Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Information

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds ("The Fight"), the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer as the series' backdoor pilot.

Just like the parent series, CBS owned the underlying North American rights, while ABC owned the international rights. The series premiered on February 16, 2011, in the Wednesdays at 10 pm time slot following out of the original Criminal Minds.

CBS cancelled the series on May 17, 2011. The series ends with a cliffhanger. On September 6, 2011 CBS DVD released the complete series as a 4 disc-set. It is packaged as "The DVD Edition". There are numerous special features and two episode commentaries with the cast and crew. The set includes the backdoor pilot from season five of the original show, as well.

Background

In early 2009, Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly said that he and studios were discussing the possibility of a spin-off of the procedural crime drama Criminal Minds. Studio Producer Ed Bernero confirmed it by disclosing that "it's safe to say there will be something soon." The show would have a completely new cast, with the exception of Kirsten Vangsness, who would reprise her role as Penelope Garcia. In late 2010, the director had been chosen, and the casting completed. It was announced that Forest Whitaker would star. Whitaker's character and his team were introduced in Criminal Minds Season 5. Richard Schiff would have a recurring role as FBI Director Jack Fickler.

Whitaker and his team set the stage for the spin-off in the 18th episode of the fifth season of Criminal Minds, "The Fight" (April 7, 2010). This "back-door pilot" approach was also used for other CBS shows that got introduced in an original series, such as CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS, and NCIS: Los Angeles.

Characters

Season	BAU Unit Chief	Senior SSA	Supervisory Special Agent			Technical Analyst	FBI Director
1	Samuel "Sam" "Coop" Cooper (Forest Whitaker)	Beth Griffith (Janeane Garofalo)	Jonathan "Prophet" Sims (Michael Kelly)	Gina LaSalle (Beau Garrett)	Mick Rawson (Matt Ryan)	Penelope "Phatty" Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness)	Jack Fickler (Richard Schiff)

Ratings

Season	Timeslot (EDT)	Season Premiere	Season Finale	TV Season	Rank	Viewers (in millions)
1	Wednesday 10:00 pm	February 16, 2011	May 25, 2011	2011	No. 39	10.57

International broadcasting

Country	Network	Notes
Australia	Channel 7	on Wednesday at 20:30 (GMT+10)
Brazil	AXN Brazil	on Tuesday at 21:00 (GMT-3)
France	M6	Premiered on January 12, 2012 20:50
Germany	Sat.1	It takes the series title "Criminal Minds: Team Red".; on Sunday at 23:15 (GMT+1), August 28 " November 20, 2011 Is repeated on Kabel eins.
Greece	FX	Premieres on October 5, 2011
Ireland	RT"? Two	on Monday at 21:00 (GMT/IST)
Italy	Rai 2	On Tuesday at 21:00 (GMT/IST)
Japan	WOWOW	Premieres on October 2011
Portugal	AXN Portugal	on Friday at 21:30 (WET/WEST)
Canada	CTV	on Monday at 20:30 (GMT+12)
Turkey	DiziMax	on Tuesday at 22:00 (GMT+2)
India	STAR World India	Monday " Friday at 22:00 (GMT +)
Norway	TVNorge	Sundays at 22:30
Indonesia	Global TV	on Mondays 20:30 (GMT+2)
Netherlands	Veronica	on Wednesday
Sweden	Kanal 5	on Thursday at 21:00 (GMT +0100)
United Kingdom	Alibi	Premièred October 29, 2012. at 21:00 (GMT)