Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds is an American crime drama series that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS.The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with ABC Studios and CBS Paramount Network Television. The show follows the adventures of a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia.
Criminal Minds differs from many criminal system procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself.
The series' third season, which premiered on September 26, 2007, was interrupted in late 2007 by the industry-wide WGA strike. It aired its last pre-strike episode on January 23, 2008. Following the resolution of the strike, the show returned to air on April 2, 2008. On May 14, 2008, Criminal Minds was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on September 24, 2008. The show was officially renewed for a fifth season on May 20, 2009.
CBS has announced that season 5 will begin on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 9:00PM ET.
Originally, the series centered on Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and the rest of the BAU team. For the first series, that included Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau or "JJ" (A. J. Cook) and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness).
During the second season Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini) left after 2x06 "The Boogeyman", and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) soon replaced her, in 2x09 "The Last Word". At the beginning of the third season Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) departed after 3x02 "In Name and Blood". After a gap of several episodes, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) came out of retirement in 3x06, "About Face", to replace him.
BAU stands for Behavioral Analysis Unit. The unit is based in Quantico, Virginia as confirmed by Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) in "Profiler Profiled."
CBS has announced that season 5 will begin on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 9:00PM ET.
Originally, the series centered on Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and the rest of the BAU team. For the first series, that included Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau or "JJ" (A. J. Cook) and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness).
During the second season Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini) left after 2x06 "The Boogeyman", and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster) soon replaced her, in 2x09 "The Last Word". At the beginning of the third season Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) departed after 3x02 "In Name and Blood". After a gap of several episodes, David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) came out of retirement in 3x06, "About Face", to replace him.
BAU stands for Behavioral Analysis Unit. The unit is based in Quantico, Virginia as confirmed by Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) in "Profiler Profiled."