CRIMINAL MINDS: CBS RATINGS PRESS RELEASE

Criminal Minds: Here is an excerpt from CBS' ratings press release for last week. Criminal Minds did very well considering it was a rerun. Great job Criminal Minds.

CBS top programs of the week: #2 NCIS (R) (an average of 11.09m viewers), #4 THE MENTALIST TUESDAY (R) (9.15m), #5 60 MINUTES (R) (8.79m), #6 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (R) (8.74m), #7 TWO AND A HALF MEN (R) (8.69m), #9 CSI: MIAMI (R) (8.01m), #12 CRIMINAL MINDS (R) (7.56m), #13 CBS NEWS: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MICHAEL JACKSON (S) (7.47m), #14 CSI: NY (R) (7.43m), #15 THE BIG BANG THEORY (R) (7.23m), #17 48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY (R) (6.96m), #21 COLD CASE (R) (6.42m), #22 THE MENTALIST 6/25 SPECIAL (R) (S) (6.41m), #23 MILLION DOLLAR PASSWORD (R) (6.33m), #27 WITHOUT A TRACE (P) (R) (5.47m) and #30 NUMB3RS (R) (5.20m).

CRIMINAL MINDS: DAN DWORKIN HAS A NEW PROJECT

Criminal Minds: Dan Dworkin, pictured with Jay Beattie in the Criminal Minds writers' room, sent us an email with a link to a project he is working on. Check it out. Dan and his partner Jay Beattie will be writing one episode of Criminal Minds this coming season. Dan's note:

Hello all -

My web series 'action auto' is now live at:

http://actionautotv.com/

check out the episodes, outtakes, and bonus footage. you will laugh...

thanks - Dan

CRIMINAL MINDS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALI

Criminal Minds: Happy Birthday to Criminal Minds Fanatic website moderator Vali. Vali just completed a big move across country and is busy settling into her home. We all wish her well and look forward to seeing her in the big Criminal Minds chat with Joe Mantegna. :)

CRIMINAL MINDS: MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER AT PREMIERE

Criminal Minds: Matthew Gray Gubler, Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds, attended the premiere of (500) Days Of Summer on June 24th. Poor Matthew is on crutches. :)

CRIMINAL MINDS: SEASON FIVE

Criminal Minds: The 5th season of Criminal Minds will premiere on Sept. 23rd starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness. (poster by Mira)

CRIMINAL MINDS: KIRSTEN VANGSNESS AT THEATRE OF NOTE

Criminal Minds: Catch Kirsten Vangsness, Penelope Garcia on Criminal Minds, in Kill Me Deadly at Theatre of Note running June 26th thru August 1st.

Hollywood, 1948. Hard-boiled P.I. Charlie Nickels is hot on the trail of a diamond thief. To crack the case, Charlie will have to take on the LAPD, the criminal underworld and angry hobos. But his resolve will be tested when he faces off against the most dangerous rival of them all…Mona Livingston. “Why fall in love with a broad you can trust? That’s like reading a book you already know the ending to.”

http://www.sbvtalent.com/blog/?p=265

CRIMINAL MINDS RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 21, 2009

Criminal Minds continues to score well in the Nielsen ratings. A rerun of Criminal Minds beats a first run airing of anything! Great job Criminal Minds!

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for June 15-21.

1. "NCIS," CBS, 10.39 million viewers.
2. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 10.19 million viewers.
3. "The Mentalist," CBS, 10.12 million viewers.
4. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 9.72 million viewers.
5. "The Mentalist," CBS, 8.97 million viewers.
6. "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wed), Fox, 8.48 million viewers.
7. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 8.42 million viewers.
8. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.31 million viewers.
9. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 8.25 million viewers.
10. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 8.04 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS: WHO WOULD BE THE SOLE SURVIVOR?

Criminal Minds: "Survivor" is a CBS reality show that dumps a group of people on an island or some other harsh environment and they compete against each other to see who will be the sole survivor. Outwit, outplay, outlast. Which Criminal Minds character would win if they were contestants on "Survivor" and why?

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTES & SONG INFO FOR "BLOODLINE"

Criminal Minds quotes and song info for "Bloodline" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness and guest star Meta Golding.

Quotes:
"There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society, are created, strengthened and maintained." - Winston Churchill

"The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other." - Mario Puzo

Songs: None

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "BLOODLINE"

Criminal Minds screencaps for "Bloodline" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness and guest star Meta Golding are courtesy of Keren.

CRIMINAL MINDS: 'BLOODLINE' DIRECTED BY TIM MATHESON

Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Agents Prentiss (Paget Brewster, standing left) and Hotchner (Thomas Gibson, standing right) talk with a girl, Cate, (Adair Tishler, in bed) and her father, Jim (John Bishop, standing center), after she is abducted and then mysteriously released by a strange family

"Bloodline" - The BAU team becomes involved in the case of a family working together to abduct young women, on CRIMINAL MINDS,(rebroadcast) Wednesday, June 24th (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Emmy award nominated actor Tim Matheson ("The West Wing") directs the episode.

GUEST CAST:
Jordan Todd............................... Meta Golding
Dad.......................................... Andrew Divoff
Mom........................................... Cynthia Gibb
The Kid....................................... Slade Pearce
Cate Hale.................................... Adair Tishler
Deputy Bo Whitaker......................... Paul Benz
Det. Bates..................................... Brett Rice
Jim Scheuren................................. John Bishop
Doctor.......................................June Carryl
RV Park Owner............................. Lucy Butler
Lynn Robillard.......................... Sierra McCormick
Security Guard.......................... Andre Johnson
Man........................................... Kirk Bovill
Woman..................................... Tonja Kahlens
Boy.......................................... Caleb Guss
News Reporter............................. Adam Clark

WRITTEN BY: Mark Linehan Bruner
DIRECTED BY: Tim Matheson

Criminal Minds - Too Easy

Criminal Minds: Morgan, Rossi, and Reid pick through the remains of the family's belongings and lead Hotchner to catch the wife in last week's Criminal Minds episode, "Bloodline" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness and guest star Meta Golding. Clip courtesy of CBS.

CRIMINAL MINDS MESSAGE FROM BRI:

Criminal Minds: An important message from our Criminal Minds IT guru Bri: In the upcoming days our web hosting services will be moving servers from one location to another which means that the message board and all of the Criminal Minds sites located here: http://www.criminalmindsfanatic.net/ will be unvailable for a certain period of time. This move should be over by Saturday June 20. Sorry for the inconvenience. This will not effect the blog.

CRIMINAL MINDS BLOG NOTES

Criminal Minds: Our actors head back to the Criminal Minds set on July 9th. It is going to be a fantastic season of Criminal Minds! Great time to be a Criminal Minds fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CRIMINAL MINDS "SOUL MATES" RERUN TONIGHT

Criminal Minds cast filming "Soul Mates" written by Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer. Directed by John Gallagher. Starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness and guest starring Meta Golding.

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTES AND SONG INFO FOR "SOUL MATES"

Criminal Minds quotes and song info for "Soul Mates" written by Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer. What a great episode! I am looking forward to watching it again tonight!

Quotes:
"No mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore." - Sigmund Freud

"Delay is the deadliest form of denial." - British Historian C. Northcote Parkinson

Song:
"Here comes My Girl" - Tom Petty

CRIMINAL MINDS: "SOUL MATES" SCREENCAPS

Criminal Minds screencaps for "Soul Mates" written by Erica Messer and Debra J. Fisher are courtesy of Keren! Great Criminal Minds episode!

CRIMINAL MINDS STAYS IN THE TOP 20

Criminal Minds scores in the top 20 in the Nielsen ratings for the week ending June 14, 2009. Great job Criminal Minds!

1. NBA Finals: L.A. Lakers vs. Orlando, Game 4, ABC, 15.96 million viewers.
2. NBA Finals: L.A. Lakers vs. Orlando, Game 3, ABC, 14.2 million viewers.
3. NBA Finals: L.A. Lakers vs. Orlando, Game 5, ABC, 14.17 million viewers.
4. "NBA Trophy Presentation," ABC, 13.48 million viewers.
5. "The Mentalist" (Tuesday), CBS, 11.62 million viewers.
6. "NCIS," CBS, 11.05 million viewers.
7. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 9.52 million viewers.
8. "The Mentalist" (Thursday), CBS, 8.94 million viewers.
9. "48 Hours Mystery" (Tuesday), CBS, 8.85 million viewers.
10. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 8.74 million viewers.
11. "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wednesday), Fox, 8.69 million viewers.
12. "So You Think You Can Dance" (Thursday), Fox, 8.65 million viewers.
13. "Wipeout," ABC, 8.49 million viewers.
14. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 8.34 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS "HOUSE ON FIRE" RERUN

Criminal Minds: Director Felix Alcala and writer Holly Harold on the set of "House on Fire" in the picture above. Felix Alcala has directed eight wonderful episodes of Criminal Minds - "House on Fire" written by Holly Harold, "Minimal Loss" written by Andrew Wilder, "A Higher Power" written by Michael Udesky, "Penelope" written by Chris Mundy, "Scared to Death" written by Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer, "Open Season" written by Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer, "The Perfect Storm" written by Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer, "Charm and Harm" written by Debra J. Fisher and Erica Messer, and "Derailed" written by Jeff Davis.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258066/

"House on Fire" - REBROADCAST - The BAU team must track down a serial arsonist who instills fear in a small town by setting fire to community meeting places and killing several residents in the process, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, June 24th (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS.

CRIMINAL MINDS SEASON FOUR DVDS!

Criminal Minds: The 4th season of Criminal Minds will be released on dvd on Tuesday, September 8th! Criminal Minds stars Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Joe Mantegna. Amazon is now accepting pre-orders. Order your Criminal Minds season four dvds today!

CRIMINAL MINDS BIRTHDAY SUGGESTIONS:

Criminal Minds: There are many Criminal Minds birthdays in July and the moderators of the Criminal Minds Fanatic website would like any present suggestions you might have! Please use this thread to post your gift ideas for:

Thomas Gibson - July 3
Kirsten Vangsness - July 7
A.J. Cook - July 22

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "NORMAL"

Criminal Minds screencaps for "Normal" are courtesy of Keren. "Normal" written by Andrew Wilder and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "NORMAL"

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

Criminal Minds spoiler thread for "Normal" written by Andrew Wilder. Criminal Minds rocks!

"Normal" - The team investigates a serial killer dubbed "The Road Warrior," a suspect who kills luxury car owners while they are driving on freeways in Southern California.

*** Quote and song info will be posted after the episode airs. ****

*** Spoilers will be in the comments! Beware!

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTES FOR "NORMAL

Criminal Minds quotes and song info for "Normal" written by Andrew Wilder and starring Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness and Thomas Gibson!

"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." - H.L. Mencken

"There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were." - President Dwight Eisenhower

Song: "A Well Respected Man" - the Kinks

CRIMINAL MINDS RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 7, 2009

Criminal Minds: Here are the Nielsen ratings for the week ending June 7, 2009. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

1. "NBA Finals 2: Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers," ABC, 14.06 million viewers.
2. "NBA Finals 1: Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers," ABC, 13.04 million viewers.
3. "Law and Order: SVU," NBC, 11.56 million viewers.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 11.26 million viewers.
5. "The Mentalist" (Tuesday, 9 p.m.) CBS, 10.88 million viewers.
6. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 10.1 million viewers.
7. "Inside the Obama White House" (Tues), NBC, 9.17 million viewers.
8. "Inside the Obama White House" (Wed), NBC, 9.04 million viewers.
9. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.89 million viewers.
10. "Law and Order," NBC, 8.87 million viewers.
11. "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wed), FOX, 8.85 million viewers.
12. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 8.64 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS: "NORMAL" WRITTEN BY ANDREW WILDER!

Adam Taylor/ABC Studios ©2008 ABC Studios Television

"Normal" -- Agents Hotchner (Thomas Gibson, left) and Rossi (Joe Mantegna, right) investigate a serial killer dubbed "The Road Warrior", a suspect who kills luxury car owners while they are driving on freeways in Southern California, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, 6/10/09 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Written by Andrew Wilder, directed by Steve Boyum and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness. -Rebroadcast

Guest starring Faith Ford, Danni Nucci and Mitch Pileggi!

CRIMINAL MINDS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBBIE!!

Criminal Minds: Happy Birthday to Criminal Minds moderator Debbie, pictured above with Criminal Minds writer Oanh Ly. We all hope that you have a great birthday Debbie!

CRIMINAL MINDS: SHEMAR ON THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW

Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, will be a guest on "The Bonnie Hunt Show" on Friday, June 12th. This is from the show's listing for next week: Shemar Moore ("Criminal Minds"): He catches crooks on his hit TV show, and this handsome actor turns heads in real life. He's on the cover of Men's Fitness, and Bonnie checks in with his mom to see how she feels about all the attention he's getting. - The Bonnie Hunt Show

CRIMINAL MINDS: WRITER MARK BRUNER

Criminal Minds: Mark Bruner, writer of Criminal Minds episode "Bloodline", has "left Criminal Minds to pursue other projects." I know all Criminal Minds fans wish Mark all the best in his future endeavors. He's a wonderful writer and a really nice young man.

CRIMINAL MINDS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIS CAMPBELL

Criminal Minds: Happy Birthday to Kris Campbell, sitting next to Simon Mirren in the Criminal Minds writers room. Kris is our 'official' Criminal Minds actor. Episodes include: "Honor Among Thieves" and "North Mammon." Happy Birthday Kris!

CRIMINAL MINDS CLIPS FROM "NORMAL"

Criminal Minds videos from "Normal" courtesy of CBS.

"Normal" -- Agents investigate a serial killer dubbed "The Road Warrior", a suspect who kills luxury car owners while they are driving on freeways in Southern California written by Andrew Wilder, directed by Steve Boyum and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

CRIMINAL MINDS: EMMY ENTRIES - "MAYHEM" & "A SHADE OF GRAY"

Criminal Minds: ABC Entertainment has submitted "Mayhem" written by Ed Bernero and "A Shade of Gray" written by Debra J. Fisher & Erica Messer for Emmy consideration. Both are great Criminal Minds episodes. Fingers crossed!!!!

http://www.disneyabcfyc.com/

CRIMINAL MINDS: SHEMAR MOORE'S CANADIAN TOUR

Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, did an interview with The Come Up Show about his Canadian tour. During the interview he talks about fans coming up to him and asking him about being "Drucilla's baby daddy." He also reveals that he "aims to please" his female fans, what he does with a magic marker and how he needs wing men at these events because he can't handle all the ladies who show up.

http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/06/03/shemar-moore-aims-to-please

CRIMINAL MINDS BACK TO WORK TIME :)

Criminal Minds: The Criminal Minds writers went back to work this past Monday and the Criminal Minds cast go back to work on July 9th. I hope they are enjoying being back to work/their vacations!

CRIMINAL MINDS RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 31, 2009

Criminal Minds Ratings: Criminal Minds stayed in the top ten Nielsen ratings for the week ending May 31, 2009. Great job Criminal Minds!

1. "NCIS," CBS, 12.46 million viewers.
2. "The Mentalist," CBS, 12.36 million viewers.
3. "George Strait: ACM Artist of the Decade," CBS, 10.63 million viewers.
4. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 9.98 million viewers.
5. "Without a Trace" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 9.71 million viewers.
6. "NCIS" (Thursday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 9.64 million viewers.
7. "Without a Trace," CBS, 9.57 million viewers.
8. "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 9.27 million viewers.
9. "So You Think You Can Dance" (Thursday), Fox, 9.15 million viewers.
10. "Criminal Minds" (Wednesday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 8.93 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "MEMORIAM"

Criminal Minds spoiler thread for "Memoriam" 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.

*** This is the original spoiler thread for the episode. Feel free to add new comments after rewwatching it tomorrow. ***

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTES FOR "MEMORIAM"

Criminal Minds quotes for "Memoriam" 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. No music was used in this episode.

“What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.”
-- Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.”
-- Gilbert Parker

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "MEMORIAM"

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

GREAT EPISODE!!

Criminal Minds calendar for June is courtesy of Cinegirl. Welcome to rebroadcast month number one. Plenty of great Criminal Minds reruns to watch! :)

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 BLOG NOTES & QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Criminal Minds: Happy Friday everyone! I've got just a couple of reminders this morning from the Criminal Minds moderators and then a new question of the day.

1. "Memoriam" written by Dan Dworkin & Jay Beattie airs on June 3rd and will be followed by an episode chat in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room.
2. Ed Bernero plans on sending us some questions to answer in the next few weeks. Please be on the lookout for them and give him your input.
3. Lee, the owner of one of the Gubler groups,was voted a Top 50 Power Mom by Nielsen Ratings for her blog http://www.mysentimentexactlee.com so if you are a mom with young children you might want to checkout her blog.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: During the chat with Thomas Gibson, Aaron Hotchner on Criminal Minds, many chatters had suggestions for him on which episodes from the fourth season of Criminal Minds that he should submit for Emmy consideration. What two episodes should each Criminal Minds actor/actress submit for Emmy consideration???

Criminal Minds fan Mira created this wondeful Hotchner vs. The Reaper poster. I think most Criminal Minds fans are putting their bets on Hotch! Thanks Mira!