As fans know, Thomas Gibson was fired from Criminal Minds after filming a few season 12 episodes and Shemar Moore left in season 11. Meanwhile, Paget Brewster is returning, Aisha Tyler has become a series regular, and Adam Rodriguez has joined the cast. That’s a lot of upheaval in a short amount of time for this venerable CBS TV series. How will it do in the ratings in season 12? Could it be cancelled? Will there be a 13th season? 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, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster.
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.
4/7 update: Criminal Minds has been renewed for season 13 on CBS. Details here.
5/11 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The 11th season of Criminal Minds averaged a 1.79 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.01 million total viewers (live + same day ratings).
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 renewed for season 13 on CBS?
Yes bring Hotchner back please no hitchnowatch
Love this show
They are family. Sick and twisted. Love this show. Keep it going
Please don’t cancel minds my family loves the. Show.but don’t take off the ones that are on their now.
I love love love the show. My daughter and I have watched it all over the world and it is one of the things in our lives we count on to be constant. We weren’t big fans of Steven Walker the character I have to admit. We really miss Hotch love the newby Luke and our hearts will always remain with Spencer and Penelope. This is the first ever comment I have made which alone speaks volumes for how we feel about this show. Please save it for as long as you can.
I love the show trying to find season 11-13 not paying anything extra already pay too much for dish!
I tried watching season 12. It is garbage.
I’m now watching season 12 on Netflix. This will be my last season watching. I’m not watching episodes without Hotch. I will still watch re runs. I hate the new changes.
I really hope this show gets cancelled. I look for news about it everyday. The love of my life watches this show to no end.
It’s terrible. Bad acting, bad writing. Of course they catch the bad guys eventually. They even named a character Printess in an attempt to muddle the fact that there is no premise.
Season 13 YES please. Watch the show since it started and love it its one of my favorite shows. I do miss Hotch and Morgan but at the same time I’m okay with them not being in the show. I’m happy either way.
It is disastrous what they have done with bad season 12 from start to finish, horrible Paget she should never have returned and less when she despised the series years ago was never good, and please if not return THOMAS GIBSON GO LIKE THE TITANIC DIRECT TO HUNDRED many We continue seeing it with the hope that HOCTH returns if he is a true LEADER AND BOSS the rest are leftovers. I do not understand how he has not returned as they continue to be deaf to our request of we want HOCTH BACK WITH HIM THE MAGIC AND THE… Read more »
Love criminal minds, the changes make it more real. Things change, workpartners included. Bring another season on!
Please ReNEW❤ I love this show. I look forward to watching it every time it comes On!