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Recently viewed. Pure Genius: Created by Jason Katims, Sarah Watson. With Dermot Mulroney, Augustus Prew, Odette Annable, Reshma Shetty. A young Silicon Valley tech-titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past to start a hospital with a cutting-edge, new-school approach to medicine.
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- 2016-10-27
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James Bell is a Silicon Valleybillionaire who dreams of building a hospital with ultimate cutting-edge technology to treat rare and incurable diseases. He partners with a maverick surgeon, Dr. Walter Wallace, who leads the effort in clearing out the bureaucracy of medicine, and focus on forward thinking, advancing technology, and saving lives—at no...
Development
On January 22, 2016, it was announced that CBS had given the pilot order known as Bunker Hill. The episode was written and authored by Jason Katims who was expected to be an executive producer, alongside Sarah Watson, David Semel and Michelle Lee. Production companies involved with the pilot include True Jack Productions, CBS Television Studios and Universal Television. The show was ordered at the CBS upfronts 2016 to air in the network's 2016–17 TV schedule and was officially picked up on Ma...
Casting
In February 2016, it was announced that Brenda Song, Dermot Mulroney, Reshma Shetty and Ward Horton had been cast in the pilot's leading roles. Although the pilot was ordered, in March 2016 it was reported that Aaron Jennings and Odette Annablehad joined the cast.
Critical reception
Pure Genius has received generally negative reviews from television critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 26% rating based on reviews from 23 critics. The website's consensus reads, "Pure Genius is weighed down by stereotypical doctor drama trappings, suffocating its chances of bringing anything compelling and entertaining to the genre." Metacriticreported a score of 43 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Willa Paskin of Slate describ...
Pure Genius. From the executive producer of Parenthood and Friday Night Lights comes a unique medical drama centered around a young Silicon Valley tech billionaire who builds the ultimate cutting-edge hospital that treats only the most rare and insurmountable medical mysteries—at no cost.
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. Save on each episode with a TV Season Pass.
Season 1 – Pure Genius. Buy Pure Genius — Season 1 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Pure Genius is weighed down by stereotypical doctor drama trappings, suffocating its chances of...
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- Dermot Mulroney
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- October 27, 2016
Oct 27, 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...
Buy Pure Genius on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Young Silicon Valley billionaire James Bell is not one to sit idle and wait for things to happen, so building state-of-the-art Bunker Hill ...
