CRIMINAL MINDS: NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 31, 2008

Criminal Minds: Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Aug. 25-31. Criminal Minds reruns continues to do well!

1. "America's Got Talent," NBC, 11.12 million viewers.
2. "Deal Or No Deal" (Monday), NBC, 11.00 million viewers.
3. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 10.34 million viewers.
4. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 9.03 million viewers.
5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.03 million viewers.
6. "NCIS," CBS, 7.45 million viewers.
7. "America's Toughest Jobs," NBC, 7.30 million viewers.
8. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 6.93 million viewers.
9. "House," Fox, 6.81 million viewers.
10. "The New Adventures of Old Christine," CBS, 6.63 million viewers.

CRIMINAL MINDS: ED BERNERO WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR TV GUIDE:

Criminal Minds: Ed Bernero, Executive Producer of Criminal Minds, wrote a very interesting article for TV Guide. "I was thinking about all this because, right now, 10 episodes (in various stages of production) into the fourth season, Criminal Minds is having what I believe to be our best season yet. There are bombs and foot chases and shoot-outs and huge crashes and unexpected glimpses into our characters' pasts; we have scary locations and amazing guest stars like Jason Alexander, Luke Perry and Wil Wheaton. And, of course, we've got a menagerie of terrifying "unsubs" who will have you covering your eyes and watching through your barely open fingers. It's definitely exciting. I hope you'll get to understand a little bit of what it feels like to be a cop."

http://www.tvguide.com/news/criminal-minds-bernero/080827-01

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "IN HEAT"

Criminal Minds spoiler thread for Criminal Minds episode "In Heat" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Kirsten Vangsness. Written by Andi Bushell.

***Beware- Comments on this thread will contain spoilers***

***This is the original spoiler thread for this episode. Feel free to add new comments***

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTE AND SONG INFO FOR "IN HEAT"

Criminal Minds quote and song info for "In Heat" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook and Shemar Moore.

Song Info: "Since You've Been Around" by Rosie Thomas

Quote Info: "There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses." - George Bernard Shaw

"If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find." - John Churton Collins

CRIMINAL MINDS PROMO & AC/DC COMMENTS FROM ED BERNERO

Criminal Minds: Ed Bernero discussed the season four promo and AC/DC with TV Guide: "Minds exec producer Ed Bernero, having been afforded an advance listen to the track a while back, seized the chance to edit the promo himself. “We love AC/DC,” he tells me, “and just wanted to play with our images and this amazing piece of music.” Is Bernero perhaps afraid that the sneak peek gives away too much about who lives and dies? “You know, I just want people to watch the premiere [airing Sept. 24],” he says. “You can see by the spot that [the episode] a little different for us. It’s action from start to finish, and we want people to know that.” “Plus,” he notes, “a trailer is not necessarily in continuity. You may not be getting as much spoiler info as you think.” Indeed, be careful not to be misled by images culled from the season finale." -TV GUIDE ONLINE

CRIMINAL MINDS: TURNING THE TABLES IN NOVEMBER

Inside Criminal Minds: Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, and additional members of the cast and creative team.

A crack squad of FBI "behavioral analysts"—aka "profilers"—tracks down criminals by anticipating their next moves in this dark CBS procedural, now in its fourth season. We'll screen a new episode and turn the tables on the cast and creative team—exploring their minds to find out what it's like to work on this cerebral ensemble drama.

Monday, November 17, 2008
7:00 pm PT
Paley Center Los Angeles
In Person

http://www.paleycenter.org/la-fall-series-2008-criminal-minds/

CRIMINAL MINDS SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER

Criminal Minds: Here is the September schedule for Criminal Minds! Season four is almost here! Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

9/3/08 - Wednesday - "In Heat"
9/5/08 - Friday - "Unfinished Business"- A&E
9/6/08 - Saturday- "Unfinished Business"- A&E
9/10/08 - Wednesday - "Tabula Rasa"
9/17/08 - Wednesday - "Lo-Fi"
9/21/08 - Sunday - "True Night"
9/24/08 - Wednesday - "Mayhem"

CRIMINAL MINDS: THANK YOU CARD FROM ED BERNERO

Criminal Minds: I received this note from Ed shortly after they surprised him with the cake. Thank you to all the Criminal Minds cast, crew, writers and staff that helped us with this birthday project!

From Ed-

THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!

The cake is awesome (and delicious)! I can't begin to tell you how touched I am by this. The crew totally fooled me, too. It was a great surprise (though, frankly, they don't really sing all that well).

Thank you so much, everybody.

Ed

CRIMINAL MINDS FANS SAY, "LET THEM EAT CAKE"

Criminal Minds Fans sent a custom made Chicago Bears Cake to Ed Bernero, Executive Producer of Criminal Minds, yesterday as a birthday present. Thank you to all the Criminal Minds writers and crew members that assisted in the planning and presentation of the cake to Ed. A special thanks to Debra J. Fisher, Co-Executive Producer and writer for Criminal Minds, for the wonderful pictures she took for us, so we could share the event with all of them. It was important to all of us that the cake be large enough for Ed to share with everyone in the studio. I've been told that that task was accomplished and there were even leftovers for them to enjoy today. Thank you to all my fellow Criminal Minds fans for their monetary contributions and gift suggestions. We have exactly 364 days left to figure out how to top this next year. Good luck to us!

Criminal Minds - Send Everybody

Criminal Minds: CBS posted this Criminal Minds snippet on YouTube today. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness!

"The local police are blown away when they respond to an explosion"

Criminal Minds - Collecting Names

Criminal Minds: CBS posted this Criminal Minds snippet on YouTube today. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness!

"A triple killing tips Spencer, David, and Aaron off to the fact that the murders are revenge kills" -CBS

CRIMINAL MINDS BIRTHDAY CARD FOR EDWARD ALLEN BERNERO.

Criminal Minds: Executive Producer Edward Allen Bernero is celebrating his birthday on Friday. Please join us in wishing Ed a very Happy Birthday and thanking him for everything he has done, and continues to do, for the show and the fans. We were blessed that Ed picked Criminal Minds to be his show. It would be impossible to list all the reasons the Criminal Minds fandom respects Ed but the one that sticks out most in my mind is seeing the pictures everyday during the WGA strike that Kris shot for us. Ed was always there. He didn't make token photo op stops to the line. He walked it with his fellow writers. They are a writing family and his loyalty to them, the show and to all of us should stand as an example of the proper way to be a showrunner. I hold him in high personal regard, as I know you all do, and I hope that his birthday is spent surrounding by his wonderful family, closest friends, his cast, crew, his writers and that he enjoys his special day.

Since he always gives us quotes, I picked one for him:

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all." - Sam Ewing

Thank you Ed for showing up and Happy Birthday!

CRIMINAL MINDS: BREEN FRAZIER IS A KEEPER!

Criminal Minds: Last night the Criminal Minds fandom had their introduction to Criminal Minds' newest writer, Breen Frazier. Breen is articulate, extremely funny, quick thinking and obviously loves working on Criminal Minds. I look forward to watching his first episode, "The Game" in October. This writer is a definate keeper! Please join me in welcoming Breen to our Criminal Minds family and thanking him for giving us his time last night!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292558/

CRIMINAL MINDS: AC/DC PROMO

Criminal Minds: "Rock'n'Roll Train" will be utilized in promo ads for the CBS show "Criminal Minds" beginning Sept. 1. It will also appear in the Oct. 22 installment of the series.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003843815

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER ALERT

Criminal Minds Spoiler Alert: Meta Golding, who will be filling in for A.J. Cook while she is on maternity leave, will be playing a character named Jordan Todd on Criminal Minds. Episode 9 will deal with a special type of ubsub called "pickup artists" in an episode titled "The Game" written by Breen Frazier. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, A.J. Cook, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

CRIMINAL MINDS: ED BERNERO INTERVIEW

Criminal Minds: Ed Bernero, Executive Producer of Criminal Minds, gave a very interesting interview to TV Guide. "I was thinking about all this because, right now, 10 episodes (in various stages of production) into the fourth season, Criminal Minds is having what I believe to be our best season yet. There are bombs and foot chases and shoot-outs and huge crashes and unexpected glimpses into our characters' pasts; we have scary locations and amazing guest stars like Jason Alexander, Luke Perry and Wil Wheaton. And, of course, we've got a menagerie of terrifying "unsubs" who will have you covering your eyes and watching through your barely open fingers. It's definitely exciting. I hope you'll get to understand a little bit of what it feels like to be a cop."

http://www.tvguide.com/news/criminal-minds-bernero/080827-01

Criminal Minds - See It Coming

Criminal Minds: CBS posted this Criminal Minds snippet on YouTube today. "Another victim leads David and Emily to believe that the killer is still in town"

CRIMINAL MINDS SPOILER THREAD FOR "ELEPHANT'S MEMORY"

Criminal Minds: Spoiler thread for Criminal Minds episode "Elephant's Memory" starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Kirsten Vangsness. Written by Andrew Wilder.

***Beware- Comments on this thread will contain spoilers***

***This is the original spoiler thread for the episode. Feel free to leave additional comments. ***

CRIMINAL MINDS SCREENCAPS FOR "ELEPHANT'S MEMORY"

Criminal Minds screencaps for "Elephant's Memory" are courtesy of Stacy. Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

CRIMINAL MINDS QUOTES & SONGS FOR "ELEPHANT'S MEMORY"

Criminal Minds: Here are the songs and quotes for Elephant's Memory written by Andrew Wilder and starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Kirsten Vangsness, Paget Brewster and A.J.Cook.

Songs: "The Man Comes Around" and "Hurt" both sung by Johnny Cash.

Quotes:

"A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ." John Steinbeck

"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered." Tom Stoppard

CRIMINAL MINDS SURPRISE GUEST CHAT:

Criminal Minds: The Criminal Minds Conversation Yahoo group and the Criminal Minds Fanatic blog will be hosting a special chat on Wednesday, August 27 at 10pm est. The guest is a secret! The password for the chat room will be changed late Tuesday night so please email me for the newest password, displacednewyorker@gmail.com

CRIMINAL MINDS: MATTHEW GRAY GUBLER PARTICPATES IN ART SHOW.

Criminal Minds: Matthew Gray Gubler, Dr. Spencer Reid on Criminal Minds, will have several of his drawings on exhibit and up for sale. Here are the details:

Paper Cuts: works on paper: Will Bryant,Yui Chan,Thom Gastelum,Hamish Grieve,Matthew Gray Gubler,James Gulliver Hancock, and Jeffrey Max.
Artist reception is Saturday, September 6th: 7:00-11:00pm. Exhibition continues
Sept.6-Sept.26,2008. For more information:

http://www.littlebirdgallery.com/index.php?page=upcoming

CRIMINAL MINDS DVD SETS, INCLUDING SEASON THREE, ON SALE!!

Criminal Minds: barnesandnoble.com is having a 40% off TV show dvd box set sale right now. Even the pre-order for Criminal Minds season three is on sale. All three seasons of Criminal Minds are on sale and eligible for free shipping. This is a great time to order the third season and stock up on Criminal Minds dvds to give as Christmas/Holiday gifts! The only thing more exciting than the release of the Criminal Minds season three dvds is the dvds at a discount! :)

CRIMINAL MINDS: MARISA QUINTANILLA GUEST STARS IN EPISOPE SIX

Criminal Minds: Marisa Quintanilla will be a guest star on Criminal Minds in season four.

"CBS' "Criminal Minds." She will play the daughter of two victims in the 6th episode, entitled "Catching Out," of the show's fourth season.

Behind the scenes: In Hollywood, Quintanilla said, the Spanish portions of scripts are often written in English and actors are asked to translate on the spot. At the read through with the stars of "Criminal Minds," she and some of the other Latino actors impressed the cast, she said. After the reading, some of the main actors ­- who play investigators on the show - even asked for help with their Spanish lines. "It's something I wouldn't have been able to do if I didn't grow up in the Valley," she said."

http://www.themonitor.com/entertainment/actors_16296___article.html/quintanilla_criminal.html

CRIMINAL MINDS SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER

Criminal Minds: Here is the September schedule for Criminal Minds! Season four is almost here! Criminal Minds starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness.

8/29/08 - Friday - "Riding the Lightning" - A&E
8/30/08 - Saturday - "Riding the Lightning" - A&E
9/3/08 - Wednesday - "In Heat"
9/5/08 - Friday - "Unfinished Business"- A&E
9/6/08 - Saturday- "Unfinished Business"- A&E
9/10/08 - Wednesday - "Tabula Rasa"
9/17/08 - Wednesday - "Lo-Fi"
9/21/08 - Sunday - "True Night"
9/24/08 - Wednesday - "Mayhem"

CRIMINAL MINDS BLOG NOTES:

Criminal Minds Blog Notes: The Criminal Minds cast and crew are on location Wednesday so Ed Bernero's birthday surprise has been moved to Thursday. A birthday card will be posted on Wednesday for you to sign. We have a special guest joining us in the Criminal Minds chat room Wednesday night and I'm extremely excited that he/she has graciously accepted our invitation. We will be starting several dozen auctions on Thursday, so please check them out. "Elephant's Memory" written by Andrew Wilder is this Wednesday. Awesome episode! I hear that our writers are really busy creating magic. Yeah! I think season four is going to be their finest hour! Remind newbies about "Mayhem". Not much longer to wait for the fourth season.

CRIMINAL MINDS PROMO FOR "ELEPHANT'S MEMORY"

Criminal Minds: Here is the original promo for "Elephant's Memory" written by Andrew Wilder and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness. Directed by Bobby Roth. These is a great episode!

CRIMINAL MINDS: "ELEPHANT'S MEMORY"

Criminal Minds: Here is the CBS press release for "Elephant's Memory" written by Andrew Wilder and starring Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, A.J. Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler and Kirsten Vangsness. Directed by Bobby Roth. "Elephant's Memory" - Hotchner and his team investigate a spree of killings in a small Texas town involving a teenage boy and his girlfriend, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Wednesday, Aug. 27 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Guest Starring: Chris Mulkey, Cody Kasch, Lindsey Haun, Rhino Michaels, Matthew Kimbrough, Michael Ironside, Boo Arnold, Kym Jackson, Tim Dezarn, Alexandra Krosney, Tracey Walter, Nicholas Roth, Nicolas Alexander and Devin Crittenden.

(Originally broadcast 4/16/08)

CRIMINAL MINDS STAR SHEMAR MOORE & MOM FEATURED IN "NEUROLOGY TODAY"

Criminal Minds: Shemar Moore, Derek Morgan on Criminal Minds, and his mom discuss MS in this month's edition of "Neurology Today". Please remember to contribute to the Criminal Minds MS Bike Team.

"In 2006, he put together his first Criminal Minds team for the “Start to Finish MS Bike Tour,” one of over 100 rides nationwide that raises awareness and funding for MS research. Moore and his team of 60 cyclists raced in the Southern California event the last two years and plan to bike again in the 2008 event scheduled for September. “Last year’s race raised more than $700,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society,” Moore says. “After all these years of working out, it’s nice to be able to use a sport to give back.”

http://www.neurologynow.com/pt/re/neuronow/pdfhandler.01222928-200804040-00012.pdf;jsessionid=LwJdWjBRcGlylXvtFTwXGG5YDzRyZYhgRkSLnNNSFKjhTtF6LHJG!526656812!181195628!8091!-1

CRIMINAL MINDS: OUR CM BABY IS COMING SOON!

Criminal Minds: JJ, played by our future Criminal Minds mama A.J. Cook, is getting ready to have her baby. Is Criminal Minds getting a boy or a girl and what should JJ & Will name the baby? I'm voting for a girl named Jill. lol!

PS: Best wishes to AJ and Nathan on a safe and easy delivery. We'll miss you while you're gone and we'll be anxious for your return to Criminal Minds!!