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Criminal Minds Evolution to end on Paramount Plus with season 20

The long running crime procedural Criminal Minds Evolution will conclude its run on Paramount Plus after its upcoming 20th season.

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The crime drama Criminal Minds Evolution will end after its upcoming 20th season, according to reports from ComingSoon.net, Deadline TV, Variety TV, and TVLine. The show ran for 15 seasons on CBS before being revived as Criminal Minds Evolution on Paramount Plus for five additional seasons. [1][2][3][4]

Paramount Plus renewed the series for season 20 in March 2026, ComingSoon.net reported. Deadline TV and ComingSoon.net both noted that this marks the first official cancellation under the new Paramount Plus leadership team headed by Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys. [1][2]

Variety TV reported that season 19 aired between May and July earlier this year. Season 20 does not yet have an official premiere date, but Variety TV confirmed that the final season will air in 2027. [3]

Showrunner Erica Messer stated that it is hard to put into words what the show has meant to everyone involved across its 15 seasons on CBS and five seasons on Paramount Plus, according to TVLine. [4]

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In short

  • Criminal Minds Evolution will end on Paramount Plus after season 20.
  • The series originally aired on CBS for 15 seasons before moving to Paramount Plus.
  • Season 20 is scheduled to air in 2027.
  • Showrunner Erica Messer confirmed the series journey across both platforms.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Popular Paramount+ Show Is Finally Coming to Its End After 20 SeasonsComingSoon.net, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ To End With Season 20 On Paramount+Deadline TV, 6h ago
  3. [3]‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ to End With Season 20 at Paramount+Variety TV, 6h ago
  4. [4]Criminal Minds: Evolution Canceled At Paramount+, Ending After 20 SeasonsTVLine, 5h ago
  5. [5]Jessica Lange Hints at Acting Retirement: ‘I Feel Like I’m Coming to an End… It Doesn’t Seem Easy to Get Things Made Anymore’Variety, 7h ago

Background

  1. [6]Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Wikipedia
  2. [7]Paramount Pictures on Wikipedia
  3. [8]Season on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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