CRIMINAL MINDS: THANK YOU PAGET!

Criminal Minds: Thank you to Paget Brewster, Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, pictured above with Lori and Kris on the set of Criminal Minds, and the Criminal Minds Fanatic mods for the wonderful chat last night. Paget is a fantastic guest. So warm, open and funny! I know we are all excited that she plans on sending something else for us to auction for the ACS.

Yo Ed, Paget and the Criminal Minds chatters decided we want Prentiss to have a love life this season. If not a love life then at least a date. Could you please have one of the writers sneak that into one of their scripts. Thanks!

CRIMINAL MINDS: THOMAS GIBSON & JOE MANTEGNA AT THE SONS OF ITALY GALA

Criminal Minds: Thank you to The Sons of Italy Foundation for giving us permission to post this picture of Criminal Minds actors Thomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna taken at their annual gala.

(L. to R.) The Sons of Italy Foundation director, Philip Piccigallo with Joe Mantegna, the FBI's Joseph Persichini and Thomas Gibson at the Foundation's annual gala, May 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. (photo: Max Taylor)

CRIMINAL MINDS: PAGET BREWSTER CHAT

Criminal Minds: Paget Brewster, Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, pictured on the set of Criminal Minds with Lori, Kris and I, will be joining us in the chat room on Friday, September 11th at 10pm est. Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

CRIMINAL MINDS: A BIG SURPRISE

Criminal Minds blog and website surprise. Within the next couple of weeks the Criminal Minds chat room will be hosting a surprise guest. I would leave this thread open for guesses but you would never guess it! We have lots of surprises on the schedule as we count down the days until the Criminal Minds season five premiere. More info on our surprise visitor when date and time are confirmed!

CRIMINAL MINDS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KIM HARRISON

Criminal Minds: Please join me and the Criminal Minds moderators in wishing Kim, pictured with me, Lori and Laura at the BAU round table, a very Happy Birthday! I am so excited to tell you all that Kim and her writing partner will be writing an episode of Criminal Minds during season five. Kim is a fantastic writer so we are all in for a big treat! Happy Birthday Kim! The Fanatics love you!

CRIMINAL MINDS RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Criminal Minds ratings for the week ending September 6th. Criminal Minds will be back in the top ten when the new season starts!

1. "America's Got Talent" (Tues), NBC, 12.81 million viewers.
2. "America's Got Talent" (Wed, 9 p.m.), NBC, 12.39 million viewers.
3. "NCIS," CBS, 10.1 million viewers.
4. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 8.46 million viewers.
5. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 8.34 million viewers.
6. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 7.88 million viewers.
7. "Big Brother 11" (Tues), CBS, 7.79 million viewers.
8. "The Mentalist," CBS, 7.73 million viewers.
9. "Hell's Kitchen," Fox, 7.63 million viewers.
10. "Wipeout," ABC, 7.62 million viewers.
11. "NCIS,"(10 p.m.), CBS, 7.41 million viewers.
12. "CMA Music Festival," ABC, 7.39 million viewers.
13. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 7.3 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS: CBS PRESS RELEASE

Criminal Minds: CBS Press Release! Wow the info on the fifth season of Criminal Minds is starting to pour out. Awesome! … from CBS Entertainment

ROCK STAR GAVIN ROSSDALE TO GUEST STAR ON "CRIMINAL MINDS"
THIS FALL ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 — Rock star Gavin Rossdale will guest star on an episode of CRIMINAL MINDS this fall on the CBS Television Network.

Rossdale will play a Goth rock star who has become lost in the frightening alter-ego he portrays on stage — an alter-ego whom the BAU team suspects may be a brutal serial killer.

Rossdale was last seen in the independent feature film "How to Rob a Bank." Previously, he appeared in the films "Constantine," "Little Black Book" and "Game of their Lives." Rossdale first attained worldwide fame as the lead singer/songwriter for the UK post-grunge rock band Bush. Their first album, "Sixteen Stone" (1994), was a huge commercial success. Almost overnight, Bush went from playing small pubs in London to headlining arenas in the US, the result of extensive, non-stop touring. The band went on to produce three more albums together. Rossdale was featured on the Sony Pictures XXX soundtrack in 2002 with a song called "Adrenaline." The song was also the official theme song for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s "Unforgiven" pay-per-view event in September 2002 and was used in the ending credits of "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines." Additionally, he has just completed20his International Tour on his latest solo album, "Wunderlust." Rossdale resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Gwen Stefani, and their two sons.

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 - 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 SEASON FIVE GUEST STAR SALLI RICHARDSON WHITFIELD

Criminal Minds: Salli Richardson Whitfield is guest starring in several episodes of Criminal Minds during season five, beginning in episode four "Hopeless" as Tamara, before she returns to work on EUREKA - she is a potential love for Morgan. Could Morgan really be getting a girlfriend? You'll have to watch Criminal Minds to find out! I'm looking forward to watching Salli on the show!

"Richardson's acting credits include: A Low Down Dirty Shame, Posse, and Antwone Fisher. She has also guest starred in numerous television shows such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Silk Stalkings, New York Undercover, The Pretender and Secret Agent Man. Richardson had a recurring role as "Kim" on the show Mercy Point and as Nancy Adams on Rude Awakening. She played Viveca Foster on the television drama Family Law. She voiced the character of Elisa Maza (a character who is also both African American and Native American) on the animated series Gargoyles. Currently she is cast as Department of Defense agent (and later head of Global Dynamics) Allison Blake in the television series Eureka, which airs on the SyFy Channel."- Credits courtesy of Wikipedia

CRIMINAL MINDS GUEST STAR GAVIN ROSSDALE

Criminal Minds spoiler info from EW: Here’s an unusual combination: Gavin Rossdale and Criminal Minds. But the two shall meet this November when the British rocker and sometime-thespian guest stars on the CBS procedural.

Rossdale will play a Goth rock star who may or may not be moonlighting as — what else? — a brutal serial killer.

Rossdale’s previous acting work has mostly been limited to the big screen. In addition to co-starring in the 2007 Nick Stahl-Erika Christensen heist flick How to Rob a Bank, Gwen Stefani’s other half has appeared in Zoolander, Constantine, and The Mayor of Sunset Strip. - EW

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/09/08/exclusive-criminal-minds-nabs-gavin-rossdale/

CRIMINAL MINDS SEASON FOUR DVD EXTRAS!

Criminal Minds: I hope everyone is busy enjoying the extras on the Criminal Minds season four dvds that were released for purchase today. They are totally awesome! I can't wait until everyone sees the easter egg. Great job by Molly, The DVD Group and the cast and crew of Criminal Minds!

CRIMINAL MINDS: PAGET BREWSTER CHAT PROBABLY FRIDAY

Criminal Minds: Paget Brewster, Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, pictured above on the set of Criminal Minds, is tentatively scheduled to be our guest in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room this Friday (time to be announced in a later post).Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

CRIMINAL MINDS: SHEMAR MOORE RIDES FOR A CURE

Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore, pictured on the set of Criminal Minds with Lori and Kris, told us that he intends to ride in this year's National MS Bike Ride in October even though he is still recovering from injuries from his recent bike/auto accident. As usual the Criminal Minds Fanatic website will be supporting the Criminal Minds riders. For more info on the event:

http://bikecal.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BIKE_CAL_homepage

CRIMINAL MINDS LABOR DAY MARATHON ON A&E

Criminal Minds: There is a Labor Day Criminal Minds marathon on A&E today. A&E has 12 episodes of Criminal Minds. That is lotsa Criminal Minds! Sit back and enjoy. Criminal Minds stars Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness. Some of these older episode also starred Mandy Patinkin and Lola Glaudini. Have a safe and fun holiday everyone!

CRIMINAL MINDS CHARITY AUCTIONS

Criminal Minds: Thank you to the cast, crew and staff of Criminal Minds for generously donating items and taking the time to autograph items for us to auction for the American Cancer Society. If you haven't already looked at the auction items please take a few minutes to do so. More items will be listed next week.

http://shop.ebay.com/bigcmfan1/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=

CRIMINAL MINDS: TAKING THE DAY OFF

Criminal Minds blog and website: Em leaves for college in 5 hours and I will be taking the day off from posting on the Criminal Minds blog and participating with the Criminal Minds Fanatic website. Laura and Lori, pictured with Kris on the set of Criminal Minds, will be available if you need anything. Please email one of them should you need anything. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend! :)

** It should be interesting when I come back to see what they have posted on the blog. Lori - No Mandy! **

CRIMINAL MINDS: THOMAS GIBSON GREETING FANS

Criminal Minds: Thomas Gibson, Aaron Hotchner on Criminal Minds, pictured on the set above with Criminal Minds fans, is not only a fantastic actor but a gracious man with the fans of the show. Nothing compares to watching him work infront of the camera. He's totally amazing!!

CRIMINAL MINDS QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Criminal Minds blog question of the day: Who is the man behind the camera and do you have any thoughts about his role on Criminal Minds? Many, many more pictures of this fantastic actor will be posted over the next few weeks. Watching him work is a treat!

CRIMINAL MINDS GUEST STARS

Criminal Minds: Guest stars Clayne Crawford, Travis Aaron Wade and Blake Shields, pictured above on the set of Criminal Minds, are amazing. It was triple digits hot outside and they were filming in a house with no air conditioning and hot cameras all around them. Not one complaint from any of them. Just smiles! They are magnificient actors and really nice young men. I've never been asked to sign a script before but they had everyone on set sign their script. How cute is that! Remember to watch 'Hopeless' written by Chris Mundy. I just might have to root for the 'bad boy' in this Criminal Minds episode.

CRIMINAL MINDS GUEST STAR STACY JORGENSON

Criminal Minds: Stacy Jorgenson, pictured above on set, guest stars as Lynn on Criminal Minds episode #504 'Hopeless' written by Chris Mundy and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness. For more info on Stacy please check her IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1165429/

CRIMINAL MINDS: FLEA BAG

Criminal Minds: On Set Dresser Flea Bag, pictured above with Criminal Minds moderator Lori S., is always someone I look forward to seeing on the set of Criminal Minds. I wish I could adequately describe this unique man but it's really hard. He is always good for a laugh, a smile or to fix your camera settings so you can take pics on set at night. Just one of so many professionals that work so hard to make Criminal Minds the wonderful show that it is.

CRIMINAL MINDS CHAT WITH ANDREW WILDER

Criminal Minds: Andrew Wilder will be joining us in the Criminal Minds Fanatic chat room on Saturday, September 5th at 9pm est. Please email the Criminal Minds moderators for the password: cmfchat@gmail.com

CRIMINAL MINDS: NEXT EPISODE ON CBS

Photo: Michael Yarish/CBS ©2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Criminal Minds season five is right around the corner. The next Criminal Minds episode on CBS is "To Hell...And Back."

"To Hell...And Back" - The BAU 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 a rebroadcast of the fourth season finale event of CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Wednesday, Sept. 16 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT, each night) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 5/20/09)

CRIMINAL MINDS MARATHON ON A&E

Criminal Minds: There is a Criminal Minds marathon on A&E this weekend. Lots of great old Criminal Minds episodes.

1pm est "Secrets and Lies"
7pm est "Secrets and Lies"
8pm est "The Fisher King, Part One"
9pm est "The Fisher King, Part Two"
10pm est "P911"
11pm est "The Perfect Storm"

Saturday and Sunday's Listings: http://www.aetv.com/listings/daily.do?start=1252123200000

CRIMINAL MINDS DVD SALES

Criminal Minds season four dvd pre-sales are going well. Pictured above with Lori is Molly. Molly is the director of the Criminal Minds dvd extras. She is an absolute goddess and I was thrilled to finally get the chance to meet her in person! Molly makes Criminal Minds magic. :)

According to "best selling' figures on Amazon.com, the fourth season of Criminal Minds is doing quite well on the DVD charts.

As of Thursday afternoon, orders for the fourth season of 'Criminal Minds' jumped 66% -- some 119 spots over the last week.

What makes the success of the DVD relevant however, is the fact that it has not been released.

Criminal Minds (the fourth season) is in fact due for release September 9.

For those of you looking to pick up a copy of this DVD you might just want to pre-order or make your way to stores when it is released in that morning!

http://www.examiner.com/x-6604-Urban-Pop-Examiner~y2009m8d13-Shemar-Moore-Criminal-Minds-climbs-DVD-sales-chart

CRIMINAL MINDS: AJ IN 'MOTHER'S DAY'

Criminal Minds: A.J. Cook, JJ on Criminal Minds, asked us to let everyone know about this and I forgot. Sorry!

Director Darren Lynn Bousman announced this afternoon that actress A.J. Cook is the newest addition to the Mother's Day cast. Cook's genre credits include Ripper, Final Destination 2 and Dead Like Me.

Others in the cast of Bousman's remake include Rebecca DeMornay, Jaime King, Briana Evigan, Alexa Vega, Shawn Ashmore, Deborah Ann Woll, Lyriq Bent and Lisa Marcos.

DeMornay plays the head of a villainous family who returns to the house where they grew up to terrorize the new owners and their guests. Filming begins soon in Winnipeg, Canada.

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=11656

CRIMINAL MINDS BLOG NOTES

Criminal Minds blog notes: The chat with Andrew Wilder is Saturday at 9pm est. Email one of the Criminal Minds Fanatic moderators for the password.

This is the first season of Criminal Minds to be shot in HD. Now you'll be able to see even more detail.

Reminder that we are holding auctions for the American Cancer Society with new items being listed every few days. Link is on the top of the blog.

Unfortunately Matthew Gray Gubler is going to need further surgery. Prayers for him. He told us on set that he was looking forward to dancing again. :)

The Criminal Minds chat room will be closed tomorrow to members so the moderators can hold some chats. Sorry for the inconvience.

CRIMINAL MINDS: THEY'RE SO MUCH MORE THAN STAND-INS!

Criminal Minds: The first thing you learn when watching them shoot Criminal Minds is that patience is key. The 30 second scene you watch on Criminal Minds can take hours to finish shooting. Watching them shoot on location presents more challenges than watching them in the studio. Where do you sit or stand, etc. We scouted a group of young people (everyone is young compared to me) sitting in chairs in a location that seemed to be out of everyone's way so we bee lined it over to where they were. Great choice on our part. We got to spend time with 'the kids' as I now affectionately refer to them. The 'kids' are Calvin Harrison, Patty Malcolm, Angie Kibiloski, Donnell Turner, and Stephen Gillikin (from left to right in the group picture above with Lori & Kris). They are young, bright, ambitious and very very sweet. I totally adopted all of them. I explained to Donnell that if you are going to stand-in for Shemar than you better own the abs and he does as evidenced by the above pic. But on a more serious note, these are very talented young actors at the beginning of their careers and I will be posting more about their current, past and upcoming projects soon. I always share. So 'my kids' just became 'our kids' and together maybe we can call in some favors with TPTB to get them roles on Criminal Minds.

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "OMNIVORE"

Criminal Minds spoiler thread for "Omnivore" written by Andrew Wilder and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness (pictured above with Andrew Wilder).

*** Beware! Spoilers in the comments! ***

*** This is the original spoiler thread for the episode. Please rewatch it this evening and add whatever comments you want.***