The Genius: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A reality series pitting people identified with "genius traits" against one another in social games of strategy, logic, and negotiation skills. Each episode consists of a main match and a death math. The main match decides the winner and elimination candidate for the day. The winner receives a token of life, which grants immunity from the death match, and potentially garnets, a game currency worth ₩1,000,000 each. Garnets can be used to improve a player's chances of winning a game, as well as be traded with other players to gain favor. The elimination candidate chooses a player without a token of life to take part in a 1v1 game called the death match. The player who loses the death match is eliminated, and the winner of the death match gains their garnets. The last remaining player is the champion, and the total garnets held by the champion will be the final prize.

Series details

• Title: The Genius
• Format: Game Show
• Language: Korean
• Premiere date: 2013-04-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-09-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: tvN
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 79 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 2975

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2013-04-26; final listed air date 2013-07-12.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-12-07; final listed air date 2014-02-22.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-10-01; final listed air date 2014-12-17.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-06-27; final listed air date 2015-09-12.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Genius on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.