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.
Anything that is worthy of being viewed by intelligent viewers is bound to be cancelled. This is the only series that has captured my attention for many years that I looked forward to seeing each week, and now it is gone. Bah humbug.
This show is me and my husbands obsession. We DVR pure genius and every week we can’t wait to sit down and see what happens next! I was just telling him tonight watching the latest episode how much I love this show and how crushed I would be if any of the cast members were kicked off the upcoming episodes or seasons… then I started talking to my aunt on the phone and bragged about how AMAZING THIS SHOW IS! Just to Google and find out there might not be a second season! I beg on my knees and speak… Read more »
I JUST watched all of the episodes yesterday….the fall is always busy for me with work and my kids’ sports schedules. When I finally get to DVR’ed shows, I binge what’s there; if I’m not interested after the first few episodes, I delete the rest and cancel the future recordings. I was just telling a coworker how much I absolutely LOVE this show and recommended she watch it only to find it’s not being picked up for another season. It’s unfortunate that it’s in a difficult time slot, against some well-established and long-running shows. I thoroughly enjoyed the episodes up… Read more »
Please don’t cancel the show. Try it on another night, or an earlier time slot. I watch it on demand. With everything else I watch with either my kids or wife, it’s hard to watch everything. I have enjoyed the show. Put it on an hour earlier and I bet you gain viewers, or put on another night, NOT opposite of any long running established show.
I just finished watching the most recent episode and once again, I feel it so deeply. I don’t understand why the most excellent shows are cancelled. It is the best made show with outstanding story lines. It always leaves the viewer with such a good feeling. Please don’t let it go!!!
Please renew Pure Genius! Maybe consider airing it earlier? I always watch online over the weekend because 10pm is just too late for me. Thanks!
PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL THIS WONDERFUL SHOW. I SO LOVE IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING IT EVERY THURSDAY. WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TONIGHT WHEN DISCOVERED IT WAS NOT ON! ! !
I really like this show. One of the few that should be kept!
RENEWED I LOVE, LOVE THIS SHOW IT IS AMAZING AND THE TECHNOLOGY OH MAN!!! PLEASE DON’T CANCEL IT!!!
Really like this show. Must renew give it a shot.
I love this show!!!! Please don’t cancel it!!!!
I don’t usually like Medical Dramas. BUT this is/was a great show. The mix of drama, humour and future (current state of the art) Technology in Medicine is what make it good. Medicial/SciFi/Drama. As usual a company dumps a good show. What time was aired? Day? What account of other audiences besides America? We don’t watch it immediately, but when we can. There must be plenty of people like us. CBS re-think before the actors take other work.
Unfortunately, it is immaterial what I think; but, what the heck, Pure Genius has been virtually cancelled, as I write this on 12/19/2016, but this has been for me (and others in my family) an excellent show. The stories are engaging, the acting — at its worst — has been good, often excellent. The story almost always invokes strong emotions (tears of joy) from a wide age range of audience. My wife is an attorney and almost always finds something doesn’t track with reality — this show, despite its often bleeding edge technology, seems to pass the “this could happen”… Read more »
“Only the good die young” ~ yes, it seems all too true! It is funny you should mention Code Black… I do watch that show also. It does not deliver the same “feel good” message that Pure Genius does and many times I find myself questioning the reality of the practices on that show. Of the two I vote for Pure Genius 100%!
I’m very upset to see reviews of this show saying it’s awful and unrealistic. This has been one of the best medical dramas (and one of the best shows in general) I’ve ever seen. So maybe it’s a little more humorous than most “dramas” but why is that a bad thing? These characters like James and Dr. Wallace have been very able to establish a heartfelt connection to, not to mention the patients. I don’t understand why everything has to be realistic and can’t stretch the truth for it to be considered good, that’s a terrible mindset for creativity. This… Read more »
I absolutely agree!
I love this show and the cast is great together, especially Agustus Prew and Dermot Mulroney.