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The anthology series scores another early pickup.
April 18, 2018
National Geographic Channel announced today that Genius has been picked up for a third season. As it did with its first renewal announcement a year ago, the good news comes a week before the premiere of Season 2 on April 24.
The scripted anthology series premiered last year to generally positive reviews from critics. It grabbed the attention of audiences as well, with Season 1 attracting over 45 million viewers worldwide, making it the cable network's best-ever launch of a new series.
Each new season of Genius focuses on one of history's most-brilliant minds. The first season chronicled the life of physicist Albert Einstein, Season 2 will follow famous artist Pablo Picasso, and it was announced today that Season 3's subject will be iconic literary figure Mary Shelley, perhaps best known for her novel 'Frankenstein'.
Update 02/09/19: The third season of Genius will now focus on Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul who died last August at age 76.
Comments (2)
10/04/19 at 09:23pm
Why exactly is the third season of GENIUS, now going to be about Aretha Franklin? Yes, she was a decent singer, but genius? She only wrote 11 songs herself. NOT A GENIUS. Lennon and McCartney would be more genius than Aretha, if you are going go with that category.
04/20/18 at 11:56pm
Nobody is watching this? Perhaps the greatest genius ever, and nobody cared? ... Me guilty too. I did watch all of two minutes and I decided it was too slow! What a modern day idiot I am. Well maybe it reminded me of many things I thought should be good and I stuck it out only to be disappointed. Maybe my first instinct hunch was right, I’ll never know. I see no less than Pablo Picasso is up next - someone with the potential to be more intriguing than even Albert. Then the mind behind Frankenstein. We could be missing great tv?
