Fans of CBS's long-running procedural Criminals Minds were a little worried when the show wasn't among the lengthy list of series the network gave early pickups to in March—it was the only veteran series not to make the cut—but they need not have worried their pretty little heads. On Friday, CBS announced the series had been renewed for a full Season 12.
As is the case with most long-running shows, the delay—as we recently pointed out—was a question of finances and cost and had little to do with the show's performance. Currently, the series is averaging 12.04 million viewers, a 2.8 rating among adults ages 18-to-49, and 3.8 among adults ages 25-to-54. That makes it CBS's second highest-rated drama in the core demographics. Criminal Minds also does very well on streaming platforms and overseas. But the series is a co-production between ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios, and the cost to produce the series has become quite expensive. According to Deadline, ABC Studios, which is the leading studio and therefore gets most of the benefits despite the show airing on CBS, has agreed to a reduced license fee for Season 12.
With Criminal Minds' renewal, CSI: Cyber and The Odd Couple remain the only returning series whose statuses are undecided. Meanwhile, the fates of freshman series Supergirl, Limitless, Life in Pieces, Code Black, Rush Hour, and the Criminal Minds spin-off Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders remain up in the air.
Criminal Minds stars Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook and Kirsten Vangsness. Original cast member Shemar Moore departed the series earlier this year.
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CBS has got you covered. Shemar had it right. Leave now before the writer's get so desperate for fresh storylines they start looking at o.g. cast members to kill off:/
That, and how long can you be stuck in the same role before it becomes stagnate!?
I can't believe they haven't ran out of new stories after this many years? Here's looking at EVERY show that made it to 10 years and beyond.
I hadn't given a percentage one for CSI: Cyber, but I'll say 1% chance at renewal, just to avoid the actual goose egg. I don't/didn't watch the others.