Paramount+ Cancels ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ — SkimNews
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- Paramount+ canceled “Criminal Minds: Evolution,” which will end with its 20th season on Friday; Season 20 is scheduled to air in 2027.
- A.J. Cook, who has played Jennifer Jareau since the 2005 debut, marked the cancellation with a Halloween tombstone photo captioned “Rest in peace JJ (for now) #criminalminds #halloween #stillprocessing.”
- Paget Brewster, who has played FBI supervisory special agent Emily Prentiss since Season 2, shared a black-and-white photo captioned “Free Agent.”
- RJ Hatanaka shared a cast photo captioned “Just the finest group of people”; he joined as FBI agent Tyler Green in Season 16.
- Kirsten Vangsness said the cancellation notice describes the ending as “for now,” called the 20-season run bittersweet and said boss Erica Messer believes there are many more stories to tell.
- Criminal Minds: Evolution was revived for Season 16 in 2022 after the original “Criminal Minds” was renewed for a 15th and final CBS season in January 2019.
Why it matters: Paramount+ is losing a procedural franchise that began as CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and was revived for “Evolution” in 2022, with the planned 20-season run ending in 2027. Brewster marked the change with a “Free Agent” post, while Vangsness framed it as “for now” and said many more stories remain.
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