“Pure Genius” From Jason Katims Ordered to Series at CBS

“Pure Genius”, from executive producer Jason Katims, was ordered to series from CBS. It was previously under the working title “Bunker Hill.”

CBS had previously ordered a second season of “Life In Pieces”, starring Colin Hanks. In addition, the network picked up the lawyer drama “Doubt”, which stars Katherine Heigl.

Pure Genius

Universal Television Studios
CBS Television Studios

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. Lending credibility to this new venture is a maverick surgeon who’s the first to discover that his boss’s mission is to get bureaucracy out of medicine, use the most forward thinkers in technology, and just save lives—including his own.

EP/SR: Jason Katims (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights)
EP/Dir: David Semel (Code Black, Madam Secretary)
EP/NW: Michelle Lee (The Path, About a Boy)

Cast:
Augustus Prew (Klondike, The Borgias)
Brenda Song (Scandal, The Social Network)
Dermot Mulroney (Shameless, My Best Friend’s Wedding)
Reshma Shetty (Royal Pains, Happyish)
Ward Horton (Annabelle)
Aaron Jennings (Aquarius, Bones)
Odette Annable (Banshee, House M.D.)