and great technologies!!
This is a great show and should not be cancelled.The cast in this show is exceptional. Please give it a second season.
Please do not cancel Pure Genius! This is my favorite new show. This show is so interesting and different in a good way. I just love the characters especially James Bell. We need to keep shows like this with a positive meaning instead of cancelling them!!
Completely Agree!
I love this show. Do not cancel it. It may not be real, but it’s fresh to have something that is positive in the world and maybe even get people looking outside the box to medicine.
This show is absolutely excellent from the concept, the writing and the actors/acting. So much potential. Please do not cancel. I for one know several people who feel the same. Do a better job of promoting or making audience aware of it or let another station be able to pick it up . So innovative and so much better than other shows that remain. Give it a chance please. Thank you! Is there some place directly or in addition where we can express our desire to have this show stay on the air? I did submit comments to an additional… Read more »
Please don’t cancel…it’s a wonderful show! It’s one of the best new shows! Love it
Please don’t cancel!! I love this show!
Renew!!! My husband and I look forward to watching this show. It is one of the best new shows on tv. It is innovative, inspiring, heartwarming, intelligent, excellent acting from all. Please keep it
Pure Genius is the best new show that CBS has produced in a long time.
Very well written and technically inspirational. It would be a shame if it was
cancelled.
I love this program. The people are new which I really like. It is an amazing idea. Please do not cancel. It is my favorite show. I wish it was on longer or more often.
Great show! Inspiring and hopeful – we need this type of programming – don’t cancel!
Please don’t cancel!! I love this show!
Love this show and would be really disappointed if it is cancelled. It is so inspiring and I shed a few tears every episode I watch.
Renew we love this show