Pure Genius will be airing on Thursdays at 10PM on CBS this Fall once football is done.
The show is described as “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.
In the series, 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.
You can see a trailer and some preview images below.
PURE GENIUS
PURE GENIUS is a cutting-edge medical drama about James Bell (Augustus Prew, center), a young Silicon Valley tech titan, who enlists Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney, standing on left), a brilliant veteran surgeon with a controversial past, to run a state-of-the-art hospital with an ultramodern approach to medicine. Bell's team of trailblazers includes Dr. Zoe Brockett (Odette Annable, far left), a fearlessly frank physician; Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra (Reshma Shetty, left of center), an idealistic neurosurgeon; Dr. Malik Verlaine (Aaron Jennings, seated on right sofa), who is spearheading efforts to provide 24/7 health monitoring in poor neighborhood; Dr. Scott Strauss (Ward Horton, far right), an intense neurologist; and Angie Cheng (Brenda Song, right of center), an enthusiastic 3-D printer programming whiz. After football ends in October, PURE GENIUS will be broadcast Thursdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Bill Inoshita/CBS é2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
