Criminal Minds is an American police procedural television program that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Criminal Minds differs from many procedural dramas by focusing on the criminal rather than the crime itself. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. CBS announced in October 2009 that Legacy Interactive will develop a video game based... on the show. The game will require players to examine crime scenes for clues to help solve murder mysteries. The game is scheduled to come out sometime in 2012. On March 14, 2012, CBS renewed Criminal Minds for an eighth season. Initially, the series centered on Jason Gideon , Aaron Hotchner , and the rest of the Behavioral Analysis Unit . For the first season, that team is composed of Elle Greenaway , Derek Morgan , Dr.
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| On the air: | September 22, 2005 |
| Number of seasons: | 7 |
| Network: | CBS |
| Producer: | Mark Gordon, Aaron Zelman, Peter Schindler |
| Genre: | Thriller |