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.
My husband and I love this show!!!!!!!!
Please renew the show – I really have loved the concept, the acting and the story lines.
Outstanding show!! Best we have seen for several years. It’s about goodness and people who work hard to achieve to help others. The acting is superb, and the shows are positive and uplifting. Please renew love the show…. please don’t do away with another great show that me and my husband like…
Outstanding show!! Best we have seen for several years. It’s about goodness and people who work hard to achieve to help others. The acting is superb, and the shows are positive and uplifting. Please renew this series.
Please keep this awesome show Pure Genius on!!!
The TV show Pure Genius is absolutely amazing I actually DVR the show religiously because of my work schedule I don’t want to miss not one episode. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I so so so hope a Season 2,3 & even 4 will seriously be considered!!! I absolutely LOVE the show!!!
Gerald A. Hernandez of
San Antonio, Texas
I too, think this show was the best, most literate show on television. I have written several pleas to CBS directly to continue this show; but, I can see from the ratings above that there are not enough of us to sway a network. What bothers me the most is that they ended the season on a cliffhanger and I will forever be in suspended animation over what would have happened. So disappointed.
Please renew pure genius! We love this show. We are both 47 and love it!
I absolutely love this series. .so innovative.. think outside the box and many episodes give us an inside of what’s already in the works and yet to come… it’s refreshing to see something intelligent ..quirky..and gives you some wow moments to make you think of the possibilities ..love it!!!!!
Please renew pure genius !! Love the show and the cast members!!!!
Please bring back pure genius.
Love that show.. both my husband and I.
I’m very disappointed that Pure Genius got cancelled. I agree with the comments posted below that it was an outstanding show with intelligent scrips, fine acting, and fascinating story lines. Perhaps too much for the average TV viewer who might like his/her medical shows more predictable? Wish there was a chance of a Season Two coming back, perhaps on a Netflix channel? Why do all of the shows I like get cancelled? Very discouraging.
I have been looking every week for a new episode. Please do not cancel.
I loved it and I’m 74 yo.
I found Pure Genius to be the BEST show on TV: superb script, excellent acting and encouraging story line. Please do NOT cancel this great show- my favorite on TV.