Genius (TV series)

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Genius is an American anthology period drama television series that dramatizes the lives of history’s most brilliant and influential figures, such as Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso.

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instanceOf anthology television series
biographical television series
period drama television series
television series
basedOn Genius: The Life and Science of Albert Einstein
basedOnAuthor Walter Isaacson
cameraSetup single-camera
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Kenneth Biller NERFINISHED
Noah Pink
Ron Howard
distributor 20th Television
executiveProducer Anna Culp
Brian Grazer
Damien Timmer
Francie Calfo
Gigi Pritzker
James Hawes
Jeff Cooney
Ken Biller
Maddy Hinson
Michael Rosenberg NERFINISHED
Noah Pink
Rachel Shane
Ron Howard
Sam Sokolow NERFINISHED
Sammy Perlmutter
firstAired 2017-04-25
format anthology
genre anthology
biographical drama
historical drama
period drama
narrativeStructure each season focuses on a different historical figure
numberOfEpisodes 40
numberOfSeasons 4
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOn National Geographic Channel
originalNetwork National Geographic
portrays lives of brilliant and influential historical figures
productionCompany Fox 21 Television Studios
Imagine Television
runningTimePerEpisode 43–60 minutes
season1Subject Albert Einstein
season2Subject Pablo Picasso
season3Subject Aretha Franklin
season4Subject Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Medgar Evers
Thurgood Marshall
stars Aaron Pierre
Alex Rich
Antonio Banderas
Courtney B. Vance
Cynthia Erivo
Geoffrey Rush
Johnny Flynn
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Weruche Opia
subject Albert Einstein
Aretha Franklin
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Medgar Evers
Pablo Picasso
Thurgood Marshall

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