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.
Our WHOLE family sits down to watch Pure Genius!! Our kids are 9, 14 and 16 and we stop everything to watch!! Please let it be renewed!!
MUST RENEW THIS!!! This show brings hope and gives rise to innovation…inspiring people to THINK!!!
Renew, renew, renew!
Love pure genius!!! My husband and I watch it every week. It reminds us of house. New favorite show. They should definitely make season 2.
This is a great feel good show. Very positive and innovative. Even though some of the cures are unrealistic now, it paints a good picture for the future. The relationship stories are also well done. Keeps me coming back to know what will happen next with the relationships, what innovation will be next and how many people will the save and make happy this week. I really hope there is a season 2.
I love the show!! Absolutely think it should be renewed!!
I love Pure Genius. I think it is one of the best new shows. It shows what the future may hold someday and also may show some doctors how to listen and treat their patients. Please give it back to us. Why do the shows that actually teach hope get cut and the trash stays on? I know my comment will probably not be seen by cbs but this is what I think anyway.
Pure Genius is a great show. I enjoy watching it every week. I would like to see a season 2. Please don’t cancel it. It’s refreshing to see this kind of a medical show.
Please renew Pure Genius. It’s pure entertainment. Don’t let it hang like Parenthood whether to renew or not. Fans caught on to parenthood too late. It would have had more seasons if ratings were higher earlier. Please CBS, renew the show. You won’t be sorry.
Really enjoy this intelligent show without the usual criminals and nasty characters, just a great, likeable cast. It’s a keeper.
Absolutely wonderful show. Love the actors and the stories. I record it just in case I miss it. Haven’t missed a single episode. Please renew for many more seasons.
Please renew Pure Genius. There is very little good television, and this is a really good show.
Love this show! As a two time Breast Cancer survivor it makes me have hope! Everyone cares so much! Very heartwarming!
As a medical professional I really enjoy this show. Not sure why people think it needs to get changed… it’ s about innovation and research. It shouldn’t be a repeat of other medical shows. Please keep it going!!!
I love Pure Genius. It’s one of the few shows I enjoy.