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UPDATE: The latest Democratic presidential debate drew a record 19.7 million viewers for NBC News and MSNBC. The networks said that it was the most watched Democratic debate in history. It also topped the 18.1 million who watched the second night of the Democratic debate in June. That event was broadcast by NBC News…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details from the series finale of Criminal Minds. After 15 seasons, CBS’s long-running procedural created by Jeff Davis is coming to an end. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the gang at the BAU said farewell tonight with back-to-back episodes. Like many series, it ended with a gathering…

A double shot of news specials about prince formerly known as Harry and wife Meghan Markle hit U.S. primetime on Wednesday — one on Fox and one on ABC — with both scoring almost identical numbers. It was CBS’ annual Super Bowl Greatest Commercials and a season-high result for Criminal Minds however that took the top…

CBS has unveiled its early midseason schedule. It features two new drama series additions, FBI spinoff FBI: Most Wanted and Edie Falco starrer Tommy, as well as the returns of Criminal Minds for its 15th and final season and MacGyver for its fourth. CBS also has set a premiere date for the milestone 40th season of Surv…

A longtime camera operator for the CBS drama Criminal Minds is suing CBS Corp, series’ producer ABC Studios and others over what he alleges is a long pattern of sexual harassment and battery by a supervisor on the show. (The suit also names Warner Bros. Entertainment as a defendant, though that studio has nothing to…

For the first time since 2004, CBS today unveiled a fall schedule that did not feature Criminal Minds. The veteran crime drama, which has been renewed for a 10-episode 15th and final season, had aired on Wednesdays for its entire run to date —  at 9 PM for the first 12 seasons, and at 10 PM for the last two. The…

One of the longest-running scripted series currently on television, CBS’ Criminal Minds, is coming to an end, but not before getting a final chapter. The network has renewed the crime drama for a 10-episode 15th season. The series, which is currently filming the finale of its 15-episode 14th season, will remain in…

The end is in sight for CBS’ Criminal Minds, which will end its long run after 15 seasons. The cast has had many changes with several stars having come and gone over the years, including original lead Mandy Patinkin, who exited after the second season, Thomas Gibson, who was fired in 2016 after eleven seasons for an…

CBS has set the unscripted part of its midseason schedule, and it features three additions, new talent competition series The World’s Best hosted by James Corden, new obstacle course competition series Million Dollar Mile hosted by Tim Tebow, as well as the second season of Big Brother: Celebrity Edition, with Julie…

Snapshot updated with finals: New series premiere: the CW's All American (0.2 Live+Same Day rating in 18-49, 685,000 viewers) UPDATED 4 PM: Oh, boy. The CW debuted its highest-profile new fall series last night, All American, and it didn’t go so well. The series, about a talented teen football player from Crenshaw…

Snapshot: New series Week 2: ABC's Single Parents (1.1 Live+Same Day rating in 18-49, -15%, 4.3 million viewers), ABC's A Million Little Things (0.8, -27%; 3.8 million); Returning series premieres: SEAL Team, Criminal Minds both down from last year, logging lows. Wednesday is quickly becoming a night of diminishing…

When CBS crime drama Criminal Minds clinched another last minute renewal in May, the number of episodes was not revealed amid speculation that the veteran series may be getting an abbreviated final season. The network eventually settled on a 15-episode order but, being on the fall schedule and returning to the…