Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Criminal Minds: Evolution” has been renewed for Season 19 ahead of the Season 18 premiere, Variety has learned.
Season 18 of the series will debut on Paramount+ on May 8, with new episodes dropping weekly thereafter. “Evolution” picks up after the events of the original “Criminal Minds,” which aired on CBS for 15 seasons. “Evolution” brought back many of the original series’ cast, including Joe Mantegna, A.J.
Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, and Aisha Tyler, with Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster. RJ Hatanaka and Zach Gilford joined the series when it was revived in 2022.
The official description for Season 18 states that it picks up six months after the events of the previous season, in which “prisoners attack the notorious Sicarius Killer, Elias Voit (Gilford), leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country.
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