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Criminal Minds
2005
· TV Show
· 42 min episodes
· 19 seasons
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #289
- IMDb #193
- Google retired #76
- Rotten Tomatoes #306
- Metacritic #333
- RatingGraph #292
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #152
- Metacritic Critics #348
- Metacritic Audience #228
- Criticker #254
- Trakt #160
Every rating
46–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 46, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 46, everyone else 77.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →A group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) using behavioral analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and find the suspect known as the unsub.
Details
- Created by
- Jeff Davis
- Released
- 22 September 2005
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 42 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 364 across 19 seasons
- Awards
- 13 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (204) →
Awards & nominations
See all 36 →13 wins from 36 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Tom Elliott For episode "The Bittersweet Science" | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2009 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Tom Elliott For episode "Normal" | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2008 | Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Tom Elliott For episode "Tabula Rasa" | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2017 | Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Winner |
| People's Choice Awards 2016 | Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2016 | Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor | Shemar Moore | Nominee |
| Image Awards 2015 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Shemar Moore | Winner |
| Image Awards 2015 | Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Hanelle Culpepper For episode "The Edge of Winter" | Nominee |
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Primetime Emmy Awards
3 nominations
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Tom Elliott For episode "The Bittersweet Science" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Tom Elliott For episode "Normal" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination | Tom Elliott For episode "Tabula Rasa" | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
6 nominations, 6 won
| Top TV Series | Marc Fantini, Steffan Fantini, Scott Gordon | Winner |
| Top TV Series | Marc Fantini, Steffan Fantini, Scott Gordon | Winner |
| Top Television Series | Marc Fantini, Steffan Fantini, Scott Gordon | Winner |
| Top Television Series | Steffan Fantini | Winner |
| Top Television Series | Steffan Fantini | Winner |
| Top Television Series | Steffan Fantini | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| BMI TV Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
| BMI TV Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
| BMI TV Music Award | Mark Mancina | Winner |
Image Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Shemar Moore | Winner |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Janine Sherman Barrois For episode "Strange Fruit" | Winner |
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Shemar Moore | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Hanelle Culpepper For episode "The Edge of Winter" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Rob Hardy For episode "Carbon Copy" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Janine Sherman Barrois For episode "The Pact" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Janine Sherman Barrois For episode "The Bittersweet Science" | Nominee |
| Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series | Janine Sherman Barrois For episode "Remembrance of Things Past" | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
10 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Winner |
| Favorite New Television Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Criminal Minds | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor | Shemar Moore | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor | Shemar Moore | Nominee |
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Score in a TV Show | Marc Fantini, Steffan Fantini, Scott Gordon | Winner |
Hollywood Post Alliance
1 nomination
| Outstanding Editing – Television | Jimmy Giritlian | Nominee |
Monte-Carlo TV Festival
1 nomination
| International TV Audience Award – Best Drama TV Series | Touchstone Television, The Mark Gordon Company | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Music for Short Form Television | Lisa A. Arpino For episode "True Night" | Nominee |
MovieGuide Awards
1 nomination
| Faith and Freedom Award | Criminal Minds For episode "The Fallen" | Nominee |
Prism Awards
1 nomination
| Drama Episode – Mental Health | Criminal Minds For episode "The Edge of Winter" | Nominee |