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.
Great show! Please don’t cancel!
Please keep this show on. I LOVE IT! Your not giving shows,a chance its competing with football. We live in days of DVR and its 2 months of the holiday season
Such a great show! PLEAE DO NOT CANCEL! It is a refreshing show with a great cast. These stories are so inspiring. It would be a shame to see it canceled. Give it a chance CBS!
Great show! Please keep and develop characters
I was just saying that Pure Genius is my new favorite show…now I hear it is being cancelled. All the good clean heartwarming shows are always being cancelled. Please save this show!
PLEASE do NOT cancel this show!!! We can’t always watch it on the night it airs, but that is the beauty of the DVR. We usually watch it on Friday or Saturday instead.
I love the show. Please don’t cancel.
Pure Genius just needs to be given more of a chance. It’s a really good show, especially comparing it to some of the other shows that suck. It’s a shame CBS isn’t giving it a chance.
dontcancel pure genius please! great concept and interesting characters this needs to stay on the air
Why do they cancel all the good shows after one season and the ones that need canceling run for years. It is getting so bad now days. You start a series only to find out is only going to run for one or two seasons. Wish there was a way to get reality shows band from TV, nothing real about them.
ABSOLUTELY!! What is the attraction to these so-called “reality” shows? I cannot tolerate them! Reality shows are the bane of my TV viewing and it seems that they have gained popularity to the extent you can rarely find anything intelligent to watch anymore.
Or you do find something, like Pure Genius, only to have it cancelled! I wish we could have reality shows banned!!
We love the show and the actors. Even our 14 yr old daughter loves it. It’s her favorite. Hoping you won’t cancel such an uplifting show. Of course some people say it’s not realistic but neither is most of what you watch on TV. That’s why it’s called entertainment… it sure beats those darn reality TV shows that are plaguing are TV stations.
I even feel like if you all would move it to a different time or night slot. Isn’t it going up against other Thursday shows? Other channels have established shows that night, such as The Blacklist, Greys Anatomy, Scandal, Thursday night Football, etc…. You have to give it a chance and expose it to people before you can get a loyal audience. With this timeslot, it almost started with negative chances. Please don’t cancel! For goodness sakes, Survivor is still on!!!!
Please don’t cancel this show. It is so refreshing, and I love the goodness it portrays! I love watching the way everyone works together, and truly cares for one another! Love James Bell! Please don’t cancel. There are so few shows anymore!
My wife and I sincerely hope that Pure Genius will be renewed. The show is extraordinary, really stunning. It is such a pleasure to see a program where people care about each other and are trying to do good in the world. Enough of zombies, witches, and violence. Pure Genius is something good and should be renewed.
Love this show!! PLEASE let it continue. A lot better than most of the stupid shows out right now.