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.
Love this show – DO NOT CANCRL!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW. I wish this show would air earlier, I think it would get a much larger viewer group. Pure Genius is the type of show that a younger viewer would enjoy. It is educational, entertaining, and very human.
I truly love this show, and hope it stays permantly.
Puree Genius is a captivating show. Everyone should DVR it. I record all my shoes and I assume others do. It I record a rival show say time different station how does that effect ratings? PLEASE have a secondseason! I so want to know character relationships. Also as an Rn I love the medical aspect.
I Love Pure Genius. The storyline is great as it covers all the emotions you can have from being scared to crying to happy.
I used to be a fan of medical drama series, whereas my mother wasn’t and would be bored of the shows quickly. When I saw the ad for Pure Genius and watched it with her, she was absolutely IN LOVE with this show. She and I practically binge watch the episodes that are on demand. Please do not cancel this show, I don’t watch a lot of TV but Pure Genius is a show I will always take time out of my day to watch, especially with my mother who has a serious back injury and watching this show gives… Read more »
I am ecstatic watching Pure genius. It has all the things I am looking for a TV show. Dr. W’s passion for helping cure/ heal people and the rest of the doctors. Using your brain to come up an idea to help heal people, that is my kind of genre. I love, love, love James Bell. if only there is one person like him in my time that help people, being so passionate using his money to help and make people feel better and coming up news ideas to heal people, we will be in a much better time. I… Read more »
I really love this show and look forward to each new episode every week. PLEASE reconsider your decision to cancel it! It is such a perfect blend of “feel-good” emotion, high-tech science fiction, thought provoking intelligence, and medical drama that I just cannot believe it does not warrant a chance to prove itself considering it was released at the worst possible time. The viewing audience that will most appreciate this show was sadly distracted at the time and this show should be given another chance! Please give those of us that want something other than shows that appeal to an… Read more »
My husband & I both love Pure Genius!!! Please don’t cancel it…
Its a GREAT show! Please don’t cancel it. Some of us older people are tired of the same old dumb jokes, silly acting and mind numbing television that is out there. This show draws you in, makes you think, and gets you right in the feels!
This is one of the best shows my husband and I have seen in a very long time. The subjects per week are very interesting and touch many of our lives. Hopefully in my lifetime “Bumkerhill” will be a reality. Please give it another shot and do not cancel
I think the show was started during the election and many people weren’t watching TV. BECAUSE OF ALL ADS.
THIS SHOW IS GREAT, VIEWERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND HIS CHARACTER IS A GEEK WITH A BIG HEART.
First show went up against 3rd game of the World Series. Which had record # of people watching it. Didn’t give Pure Genius a chance with that kind of competition!
Please don’t cancel
I never watch tv. But I saw the advertisement for this show & loved it. I can’t believe they are canceling it.
I really enjoy this show. DO NOT cancel!! Love the story lines and the concept of cutting edge medicine. It might just need a different time slot to get momentum.
The best show on TV today – Don’t cancel! Finally an intelligent and worthwhile show that has substance and moral fiber. It is truly incredible that this will not be renewed for another season….
Sadly, that does seem to be the status quo these days. Hopefully either CBS will reconsider or another network will pick it up!