Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It follows a group of FBI profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit. The show's original main cast consisted of seven characters.
The series follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) The team is supervised by Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner and later Emily Prentiss.