Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Criminal Minds: Long-running CBS show to end after season 15

The crime procedural's final run will last for 10 episodes

Jacob Stolworthy
Friday 11 January 2019 09:27 GMT
Comments
Kate s Past Comes To Light In Criminal Minds Sneak Peek

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Long-running US series Criminal Minds is coming to an end.

CBS’s crime procedural will finish after a newly-confirmed 15th season, which will be shot back-to-back with the season 14 episodes currently in production, Variety has confirmed.

The final season will run for 10 episodes bringing its overall tally to 325, officially making it one of the longest-running shows in television history.

Criminal Minds – which was created by Jess Davis – follows a group of FBI Agents who attempt to catch criminals through behavioural profiling. Its cast includes Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Matthew Gray Gubler and Aisha Tyler.

The show found itself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons in 2016 when actor Thomas Gibson, who played FBI Special Agent Aaron Hotchner, was fired from the show after a physical altercation with one of its producers.

Most recently, Variety reported that Greg St Johns – the series’s director of photography – faced multiple accusations of sexual misconduct from fellow crew members.

Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in