Paramount+ today released the official trailer for the highly anticipated series Criminal Minds: Evolution. The trailer can be watched using the player below.
The 10-episode season will premiere with two episodes on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, exclusively on Paramount+.
CBS Television Network also announced it would host a special broadcast airing of the first episode on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 24, at 10:00 PM ET/PT.
Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays exclusively on Paramount+, with a mid-season finale on Thursday, Dec. 15. The season will then return on Thursday, Jan. 12, with all-new episodes dropping weekly through the finale on Thursday, Feb. 9.
In Criminal Minds: Evolution, the FBI’s elite team of criminal profilers come up against their greatest threat yet, an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers.
As the world opens back up and the network goes operational, the team must hunt them down, one murder at a time.
Original cast members continuing their roles include Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster.
Zach Gilford joins the dynamic cast as a recurring guest star in a season-long arc.
Criminal Minds: Evolution will continue and expand the beloved franchise for streaming audiences, blending serialized elements into the series format.
This season continues CBS’ Criminal Minds series, which ran from 2005 to 2020 and followed the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, the best of the best who profiled the worst of the worst.
ABC Signature and CBS Studios produce Criminal Minds. Erica Messer (Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders) serves as showrunner, executive producer, and writer.
Breen Frazier and Chris Barbour will serve as writers and executive producers, Glenn Kershaw will direct and executive produce, and Mark Gordon will also serve as executive producer.
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Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.