Overview

• ITV has not formally announced a decision on The Genius Game’s future, though executives privately regard cancellation as inevitable.
• The show’s June 11 finale attracted roughly 661,000 viewers, matching BBC Two’s Pangolins: The World’s Most Wanted Animal.
• The series debuted with 1.2 million viewers on April 30 but saw its audience drop to around 800,000 by the second episode.
• In response to falling live ratings, ITV cut the show to one weekly episode and stretched its run from four to seven weeks.
• The programme’s £2.5 million production cost and intricate format came under fire as rival primetime offerings consistently outperformed it.