One of many crime procedurals on CBS, Criminal Minds has been around for a long time. It’s never garnered a lot of attention and the ratings have declined but it’s still a pretty consistent player for the network. Is that enough to keep it on the air? Will it be cancelled or renewed for an 11th year? Stay tuned.
Criminal Minds continues to follow the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) out of Quantico. This season’s cast is Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, Joe Mantegna, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/12 update: CBS has renewed Criminal Minds for an 11th season.
5/7 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a few weeks later.
For comparisons: The ninth season of Criminal Minds averaged a 2.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 10.88 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Criminal Minds TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for an 11th season?
Please renew this is my favoriye show ever you will lose so many viewers if you take off criminal minds everybody loves it. This is such a good show that it has helped me become more attentive about the people around me.
Still one of the best and most intelligent shows that are still on TV.
RENEW this is my fav show i watch it everyday and have seen every episode twice or more i love all the characters and everything about it PLEASE RENEW i need this show it is my life and i love it DONT CANCELL
Please renew, I love the show, all the actors but please stay Derek wouldn’t be the same.
RENEW!! It’s still the best crime show if not the best show in general. Jennifer Love Hewitt is a great addition to the cast and Kate fits in the team perfectly. Of course I miss prentiss and Blake and I don’t appreciate the way cbs treats women but I still believe the show is amazing and definitely needs to be picked up for an 11th season. Fingers crossed that Josh is less busy next year and we get some more JJ-family time, especially now with a new offspring on the way. Contract negotiations are also going to be tough, especially… Read more »
And now two women are pregnant. What are they supposed to do? Just cancel it.
Honestly, this show has gone so downhill. Better kill it now rather than continue to watch the ratings go down.
Cancel. It was better in years prior but this season is just sad. No good writing whatsoever, and Callahan is so annoying.
Still one of the best shows on the miserable tube.
Please renew, this show is a great help in motivating how we see people
I still enjoy the show, but have been disappointed this year by the general lack of personal side stories for the established characters. Other than the episodes which explored “Morgan’s” relationship, there have been no updates for the other characters. I enjoyed seeing more “family member” appearances in the past.
please lovr this show it needs to be renewed. I also agree Jennifer love Hewitt dose not belong om this show .
Renew!!!
Please Renew! My favorite show.
I would like to see this series renewed — but without Jennifer Love Hewitt. She does not belong on this show. This season has been so disappointing that half the time I forget it’s on at 9:00 PM on Wednesdays. Previous seasons were much superior. This season, it feels as if all the actors are just going through the motions. That may be because they’re tired, but I think the presence of JLH has something to do with it.