Like many of the other long-running procedural dramas on CBS, the ratings for Criminal Minds keep slowly sinking each season. Will this be the year that the show is cancelled or will it be renewed for a 12th season instead? Stay tuned.
Criminal Minds continues to follow the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) out of Quantico, Virginia. This season’s cast is Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, and Thomas Gibson.
The higher a show’s ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better its chances for survival. New ratings data will be added as it becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/6 update: CBS has renewed Criminal Minds for a 12th season. Details here.
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Last year comparison: The 10th season of Criminal Minds averaged a 2.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 10.31 million total viewers.
Note: These are the final national numbers (unless noted with an “*”). These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you still like the Criminal Minds TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a 12th season?
Criminal mind also is one of the best running shoes I love all the actors and actresses that are been on the show and that are still on the show you must renew it for season 12 please don’t let your fan down don’t let me down because I am one of my whole family there’s 12 of us and we love watching that every Wednesday night and their friends love it I don’t know anybody that doesn’t love watching it so please renew it for a season 12 CBS don’t be foolish and not renew it just renew it… Read more »
Criminal mind has been one of the best running series that watch for the last 11 years I love the show my whole family loves to show my kids love the show CBS you have the renewal for another season 12 please don’t let the fans down just renewing for another season and more we love the show we love all the actors and actresses I love to see who comes back in to take over for Jennifer Love Hewitt hopefully she comes back after having the baby but she wanted to be off work here so renew it and… Read more »
Matthew Gray Gubler is the BEST.
No one cares about Shame Old Moron, Morgan.
Always fans’ favorite Matthew and Reid.
Secondly Hotch aka Gibson.
NEVER Shame old Ew Moron.
Moron’s fans are NOISY MINORITY and we’ll be happy if he
and his fans leave.
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only someone without a brain and any intelligence would come on this site and make childish remarks about this fabulous show.If I spotted you the C and the A,could you spell cat??
Criminal Minds is the best show on Wednesday night it needs to have another actor or actress in place of the one that you have substituting well Jennifer Love Hewitt is out having her baby she needs to come back as soon as possible and you will see as the whole team is back together working in the be number one in the viewers will go right through the ceiling please don’t even think of canceling it it’s the best show that I love watching every Wednesday night.
Criminal minds is the best show that is
on Wednesday night I can’t imagine if
show was not on the air
Criminal Minds the best show that CBS has on the air I cannot wait for season 12 I look forward to watching it every Wednesday night and all my friends do I just can’t imagine it not being on the air so why don’t you surprise everybody and just renew it for another year and let’s see maybe jennifer Love Hewitt come back after being off a year of raising her baby I think it’ll be great for the show.
I do like criminal minds as long
they have the cast
Criminal Minds is the best show there is
so it would crazy if you did not renew the
show for a the season.
They better not even consider canceling CRIMINAL MINDS!! That is my #1 Favorite show. It has everything that you need for a long running show: 1.) Great actors/characters who interact, perfection 2.) Action, suspense, drama, keeps you on the edge of your seat, 3.) My favorite is trying to get into the mind of someone like that. That has always intrigued me. 4.) SHEMAR MOORE, need I say more!! Please keep CRIMINAL MINDS on for at least 5-6 years or longer! I will definitely be watching!!
CBS doesn’t have much to watch anymore. ABC is quickly gaining on them. They gave up CSI for CSI Cyber, which is so tiresome to watch, I gave up on it. I don’t have to mention canceling Stalker. A few years back I only watched CBS. Now I rarely watch it. I watched some ABC and no NBC. Now I watch both ABC and NBC and very little CBS. If they think Survivor is the answer, they are sadly mistaken. If Criminal Minds is canceled, they will have eliminated the last of the shows I watch on their network.
All I can say is PLEASE don’t cancel Criminal Minds…. Love the show!
I read an article stating that the Nielson Ratings are not really valid because viewers watch shows on other devices which are not logged in the black boxes. So please consider this when making a decision on cancelling good shows.
So the viewership has dropped to almost ten million (10,000,000) wow some other shows would be love that number … I think CM will do fine for a few more years … as long as the writers keep it interesting … my opinion, thanks . By the way I LOVE THIS (Criminal Minds) SHOW !!!
They have to give it a chance to recover from the disastrous casting of JLH !!! Every week I read hate mail begging the writers to remove her off the show. Lets see if it can regain its followers but isn’t going to be after just one episode. Lets see what the ratings are in 3 weeks if the viewership improves ?
One of the best shows on tv please don’t cancel
Criminal Minds is the best show on Wednesday night I can’t even imagine it not being on air CBS would be crazy not to renew it for another season my whole family and I love the show and everybody that I know loves to show and watches that so please renew it again for another season