‘Genius’ Showrunner: ‘Hopefully’ Next Season Will Feature Female Genius
Nat Geo’s “Genius” has gone 2-for-2 featuring European male geniuses — when will the fairer sex get their fair shot? That’s a question that came up Saturday at the show’s Television Critics Association press tour.
“While we certainly intend to and hope to tell stories about women, we didn’t restrict ourselves in that way,” showrunner Ken Biller said in response. “We decided, you know, ‘How do we follow Einstein? What is the next big story we can tell?'”
“Because of what history has written, there are a few iconic geniuses in the world that are really undeniable,” he continued, citing his first two “geniuses” — and also Leonardo da Vinci.