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Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Jeff Davis and is the original show in the Criminal Minds franchise. The series aired on CBS from  September 22, 2005 to February 19, 2020 with fifteenth season and 324 episodes. The series is produced by The Mark Gordon Company, in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company). Criminal Minds is set primarily at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based in Quantico, Virginia. In accordance with the show's plot, Criminal Minds differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on profiling the criminal, called the "unsub" or "unknown subject", rather than the crime itself.

In February 2021, a revival of the series was in early development at Paramount+, with a 10-episode revival officially greenlit.

Cast[]

Main Cast and Characters[]

  • Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss
  • Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
  • Matthew Gray Gubler as Doctor Spencer Reid
  • A.J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau
  • Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia
  • Aisha Tyler as Doctor Tara Lewis
  • Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez
  • Daniel Henney as Matthew Simmons

Previous Cast and Characters[]

  • Thomas Gibson as Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner
  • Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan
  • Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn as Alex Blake
  • Lola Glaudini as Elle Greenaway
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt as Kate Callahan
  • Damon Gupton as Stephen Walker
  • Rachel Nichols as Ashley Seaver

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