Paramount Plus Renews 'Criminal Minds: Evolution'

Criminal Minds: Evolution on Paramount Plus
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Criminal Minds: Evolution has been renewed for a second season at Paramount Plus. The show debuted on Thanksgiving Day. There are 10 episodes.

“We’re thrilled to bring even more twisted storylines to our loyal fans of Criminal Minds: Evolution with the order of another season,” said Tanya Giles, chief programming officer of Paramount Streaming. “The series has always been a consistent top performer for Paramount Plus and fans have quickly embraced this new season with its more serialized elements. There are still many dark twists and turns yet to come for the BAU this season and we can’t wait for fans to see what’s in store.”

Criminal Minds ran from 2005 to 2020 on CBS.

Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler and Adam Rodriguez are in the Evolution cast.

Evolution is produced by ABC Signature and CBS Studios. Erica Messer is showrunner and executive producer, with Breen Frazier, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw and Mark Gordon also executive producing. ■

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