Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds
Also known as	Criminal Minds: Evolution (season 16 and on)
Genre	Police procedural Thriller Crime drama Mystery
Created by	Jeff Davis
Starring	Mandy Patinkin Thomas Gibson Lola Glaudini Shemar Moore Matthew Gray Gubler A. J. Cook Kirsten Vangsness Paget Brewster Joe Mantegna Rachel Nichols Jeanne Tripplehorn Jennifer Love Hewitt Aisha Tyler Adam Rodriguez Damon Gupton Daniel Henney
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	334 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Mark Gordon Jeff Davis Edward Allen Bernero Deborah Spera Chris Mundy Simon Mirren Erica Messer Janine Sherman Barrois Breen Frazier Harry Bring Glenn Kershaw
Running time	42–56 minutes
Production companies	Entertainment One[a] Erica Messer Productions[b] ABC Signature[c] CBS Studios[d]
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 22, 2005 (2005-09-22) – February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19)
Network	Paramount+[e]
Release	November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24) – present
Related
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Criminal Minds (South Korea)
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Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), using behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and find the unsub (unknown subject), the team's term for perpetrators. The show tells the story of the team as they work various cases and tackle their personal struggles.

The show's original main cast consisted of seven characters: Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness). The cast underwent major changes throughout the series' run, with several of the show's original members being replaced by nine additional starring characters: Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Ashley Seaver (Rachel Nichols), Alex Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Kate Callahan (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler), Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez), Stephen Walker (Damon Gupton), and Matt Simmons (Daniel Henney).

Criminal Minds became a rating hit for CBS, regularly featuring as one of the network's most-watched shows throughout its 15-year-long run. Its success has spawned a media franchise, with several spinoffs, including a South Korean adaptation and a video game.^[1][2] The show was renewed for its fifteenth and final season of ten episodes, which aired from January 8, 2020, to February 19, 2020.^[3][4] It was the final series in the franchise to end, following its two spin-off series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, which had been cancelled previously due to low ratings. A sixteenth season of the series, Criminal Minds: Evolution, premiered on Paramount+ in November 2022. A planned true-crime docuseries, titled The Real Criminal Minds, was also ordered by Paramount+.

On January 12, 2023, Paramount+ renewed Criminal Minds: Evolution. The seventeenth season, like its predecessor, will contain 10 episodes. Showrunner Erica Messer confirmed that all main characters from the sixteenth season will be returning. Filming for the seventeenth season began in January 2024.^[5] The 10-episode new season will premiere on June 7 on Disney+ in Canada. The first two episodes will be available to stream at launch with subsequent new episodes dropping weekly on Friday.^[6]

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