Overview
- Paramount+ announced on Friday that Season 20 will be the final season of Criminal Minds: Evolution and said the season is expected to air in 2027 without a confirmed premiere date.
- The streamer and coverage from multiple outlets confirmed core cast members Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, RJ Hatanaka, Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster are set to return for the concluding season.
- Showrunner Erica Messer issued a statement reflecting on the series’ 20-year run and expressing gratitude to cast and crew, and Deadline reported the decision to end the revival came recently and was unexpected by some on the production team.
- The series is produced by 20th Television and CBS Studios with Messer, Breen Frazier, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw, Stacey Hardt and Mark Gordon credited as executive producers, and all previous seasons are available to stream on Paramount+ ahead of Season 20.
- Season 19 closed the Voit antagonist arc and included a slight time jump, a narrative choice that sources say leaves Season 20 wide open for a legacy-focused sendoff and highlights how stream revivals can extend broadcast franchises.