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| PURE GENIUS (CBS)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
10/27/16
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1/26/17
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2016-2017 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
1 (13 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
presumably canceled on 11/21/16 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's press release, May 2016) PURE GENIUS is a cutting-edge medical drama about a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists an exceptional veteran surgeon with a controversial past to run a state-of-the-art hospital with an ultramodern approach to medicine. Billionaire genius James Bell (Augustus Prew) built Bunker Hill Hospital determined to revolutionize healthcare and treat the rarest and most challenging medical mysteries, at no charge. Bell persuades maverick surgeon Dr. Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney) to be his Chief of Staff, who believed medicine is a human endeavor, not technological, until a "eureka" moment at the hospital convinced him otherwise. Bell's team of trailblazers includes Dr. Zoe Brockett (Odette Annable), an exceptional, fearlessly frank physician; Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra (Reshma Shetty), an idealistic, maddeningly literal neurosurgeon who believes the hospital is a beacon for change; Dr. Malik Verlaine (Aaron Jennings), a former gangbanger now spearheading efforts to provide 24/7 health monitoring in poor neighborhoods via computer; Dr. Scott Strauss (Ward Horton), an intense neurologist with an Ivy league pedigree; and Angie Cheng (Brenda Song), an enthusiastic 3-D printer programming whiz. At Bunker Hill, Bell pairs the most brilliant minds in medicine with the most forward thinkers in technology, and cuts bureaucracy out of the equation, all in the interest of saving lives, including his own. Jason Katims, Michelle Lee and David Semel are executive producers for Universal Television in association with CBS Television Studios. Semel directed the pilot. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Aaron Jennings as Malik Verlaine
· Augustus Prew as James Bell
· Brenda Song as Angie Cheng
· Dermot Mulroney as Walter Wallace
· Odette Annable as Zoe Brockett
· Reshma Shetty as Talaikha Channarayapatra
· Ward Horton as Scott Strauss
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CREW INFORMATION:
· David Semel as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Jason Katims as CRTR/EP
· Michelle Lee as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· CBS Television Studios
· True Jack Productions
· Universal Television
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