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…

When CBS’ crime drama Criminal Minds clinched another last minute renewal over the weekend, the number of episodes was not revealed with speculation that the veteran series may be getting a 13-episode final season. When CBS today unveiled its 2018-19 lineup this morning, Criminal Minds again was on the fall schedule…

As usual, the renewal of veteran crime drama Criminal Minds came down to the wire with CBS and lead studio ABC Studios going back and forth on terms. Making things less complicated this time was the fact that all Criminal Minds veteran cast members already had deals for next season. Also as usual, CBS is not…

A special Wednesday The Voice (1.4, 8.24M) gave Empire (1.7, 5.32M) and Survivor (1.6, 7.70M) a run for their ratings, and landed in the No. 1 spot for the night in total viewers, propelling NBC’s  nightly win in that metric. Fox’s Empire maintained its rule over the demo. Basking in the Voice lead-in boost, Law & Orde…

CBS today renewed 11 more series, seven of them scripted, all of them dramas. So far, CBS has picked up 10 dramas for next season — all but one fully owned by the network — and only 3 comedies, Chuck Lorre’s The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon and Mom. None of the remaining series are considered sure things for…

L.A.-based Brits Simon Mirren (Criminal Minds) and Jamie Carmichael (Black Book) are teaming up to launch TV and film production and sales label Atlantic Nomad. Operating out of L.A., the company will look to work on high-end, mainstream TV drama with a slate of between 6-10 original series over the next 12 months…