June 2016
PURE GENIUS
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 built Bunker Hill Hospital determined to revolutionize health care and treat the rarest and most challenging medical mysteries, at no charge. Bell persuades maverick surgeon Dr. Walter Wallace to be his Chief of Staff; Dr. Wallace believed medicine was a human endeavor, not technological, until a eureka moment at the hospital convinced him otherwise. Bell’s team of trailblazers includes Dr. Zoe Brockett, an exceptional, fearlessly frank physician; Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra, an idealistic, maddeningly literal neurosurgeon who believes the hospital is a beacon for change; Dr. Malik Verlaine, a former gangbanger now spearheading efforts to provide 24/7 health monitoring in poor neighborhoods via computer; Dr. Scott Strauss, an intense neurologist with an Ivy league pedigree; and Angie Cheng, 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.
Premieres Thursday, Oct. 27 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network
ON AIR: Thursdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT)
ORIGINATION: Los Angeles
FORMAT: Drama (Filmed in HD)
STARRING: Dermot Mulroney (Dr. Walter Wallace)
Augustus Prew (James Bell)
Odette Annable (Dr. Zoe Brockett)
Reshma Shetty (Dr. Talaikha Channarayapatra)
Aaron Jennings (Dr. Malik Verlaine)
Ward Horton (Dr. Scott Strauss)
Brenda Song (Angie Cheng)
PRODUCED BY: Universal Studios in association with CBS Television Studios
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jason Katims, Michelle Lee, David Semel (pilot only)
Website: http://www.cbs.com/shows/pure-genius/
Photos are available at www.cbspressexpress.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PureGeniusCBS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/puregenius
CBS Twitter: @cbstweet
Cast on Twitter:
Augustus Prew: @AugustusPrew
Odette Annable: @OdetteAnnable
Reshma Shetty: @ReshmaShetty
Aaron Jennings: @aarontjennings
Ward Horton: @thewardhorton
Brenda Song: @BrendaSong
Cast on Instagram:
Augustus Prew: @augustusprew
Odette Annable: @odetteannable
Reshma Shetty: @reshmashetty
Aaron Jennings: @aarontaylorjennings
Ward Horton: @wardhorton
Brenda Song: @brendasong
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