CRIMINAL MINDS: THOMAS GIBSON & JOE MANTEGNA VISIT QUANTICO

Criminal Minds: Thomas Gibson, Aaron Hotchner on Criminal Minds, and Joe Mantegna, David Rossi on Criminal Minds, visited FBI Agent Jim Clemente, who has served with the elite BAU since 1998 and is an adviser for Criminal Minds, at Quantico today. Thomas told us in the chat room last night that this was his first trip to Quantico and he was looking forward to meeting the real BAU agents. I know we'd all like to pay tribute to these wonderful men and women who work so hard to keep us safe.

CRIMINAL MINDS RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 24, 2009

Criminal Minds Nielsen ratings for the week ending May 24, 2009. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

1. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 28.84 million viewers.
2. "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 23.82 million viewers.
3. "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 20.31 million viewers.
4. "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 19.17 million viewers.
5. "The Mentalist" CBS, 16.82 million viewers.
6. "NCIS," CBS, 16.51 million viewers.
7. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 16.18 million viewers.
8. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 14.2 million viewers.
9. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.99 million viewers.
10. "Rules of Engagement," CBS, 12.87 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS: THANK YOU THOMAS GIBSON

Criminal Minds: Thomas Gibson, Aaron Hotchner on Criminal Minds, was our guest this evening in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room. Thank you to Thomas and the wonderful Criminal Minds moderators for the wonderful chat. Thomas and Joe Mantegna will be visiting Quantico tomorrow and I know we are all looking forward to seeing pics of them there. During the chat Thomas mentioned that he enjoyed playing Beauchamp in the movie "Tales of the City." The picture above is of Thomas Gibson in that role. Thank you to Stacy for sending me the picture.

CRIMINAL MINDS: PAGET BREWSTER CHAT

Criminal Minds: Paget Brewster, Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room towards the middle or end of June. Date and time to be announced as we get closer to the date. Our last chat with Paget was fantastic and I know I am thrilled that she's accepted an invitation to visit with us again!

CRIMINAL MINDS: KIRSTEN VANGSNESS RADIO INTERVIEW

Criminal Minds: Mark your calendars! Kirsten Vangsness, Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds, has an upcoming radio interview:

PHILADELPHIA, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacqueline Foreman, host of the popular Internet radio talk show Your Mental Health Talk Radio will be interviewing Kirsten Vangsness on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT at www.blogtalkradio.com/yourmentalhealth.

CRIMINAL MINDS: THOMAS GIBSON CHAT ON TUESDAY

Criminal Minds: Thomas Gibson, Aaron Hotchner on Criminal Minds, will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room on Tuesday, May 26th at 8 pm est. Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

CRIMINAL MINDS MODERATOR LORI & MANDY PATINKIN

Criminal Minds: Lori, a moderator of the Criminal Minds Fanatic website, attended the Thirtieth Anniversary Grand Finale Weekend at the Reston (VA) Community Center featuring performances by Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody. The first night was Kathryn's show (Mandy sat directly behind Lori) and the second night was Mandy's show. Lori had two opportunities to invite Mandy to join us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room but she chickened out. lol. Kidding. Lori had a great time and that's all the matters!

CRIMINAL MINDS: SHEMAR MOORE DROPS IN ON "THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS"

Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, has some interesting plans for his hiatus:

Fresh off the season finale of Criminal Minds, Shemar Moore is looking to do something more than golfing this summer. He’ll be reprising his role as Malcolm on The Young and the Restless this summer.

Just why Malcolm is returning to the role that made him a superstar is not quite clear just yet, but rumours say that the visit will be short and sad. Last year, Moore revealed that former head writer Lynn Marie Latham refused to bring the popular character back, even when Olivia (who was Malcolm’s wife) was brought back to the canvas.

No airdate for Malcolm’s first appearance has been released.

http://www.tbtv.com/Soap-Story.aspx?cid=118276&cat=252

CRIMINAL MINDS SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 2009

Photo: Adam Taylor/ABC Studios ©2008 ABC Studios Television. All Rights Reserved.

Criminal Minds: Here is the CBS schedule for Criminal Minds reruns for June 2009.

6/3/09 - "Memoriam" written by Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie
6/10/09 - "Normal" written by Andrew Wilder
6/17/09 - "Soul Mates" written by Debra J. Fisher & Erica Messer
6/24/09 - "Bloodline" written by Mark Linehan Bruner

Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "TO HELL AND BACK" AKA GONNA BE A LONG SUMMER!

Criminal Minds screencaps for "To Hell and Back" starring Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness are courtesy of Keren. A summer full of debate and nail chewing courtesy of Ed Bernero. :)

CRIMINAL MINDS: ED BERNERO CHAT HIGHLIGHTS

Criminal Minds: Ed Bernero, Exec. Producer of Criminal Minds, joined us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room last night to discuss seasons four and five of Criminal Minds. Here are a few highlights from that chat:

Ed: I'm going to go on the blog and ask a couple of things you guys can answer over time. Sometime after the 1st I'll drop in and leave some questions.

Ed: Who do you want to know more about and we'll do it within the first five eps next season? Why don't you have a poll or something on the blog and Jill can send me the results and we'll work that out for you.

CRIMINAL MINDS: JOE MANTEGNA & MEMORIAL CONCERT

Criminal Minds: "The annual Memorial Day concert, co-hosted by Gary Sinise ("CSI NY") and Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds"), features a mix of dramatic readings, documentary footage and live musical performances, along with an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists" such as Katie Holmes and Colin L. Powell.
Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with PBS on Sunday, May 24, 2009, 8pm ET.

CRIMINAL MINDS QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Criminal Minds: Please do not use this thread to rant about what may have happened on Criminal Minds last night. Please stick to the question and post all other comments on the spoiler thread. The Criminal Minds question of the day is this: You write the first five minutes of the first episode of season five. What really happened when the screen turned to black. We're looking forward to reading what you think happened. :)

CRIMINAL MINDS OVERNIGHT RATINGS INFO:

Criminal Minds overnight ratings info for "To Hell and Back" parts one and two. Criminal Minds held its own against Idol and owned the second hour. Congrats Criminal Minds!

"Idol" improved to a 17.3/27 for FOX in the 9 p.m. hour, with CBS' "Criminal Minds" taking second with a 7.8/12. NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" repeat had a 3.0/5, beating the movies on both ABC and The CW.

CBS closed in first with a 9.4/16 for "Criminal Minds" in the 10 p.m. hour. NBC's "Law & Order" was second with a 4.7/8, leaving ABC's movie in third.

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-5-21-tv-ratings-american-idol-finale-trounces-wednesday-competition

Criminal Minds - Fake Confession

Criminal Minds video (Hotch interrogates the man who confessed to the multiple murders ) for "To Hell and Back" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness is courtesy of CBS.

Criminal Minds - Sadist

Criminal Minds video (The team gives the Detroit Police a profile of the suspect) for "To Hell and Back" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness is courtesy of CBS.

Criminal Minds - Not Going to End Well

Criminal Minds video (Reid believes the killer is autistic or mentally retarded in some way) for "To Hell and Back" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness is courtesy of CBS.

Criminal Minds - 100 Bodies

Criminal Minds video (The team finds a bin of bloody shoes) for "To Hell and Back" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness is courtesy of CBS.

Criminal Minds - Pig Farm Finale

Criminal Minds finale promo courtesy of CBS: Season Four finale is tonight. Enjoy it and remember we have the chat with Ed Bernero tomorrow evening. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness!

CRIMINAL MINDS: DIRECTOR JON CASSAR ANNOUNCED "NO WASHINGTON FIELD"

Criminal Minds: Director Jon Cassar announced on twitter today (posted below) that CBS didn't put "Washington Field" on the upcoming season's schedule. The "Washington Field" pilot was written and produced by Criminal Minds' Co-Exec Producer Ed Bernero and I know we were all really looking forward to watching it.

joncassar: It's official - no mention of my pilot Washington Field on the CBS schedule - too bad - lots of people put in some hard work on it

CRIMINAL MINDS & CBS SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SEASON

Photos: Vivian Zink/ABC Studios ©2009 ABC Studios.

Criminal Minds: Here is the CBS schedule for next season. Criminal Minds will continue to air on Wednesday nights. Our new competition will be Law & Order: SVU.

Monday
8 p.m. How I met Your Mother
8:30 p.m. ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE
9 p.m Two and a Half Men
9:30 p.m. The Big Bang Theory
10 p.m. CSI: Miami

Tuesday
8 p.m. NCIS
9 p.m. NCIS: LOS ANGELES
10 p.m. THE GOOD WIFE

Wednesday
8 p.m. The New Adventures of Old Christine
8:30 p.m. Gary Unmarried
9 p.m. Criminal Minds
10 p.m. CSI: NY

Thursday
8 p.m. Survivor
9 p.m. CSI
10 p.m. The Mentalist

Friday
8 p.m. Ghost Whisperer
9 p.m. MEDIUM
10 p.m. Numbers

Saturday
8 p.m. Crime drama repeat
9 p.m. Crime drama repeat
10 p.m. 48 Hour Mystery

Sunday
7 p.m. 60 Minutes
8 p.m. The Amazing Race
9 p.m. THREE RIVERS
10 p.m. Cold Case

CRIMINAL MINDS: ED BERNERO COMES TO DISCUSS SEASON FOUR

Criminal Minds: Executive Producer Edward Allen Bernero will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room on Thursday, May 21st at 10pm est to discuss the forth season of Criminal Minds. Please email the Criminal Minds moderators (cmfchat@gmail.com) for the password.

Criminal Minds: "To Hell...And Back" - The BAU (from left) Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Paget Brewster, and Thomas Gibson) tracks a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril, on the two-hour, fourth season finale event of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 20 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

CRIMINAL MINDS: BRACE YOURSELF FOR "TO HELL & BACK"

Photo: Vivian Zink/ABC Studios ©2009 ABC Studios.

Criminal Minds season finale: "To Hell...And Back" - Agent Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Agent Jareau (A.J. Cook) and the BAU track a serial killer who chooses junkies, prostitutes and the homeless off the streets of Detroit as his victims and takes them across the border into Canada, and an agent's life is in peril, on the two-hour, fourth season finale event of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 20 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

CRIMINAL MINDS NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 2009

Criminal Minds: Nielsen ratings for the week ending May 17, 2009. Criminal Minds held up well against the reality shows. Great job Criminal Minds!

1. (1) "American Idol" (Wed), Fox, 24.67 million viewers.
2. (2) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 22.71 million viewers.
3. (3) "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 18.55 million viewers.
4. (15) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 16.53 million viewers.
5. (7) "The Mentalist," CBS, 16.21 million viewers.
6. (5) "NCIS," CBS, 16.20 million viewers.
7. (4) "CSI: Crime Scene Invest," CBS, 14.81 million viewers.
8. (8) "Dancing w. the Stars Results," ABC, 14.06 million viewers.
9. (9) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 13.96 million viewers.
10. (13) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 13.59 million viewers.
11. (17) "Without a Trace," CBS, 13.4 million viewers.
12. (12) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.37 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS FRIENDS MEET TO DISCUSS THE SHOW

Criminal Minds: A small group of devoted Criminal Minds fans got together in Europe this past week. Sonja was kind enough to send us a recap----

While chatting a bit Blümchen and I were talking a bit about meeting and all that, not long later, about two months ago Sindee send Blümchen and me a message about the idea to have a tiny Criminal Minds Fanatic meet. We both responded with: OK! Then Nate and morti_addams joined the group but morti_addams lives pretty far away and it would have been too much to just hang out for a day so we’ll meet a bit longer later on this year! Yippy!

Which makes me jump to a conclusion. The Criminal Minds Fanatic blog is awesome. To many it might just be a blog about a show on tv where you can get an additional fix of Criminal Minds besides watching. For me its also borderless and ageless friendship!

Not much later Nate suggested a location that was pretty much central to each of us. CentrO; Oberhausen, Germany. It’s a big shopping mall with a park and restaurants/cafés. And as we’re all females… No need for any explanation there!

So after being really excited and post that on online social networks, the message board, chatting about it on Skype… the day had finally arrived. It was May 16th and early in the morning I got into my car for a 2h30 drive. Yeah, indeed it takes THAT “long” to drive across the Netherlands from west to east and we have a speed limit! Germany doesn’t on most part of the highways; I love that country! And to think off the fact that to my knowledge it has the least fatal car crashes in the world!

I’m sure everyone was nervous and excited after arriving in Oberhausen but eager to find one of the three Starbucks cafés! Nervous because you never know, maybe one of us would be an unsub!

Nate was the first to arrive! She ordered some coffee when I walked in and Sindee and Blümchen followed quickly! We all had drinks and Blümchen surprised us with a small gift for each of us. We had so much fun opening them! They had this string on them with a knot which you needed some skill for to get it untied! So now we had this urge to see which one could open it first! There were some awesome small things inside the package! Thanks (again)! It contained tea which upon a point made the conversation how Nate’s hubby doesn’t know her as a person if she hadn’t had coffee yet! So next time we meet I know what to get you! Something the ladies don’t know yet: I had some Dutch cookies with me but when I got home they were still in my backpack! They did got a taste of my Dutch waffles (eierkoeken). We talked, talked, talked, talked and talked… German/Dutch with hands and feet or English, it went just fine. About the stunning weather as the day before was really bad, our road trips that took us to Oberhausen and d’oh; CM and anything related to it… Which took most of the day! Oh wait weren’t we at a giant shopping mall?

Lets just do some shopping then! After a rather quick walk through and buying some stuff here and there we ended up at some restaurants… good! Now we can talk some more!! Enjoying our Italian dish and as all other three wonderful ladies have been to the USA and I really hope to go there one day we pretty much talked about the USA and travel altogether! We hadn’t noticed time and it was getting late while we had just arrived, or hadn’t we?! So we still shopped a bit more and after that it really was time to say our goodbyes, give each other some hugs again and make some photos to show off at home or most importantly something to look back at. Although I don’t need any photo for that! I do want to add that Sindee should not pinch Blümchen when we take photos…

Everybody is home safe now and I don’t think any of us is an unsub! All three ladies are just awesome, nice and great to spend time with! We had so much fun! It’s been really cool to meet some of the real persons behind the nicknames. It was such a great experience!

Much love, HUGS and tschüß/doei/bye/á bientôt/ciao/adiós!

- BlueCurl (Sonja)

CRIMINAL MINDS STAR A.J. COOK & HUSBAND NATHAN

Criminal Minds: Thank you to Angela Cook for allowing us to post this great picture of her sister A.J. Cook (JJ on Criminal Minds) and her husband Nathan. I'm looking forward to seeing A.J. in the fourth season finale of Criminal Minds this Wednesday.

Thanks Angela! angelacookphotography.com

CRIMINAL MINDS REBROADCAST OF "THE INSTINCTS" WRITTEN BY CHRIS MUNDY

Criminal Minds rebroadcast of "The Instincts" written by Chris Mundy and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

"The Instincts" - While investigating the kidnapping of a young boy in Las Vegas, Dr. Reid begins to have dreams that may help reveal some buried memories from his childhood, on a rebroadcast of CRIMINAL MINDS, at a special time, Wednesday, May 27 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Jane Lynch ("Two and a Half Men") guest stars as Dr. Reid's mother, Diana Reid. (Originally broadcast 11/5/08)

CRIMINAL MINDS MUSIC QUESTION:

Criminal Minds: Do you have any song suggestions for the fifth season of Criminal Minds? What songs/groups would you like to hear next season on Criminal Minds?

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "AMPLIFICATION"

Criminal Minds screencaps for "Amplification" are courtesy of Keren. In the first screencap Kirsten is using a pen given to her by Criminal Minds moderator Bri. Criminal Minds "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and directed by John Gallagher. Great episode!

Criminal Minds - Mother's Love

Criminal Minds video clip from "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness is courtesy of CBS.

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "AMPLIFICATION"

Criminal Minds spoiler thread for "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

** Beware of spoilers in the comments **

** Quotes and song info will be posted after the episode airs in a separate post**

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTES & SONG INFO FOR "AMPLIFICATION"

Criminal Minds quotes and song info for "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness:

Opening quote:
"It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.” -- Exodus 9:9

Closing quote:
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.” -- Helen Keller.

There is no published song in this episode.

Criminal Minds - Loved Ones

Criminal Minds clip from "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness is courtesy of CBS.

CRIMINAL MINDS QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Criminal Minds question of the day: What is your favorite Aaron Hotchner, portrayed by Thomas Gibson, scene, line or moment so far on Criminal Minds. Four great seasons of Criminal Minds to pick from. I'm looking forward to seeing what all the Hotch fans pick. :)

CRIMINAL MINDS: NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 10, 2009

Criminal Minds: Great Nielsen rating for the week ending May 10, 2009. Criminal Minds stays in the top ten! Great job Criminal Minds!

1. "American Idol" (Wed), Fox, 23.57 million viewers.
2. "American Idol" (Tues), Fox, 23.41 million viewers.
3. "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 20.28 million viewers.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 16.72 million viewers.
5. "The Mentalist," CBS, 16.68 million viewers.
6. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 15.55 million viewers.
7. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 14.91 million viewers.
8. "Dancing with the Stars Results," ABC, 14.56 million viewers.
9. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.17 million viewers.
10. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 14.13 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS: SHEMAR MOORE ATTENDED BENEFIT WITH HIS MOM

"Criminal Minds" star Shemar Moore and mother, Marilyn Wilson-Moore, attended the 16th Annual Race to Erase MS and it was a smashing success, raising $2 million dollars for the foundation by night's end.

Michelle Branch and aging rockers The Eagles performed while guests drooled over a sexy Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder--the first in the U.S., which was auctioned off at the event for $270,000--wined, dined (Oreo ice cream-filled chocolate guitars for dessert! Adorable!), and schmoozed.

http://www.la.com/celebrity-gossip/ci_12344621

CRIMINAL MINDS: JOE MANTEGNA & MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT

Criminal Minds: Joe Mantegna, David Rossi on Criminal Minds, will again be participating in the "The National Memorial Day Concert" for PBS scheduled for (9 p.m. Sunday, May 24) is his 20th. Attendees include: musicians from pop (Katharine McPhee), country (Trace Adkins), classical (Denyce Graves, Ling Ling, Robert McDuffie) and Broadway (Brian Stokes Mitchell, Wilkinson). It will also have readings from Katie Holmes, Colin Powell, Laurence Fishburne, Joe Mantegna, Gary Senise and Dianne Wiest.

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20090509/OSH0503/90508202

CRIMINAL MINDS: CBS PRESS RELEASE FOR "AMPLIFICATION"

Criminal Minds: CBS press release for "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vansgness.

"Amplification" — When a new type of chemical warfare is released into the open air, the BAU must act quickly to find the source before any more innocent people are exposed, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

GUEST CAST:
Dr. Linda Kimura...................... Tamlyn Tomita
General Lee Whitworth, MD........... Dan Lauria
Chad Brown...................... David Dean Bottrell
Dr. Nichols........................... Miles Anderson
Jason...................................... Samuel Child
Melinda................................... Traci Belushi
Abby................................... Elizabeth Maxwell
Ethan...................................... Eric Brandon
DOD Man............................... Chuck Madden
Jack Summers................................ Joe Holt
Senator Baylor............... Donald Sage Mackay
Russ Daniels.............................. Joe Howard
Trudy................................... Penny L. Moore
Commuter #1........................... Leslie Thurston
Commuter #2..................... Douglas Sutherland

WRITTEN BY: Oanh Ly
DIRECTED BY: John Gallagher

CRIMINAL MINDS BLOG NOTES:

Criminal Minds: Happy Mothers Day! The Criminal Minds Fanatic website will be hosting an episode chat on Wed. May 13th at 10pm est to discuss "Amplification" written by Oanh Ly and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness, all pictured above in a Criminal Minds wallpaper created by Lanna! Please email one of the moderators for the chat room password.

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "ROADKILL"

Criminal Minds screencaps for "Roadkill" written by Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin and starring Joe Mangegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness are courtesy of Keren.

CRIMINAL MINDS: THE HUMAN COOKIE!

Criminal Minds: Jay Beattie, pictured above in a screencap from "Roadkill", co-wrote "Roadkill" with his writing partner Dan Dworkin, and had a cameo role in the episode making him a human "cookie." Criminal Minds screencaps courtesy of Keren.

Jay Beattie: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064157/

CRIMINAL MINDS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LORI Q!

Criminal Minds: Happy Birthday to Criminal Minds moderator and our adopted writer Lori Q. She is officially old today. Lori Q is pictured above sitting at the BAU round table. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

CRIMINAL MINDS: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO SIMON MIRREN!

Criminal Minds: Simon Mirren, writer and Co-Exec. Producer of Criminal Minds, celebrated his birthday on May 5th. The moderators of the Criminal Minds Fanatic website and blog would like to wish Simon a very happy belated birthday! On Simon's right is Kris Campbell, our adopted Criminal Minds actor!

CRIMINAL MINDS HELPS CBS SCORE!

Criminal Minds: CBS press release: CBS PLACES FIRST IN VIEWERS FOR THE 9TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK! Congrats to Criminal Minds and CBS!

CBS had eight of the top 10 scripted series-THE MENTALIST (the No. 1 scripted program of the week), NCIS, CSI, TWO AND A HALF MEN, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: NY, COLD CASE and WITHOUT A TRACE. Meanwhile, part one of the COLD CASE finale which featured music exclusively by Pearl Jam, saw its week-to-week ratings increase by +18% in both viewers and adults 25-54 and +38% in adults 18-49.

CRIMINAL MINDS THURSDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (10:01-11:00PM) was first in viewers (10.23m), tied for first in households (6.7/11, with ABC), second in both adults 25-54 (3.3/09) and adults 18-49 (2.3/07).

CBS top programs of the week: #4 THE MENTALIST (an average of 17.11m viewers), #5 NCIS (16.70m), #6 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (15.54m), #8 TWO AND A HALF MEN (14.16m), #10 CRIMINAL MINDS (13.61m), #12 CSI: NY (12.50m), #13 COLD CASE (12.46m), #14 60 MINUTES (12.31m), #15 WITHOUT A TRACE (12.21m), #16 CSI: MIAMI (12.12m), #17 SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS (11.73m), #19 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (11.30m), #20 THE AMAZING RACE 14 (10.84m), #23 CRIMINAL MINDS THURSDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (10.23m), #24 THE UNIT (9.97m), #25 GHOST WHISPERER (9.79m), #27 NUMB3RS (9.70m) and #28 FLASHPOINT (9.66m).

CRIMINAL MINDS RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 3, 2009

Criminal Minds ratings for the week ending May 3, 2009. Criminal Minds remained in the top ten! Great job Criminal Minds!! The weekly Nielsen ratings were released late due to a computer glitch with the Nielsen company.

1. "American Idol" (Tues), Fox, 23.26 million viewers.
2. "American Idol" (Wed), Fox, 22.37 million viewers.
3. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 19.29 million viewers.
4. "The Mentalist," CBS, 17.11 million viewers.
5. "NCIS," CBS, 16.70 million viewers.
6. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 15.54 million viewers.
7. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 14.72 million viewers.
8. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.16 million viewers.
9. "Grey's Anatomy" (Thursday, 9 p.m.), ABC, 14.12 million viewers.
10. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.61 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "ROADKILL"

Criminal Minds spoiler thread for "Roadkill" written by Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore (pictured above with guest star Caitlin Carmichael), A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

**Beware! The comments will contain spoilers. **

*** Quote and song info will post immediately after the episode airs. ***

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTE & SONG INFO FOR "ROADKILL"

Criminal Minds quote and song info for "Roadkill" written by Jay Beattie & Dan Dworkin and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness:

Quotes:

“I'm not sure about automobiles. With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization.” -- Booth Tarkington

“The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.” -- Mahatma Ghandi

The song featured throughout the episode: 'I'm Alive' by Johnny Thunder (released in 1968)

CRIMINAL MINDS: JAY BEATTIE CAMEO

Criminal Minds: Jay Beattie, co-writer of "Roadkill", has a cameo in the episode. So keep your eyes open and make sure you catch Jay! A Criminal Minds writer actually in the episode is like.....a human cookie!

** Also, Jay is going to try to drop in and chat with us if he can break away for a few minutes. He has a three week old newborn setting his schedule these days. Congrats again to the Beattie's on their new bundle and to their daughter on becoming a big sister

CRIMINAL MINDS EPISODE CHAT FOR "ROADKILL"

Criminal Minds: The Criminal Minds Conversation Yahoo group and the Criminal Minds Fanatic website will be holding an episode chat on Wed. May 6th at 10pm est to discuss "Roadkill" written by Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie. The chat room password will be changed to criminal minds on Wed. Anyone who wishes to attend is welcome except for Susan in Michigan whose isp has been blocked. See everyone after the episode!

A SERIES OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDES ALONG A DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD IN BEND, OREGON MAY BE THE WORK OF A SERIAL KILLER, ON "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th.

CRIMINAL MINDS CASTING SUGGESTIONS FOR SEASON FIVE

Criminal Minds: I think April Webster, Scott David and Erica Silverman, pictured with Scott in the production office of Criminal Minds, did their best job ever casting for the show this season. I have some suggestions of guest stars I would like to see on Criminal Minds in season five. Josh Malina, Justine Bateman, to name a few. What are your suggestions?

Criminal Minds - Hit & Run Killer (Roadkill)

Criminal Minds promo for "Roadkill" courtesy of CBS written by Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

A SERIES OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDES ALONG A DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD IN BEND, OREGON MAY BE THE WORK OF A SERIAL KILLER, ON "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th.

"Roadkill" - An unsub who kills with his car is the subject of a BAU investigation, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 6 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT)

CRIMINAL MINDS: FLEA BAG ROCKS HARD!

Criminal Minds: Rick Young aka Flea Bag is the Criminal Minds set dresser. Besides doing a fantastic job on set, Flea Bag is one of the nicest, funniest and most fascinating people working on Criminal Minds. Bri in Canada twittered that when she saw Flea Bag on tv in "The Big Wheel" she yelled "Flea Bag" at her tv set. What a great cookie it was to see them put Rick in the episode. Thanks to Simon Mirren and Ed Bernero for baking us a Flea Bag cookie!

Flea Bag: You rock hard!

CRIMINAL MINDS: FIRST KIRSTEN - GARCIA PEN SPOTTED.

Criminal Minds: Kirsten Vangsness, Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds, used one of the pens sent to her from fans across the world and delivered a few months ago by the Criminal Minds Fanatic moderators in LA. We now have our first COOKIE pen! Thanks Kirsten. We love ya!