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Criminal Minds is an American Crime Drama on the CBS network. The show originally aired on September 22, 2005.
Creation/Premise
Criminal Minds was created by Jeff Davis and is produced by the Mark Gordon Company. The show follows the investigative lives of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia. The unit itself is based entirely on the real-life BAU built by FBI Profiler John Douglas. The show's former main character, Jason Gideon, is based on John Douglas himself[1].
Seasons
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.
Seasons 1-3 are available on DVD:
Characters
Current
- Aaron Hotchner - Thomas Gibson
- David Rossi - Joe Mantegna
- Derek Morgan - Shemar Moore
- Dr. Spencer Reid - Matthew Gray Gubler
- Jennifer Jareau - AJ Cook
- Emily Prentiss - Paget Brewster
- Penelope Garcia - Kirsten Vangsness
Recurring/Minor
- Haley Hotchner - Meredith Monroe
- Erin Strauss - Jayne Atkinson
- William LaMontagne Jr - Josh Stewart
- Kevin Lynch - Nicholas Brendon
Former
Episodes
See the list of episodes.