Criminal Minds Renewed for Season 13
Sick-and-twisted Criminal Minds will continue to be analyzed and hunted, now that CBS has renewed the long-running procedural for a 13th season.
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The crime drama has endured more than its share of upheaval during Season 12, all in the wake of bidding adieu to original cast member Shemar Moore last spring. CSI: Miami vet Adam Rodriguez was added to the ensemble during the off-season, while Paget Brewster was tapped for a short-term encore that blossomed into a full-time return after original cast member Thomas Gibson was cut from the cast as the result of an on-set altercation with a writer/producer.
Additionally, Aisha Tyler was promoted to series regular, while Damon Gupton was brought on as Agent Stephen Walker (in a cast addition not of the showrunner’s design).
Through it all, Criminal Minds‘ numbers waned since the season opener, averaging 7.5 million weekly viewers and a 1.4 demo rating — down 17 and 22 percent from its Season 11 average and matching its all-time demo low (1.2) as recently as March 29. (Its subsequent episode ticked up to a 1.3.) As such, it was one of a handful of long-running series originally missing from CBS’ annual renewal-palooza, in which 18 total shows walked away with pickups.
Criminal Minds returns Wednesday, April 26 with the final three episodes of the season.
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