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?
Do not cancel. Get Hotch back. And DERREK.
DO NOT CANCEL CRIMINAL MINDS. GET BACK HOTCH AND EVEN DERREK. GET RID OF THE NEW GIRL.
DO NOT CANCEL CRIMINAL MINDS. GET HOTCH AND DERREK BACK. AT LEAST HOTCH. EITHER WAY DO NOT CANCE. VERY STUPID TO FIRE HOTCH ABD ADD SO MANY NEW.
The show has lost its way. While the strongest characters are now gone, the replacements just don’t cut it. I’ve never liked Prentiss, so bringing her back didn’t do anything for me. I don’t mind Alvez, although Garcia’s treatment of him is getting quite old and stale. but wow…Walker is just a bore fest. That actor’s performance is just DEAD…brings nothing to the show. The stories have gotten really weird, but then again, after 11+ seasons, how many psychopathic characters can you come up with? Now that the current team just doesn’t gel and that the stories are getting more… Read more »
I just started watching the show and I love it
I’ve been studying Criminal Psych for many, many years. Criminal Minds was a dream come true of a show. Never missed it, my children and I watched religiously, and even the reruns repeatedly. I felt it stumbling for a few years with the rearranging cast, and couldn’t tell you how disappointed i was at Jennifer Love Hewitts performance, and was so glad to see her go. Ive always liked her, but she was downright TERRIBLE. But since losing Shemar Moore, it’s just worsened, and worsened. I was never a fan of Thomas Gibson, so I didn’t even care when he… Read more »
I agree with Vincent D’onofrio. I thought he’d be a great add on for criminal minds. He’s a favorite of mine, but I miss Thomas Gibson very much. What was done to him was sleazy. Very sleazy.
I have read all these comments about how wonderful this show still is and how so many fans are begging for a new season because they don’t want to say goodbye to the show or to Spencer Reid and I am torn between laughing and wanting to scream. I have been told to give the show a chance, that it is still worth watching even without Hotch, as long as Reid is still there. Yet I have also read tons of remarks from “Reid” fans saying they would leave the show if he did. Why is that different than we… Read more »
Reid would never have posted a comment with such poor grammar
Reid wouldn’t have posted anything, period, if he was real. He always avoided all things technological, unless it involved work. Remember him telling that witness that he didn’t have e-mail in the episode where the team was chasing a serial killer making snuff films of murders he was committing and then sharing them over the internet . And I re-read the above commit, and I made one grammar error in it. I wrote “is” instead of “in” in the second to last sentence. I am sure you have made similar errors when writing something when you are angry or upset.… Read more »
I feel CM has run its cambot. Too many cast changes. Stephen is a horrible actor. Tyler doesn’t fit. It was bad losing Moore and even worse losing Gibson. The cases are very disappointing. The only newer agent that ever fit was Tripplehorn and she was only there one season. Permitss doesn’t work as the leader of the team. Time to put the show to rest! RIP CM!!
Yes they should continue the Criminal Minds series even though they lost their most important actors I still enjoy watching a great criminal show and they still have fantastic intense episodes. There is way to much reality TV… they should get rid of instead.
Please renew with Hotch,Morgan,and Reid all back to normal,I’ve watch from day 1,I love this show but want my favorite guys back.
I love the new dynamic of the team. Newbie is a perfect character add on since Hotch left. I want to see how his and Penelope’s relationship unfolds. It sucks watching people leave the show, but that’s the name of the game. I know many soap operas that have been going for decades and there has been a lot of character change. The audience needs to be as flexible as the actors lives. Give the new people a shot!! I hope season 13 is in the making!!!
Never in a million years. I watched the show, ONLY, to see Aaron “Hotch” Hotchner. #NOHOTCHNOWATCH!
I am so looking forward to season 13 so please don’t cancel. No matter what anyone says about losing certain actors, it happens but the show must go on and it has. There’s only a couple shows that I record weekly and Criminal Minds is by far my favorite.
This WAS the only show I watched, period. It WAS the best show on TV. Now, it’s just another glorified police drama, and if I wanted to watch cops taking down criminals, I’d watch COPS. I watch nothing on TV now, least of all this crappy show. It is no longer worth my time, as from everything I’ve heard and read, the show has no heart and no soul now. And in my opinion, that IS because Hotch is no longer there. They need to put this show out of its misery if they are not going to bring him… Read more »
I don’t know what to think anymore about this series and I’ve been watching since Season 1. In general it’s been pretty painful, the plots and especially the writing has been terrible I think. No this has nothing to do with the main character Hotch getting the boot. Reid getting locked up, that side storyline is just getting very old. I read that Shemar Moore (Derek) will be back for the season finale, at this point it feels too little too late. I also see the ongoing never-ending rumors that Matthew Gray Gubler and/or Kirsten Vangsness are leaving after this… Read more »
Please renew the show for a 13th season. Although criminal minds fan favourite character’s have left the show….(Derek, Hotch), we did get Emily Prentiss back, which was great because she was missed. However for the character’s that left we needed to see stronger story lines, and I personally think that was achieved. As gut wrenching as it is to see Spence (Spencer Reid) behind bars, it keeps the audience in suspence and continue watching. For the viewers who don’t like the fact that Reid is behind bars, know that the producers are going to write the show the BAU will… Read more »
Renew!!!!