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EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Henney, who co-starred on the recently canceled CBS drama Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders for two seasons, is staying in the franchise fold, joining the cast of flagship Criminal Minds as a series regular. Henney will continue in his role as Special Agent Matt Simmons. Formerly with the International…

CBS has made another expected cancellation, opting not to renew underperforming sophomore drama Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. The mothership series was renewed for a 13th season last month and has now outlived two spinoffs, Suspect Behavior and Beyond Borders.  Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, which marked the return…

With a two-hour Survivor (1.7/7) and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (0.8/3), CBS was the only network among the Big 4 to run a full schedule of originals last night. As TNT had a full night of NBA Playoffs on cable with back-to-back games, NBC was all encores and ABC and Fox had a mixed bag of new and old. Outside of…

We have the swiftest cancellation of the season. CBS has pulled midseason legal drama Doubt from the schedule effective immediately after two low-rated airings. Next week, a repeat of Bull will air in Doubt‘s Wednesday 10 PM slot. The following Wednesday, March 8, Criminal Minds: Beyond Border will take over the hour…

CBS has renewed freshman drama series Code Black and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders for a second season, as well as sophomore comedy The Odd Couple for a third season and reality show Undercover Boss for an eighth season. As expected, the list does not include freshman drama Limitless, though CBS has not made its…

I have learned that two freshman CBS series that have been looking good for renewal, Code Black and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, have received permission from the network to begin making if/come deals with writers for Season 2. Both are co-productions between ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios. Among the remaining CBS…

When it came to turning a new leaf on CBS’ procedural franchise Criminal Minds, executive producer Erica Messer cracked the scary notion of delving into international cases that center on ordinary Americans in peril. “We tend to lean forward when something happens overseas to a neighbor or a loved one,” Messer said…

CBS is tweaking its Thursday and Sunday lineups. The network will premiere Rush Hour at 10 PM Thursday, March 31. The new series based on the hit movie franchise will replace Elementary, which in turn will relocate to Sundays beginning March 20, pushing out CSI: Cyber from the 10 PM slot. Sophomore CSI: Cyber will get…

CBS is relaunching a Wednesday 8-9 PM comedy block as a bridge between the fall and spring cycles of Survivor. Veterans Mike & Molly and 2 Broke Girls, which aired together as part of CBS’ now-defunct Monday comedy block, will reunite on their new night starting Jan. 6. For 2 Broke Girls, this will be a second new…

Alana De La Garza and Annie Funke have booked series regular roles opposite Gary Sinise in CBS’ Criminal Minds planted offshoot Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. Like Criminal Minds, which centers on the FBI's Analysis Unit, Beyond Borders focuses on a division of the FBI. It follows agents helping American citizens who…

CBS sprung into upfront action today, picking up four new dramas, Limitless, Rush Hour, Code Black and the Criminal Minds spinoff — now officially titled Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders — and two comedies, the single-camera Life In Pieces, starring James Brolin and Colin Hanks, and Angel From Hell, headlined by Jane…