Criminal Minds #4: We Take Care Of Our Own!

It's good to see this. Maybe I'm mad but they could bring Navarro into CM :D that they have killings in Miami and then is Horatio Caine :D

Personally I think that they add Adam character with Tara :D
 
Probably won't be watching as I practically had no desire to watch last season (only managed to watch 1 episode) but the 12th season starts on Wednesday September 28th.

Wednesday, Sept. 28

8:00-9:00 PM SURVIVOR (Regular Time Period)

9:00-10:00 PM CRIMINAL MINDS (12th Season Premiere)

10:00-11:00 PM CODE BLACK (2nd Season Premiere)
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(I'm posting updates in various threads, so here we go! :))

Paget Brewster will be back as Emily Prentiss during season 12! Here's the CSI Files article (7 tweets/photos), which indicates she'll appear in several episodes. It was also confirmed that Aisha Tyler would return in a recurring capacity.

Also, Adam Rodriguez posed for CBS Watch! Magazine, and you can find a photo link and four behind-the-scenes videos in this CSI Files article. BTW, his character's name is Luke Alvez.

Here are several CSI Files articles with collections of tweets/photos relating to season 12 filming:

‘Criminal Minds’ Starts Filming On Monday (66 tweets/photos)
Check Out ‘Criminal Minds’ Season 12 Set Photos (1 video and 33 tweets/photos)
Take A Look At More ‘Criminal Minds’ Tweets & Set Photos (80 tweets/photos)

Kirsten Vangsness was at Comic-Con last month, which is where she announced that Brewster would be returning, and indicated that Tyler would appear in season 12 as well. She and Tyler James Williams (from Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders) also said there will be more cameos/crossovers between the shows this year. You can find videos, photos, etc from Comic-Con in this CSI Files article. (Contains 130+ videos/tweets/photos, so it will load slowly!)

Finally, you can find info about the season 11 DVDs in this article from CSIFiles, which are scheduled for an August 30 release. Here's the cover art:

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I watched 1 episode, in it's entirety last season so I probably won't be watching this season. Things are starting to get a bit crowded for any decent screen time!


Criminal Minds: Aisha Tyler Promoted to Series Regular for Season 12

The doctor is in, more than ever.

Criminal Minds has promoted Aisha Tyler to series regular, as Dr. Tara Lewis, CBS announced on Wednesday.

Things thus look to be more crowded than ever at the BAU for Season 12 (premiering Wednesday, Sept. 28), with CSI: Miami vet Adam Rodriguez joining the cast as a series regular and fan favorite Paget Brewster due back for multiple episodes as Emily Prentiss.

Tyler, whose days also include co-hosting The Talk, voicing Archer‘s Lana Kane and lording over Whose Line is It Anyway?, first appeared on the crime drama in the Season 11 premiere, to help fill the void left by the exit of Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Kate Callahan and maternity leave of A.J. Cook’s “J.J.” Jareau.
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That's great news for Aisha. I didn't want her to get kicked out with Adam being hired, and Paget coming back for a few episodes. :)
 
Do you hear, Thomas Gibson has been suspend for least 0ne, likely two episode. He is nix for director. He got altercation with the producer.
 
"Deadline" says producer.
Thomas Gibson Suspended From ‘Criminal Minds’ Over On-Set Altercation
Aaron Hotchner will be going MIA. I’ve learned that Criminal Minds star Thomas Gibson has been suspended for at least one and likely two episodes after a physical altercation with a producer on the set of the CBS crime drama. (I hear the incident involved Thomas kicking the producer).

In addition to Gbson’s immediate suspension from acting on the ABC Studios/CBS TV Studios-produced show — now believed to be filming episodes 3 and 4 – I hear his Season 12 directing stint on Criminal Minds also was nixed following the incident. (Gibson has directed 6 episodes of Criminal Minds so far.) I hear Gibson has been written off the episodes during the suspension, and production on the show continues.

I hear the matter is being handled by Human Resources, with Gibson’s future status on the show under review. Deadline reached out to ABC Studios and CBS for comment earlier on Wednesday.

Gibson is an original Criminal Minds cast member, playing Special Agent Aaron Hotchner since the series’ 2005 debut.
Criminal Minds returns for Season 12 on September 28.
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Hollywood.com says writer...
Thomas Gibson suspended from Criminal Minds – report
Actor Thomas Gibson has reportedly been suspended from TV show Criminal Minds for allegedly kicking a writer.
The 54-year-old, who has portrayed FBI agent Aaron Hotchner since the show began in 2005, was directing and acting a scene in July (16) when he got involved in a dispute with one of the writers and the argument turned physical when Gibson allegedly kicked him in the leg.
The writer reported the altercation to his agent and Gibson has subsequently been suspended by CBS executives and been written out of one or two episodes of the show’s 12th season, which airs in the U.S. in September (16).
Gibson, who claimed the writer became aggressive so he retaliated, admits the incident to TMZ.com, saying, “There were creative differences on the set and a disagreement. I regret that it occurred. We all want to work together as a team to make the best show possible. We always have and always will.”
The actor has directed six episodes of the show so far and his upcoming directorial work on the series has been axed as a consequence of his suspension, according to Deadline.com.
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^^I saw reports that it was Virgil Williams, who is both a writer and producer. Either way, that sucks. :( It sounds like it wasn't that serious (or at least they're spinning it that way), but kicking someone is still completely inappropriate. Ugh.
 
Glad I'm not planning on watching!

‘Criminal Minds’: Thomas Gibson Fired in Wake of On-Set Altercation

Thomas Gibson‘s two-episode suspension from Criminal Minds has become a full-fledged firing. In a statement, ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios — which co-produce the CBS procedural — said, “Thomas Gibson has been dismissed from Criminal Minds. Creative details for how the character’s exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date.”

he move comes in the wake of an on-set altercation in which Gibson allegedly kicked a producer. “There were creative differences on the set and a disagreement,” Gibson said earlier this week in a statement. “I regret that it occurred. We all want to work together as a team to make the best show possibleWe always have and always will.”

As reported by Deadline, this latest incident was the second of its kind for Gibson, who years ago reportedly shoved an assistant director and subsequently was made to attend anger manager classes.

“I love Criminal Minds and have put my heart and soul into it for the last 12 years,” Gibson said in a statement to THR on Friday. “I had hoped to see it through to the end, but that won’t be possible now. I would just like to say thank you to the writers, producers, actors, our amazing crew, and, most importantly, the best fans that a show could ever hope to have.”

Thomas’ character, BAU Special Agent Aaron Hotchner, will likely be sent away on special assignment. During TVLine’s Season 12 preview Q&A with Erica Messer, the showrunner made mention of a storyline that will take Hotch off the canvas. Setting up the return of Paget Brewster as BAU team member-turned-Interpol agent Emily Prentiss, Messer said, “Prentiss is doing essentially temporary duty with us, while Hotch is on temporary duty doing something that the Director tapped him to do.”

Gibson’s Hotch will thus be off-screen “for a couple of episodes,” Messer said at the time, “and then we’ll get to see what that assignment was about. It’s a big thing that will play out.” Or… not.
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I love Criminal Minds, but I don't think the show can survive without him. I read once that someone of TPTB said that the show continues since TG be there. Now, I don't know. Violence is a pretty serious stuff and for what I read both sides were to blame.
 
Yikes! :eek: Violence has consequences, and if there was a fight at any other job, getting fired would likely be the result, so I get it. It sucks to lose a main cast member who has been there since the beginning, but the network had to do what they thought was right.

I'm sure the ratings will go down, the way they always do when a main cast member leaves, but there are several original (or long-term) characters still around. I think Garcia, Reid, JJ and Rossi are still a big draw for the longtime viewers; plus there's Aisha coming back (although I know she's a divisive character, but I like her), Adam Rodriguez joining (who still has fans from CSI: Miami and his other roles, some of whom are likely to tune in), and fan-favorite Paget doing a recurring stint. So I think there are plenty of reasons to keep people watching, and a full ensemble to entertain the fans. (Then again, if I'm honest, I never felt much of a connection to Hotch, so maybe I'm biased. :oops:) In any case, I'm sure ratings will go down, but I wouldn't assume the show is automatically over. If it is, it's not going to be because of any one thing, but a combination (the age of the show, several lost cast members, etc).

I guess we'll have to wait and see!
 
I'm shocked to be honest. And I see two ways now for show:
1. Will lost viewers to around 1.5/1.4 and will move on fridays (Hawaii will cancel)
2. It will be the final season cause series drop more than 1.4.
I didn't expect that at all.
And I'm predict that Hotch story will end with Mr. Scratch and I think that he will kill him and rest of the team (with Paget and maybe Morgan will join) will want catch him. I don't see at this point other option - it will 100% center with Mr.Scratch - Hotch relation.
 
This was a total shock to me. I thought they would only suspend him for a few episodes like they did with George Eads on CSI a few years ago. There must have been much more going on than just "creative differences". However, there's absolutely no excuse for workplace violence, and I think they did the right thing, regardless of how it effects the show.

That being said, this is now an excellent opportunity for CBS to actually practice that diversity casting that they have preaching for the past few seasons. Instead of hiring another white male actor to lead the team, I would love to see them cast a mature minority actress, someone like Angela Bassett, Lorraine Toussaint, Eva Mendes, Maggie Q or Sarah Shahi. Who knows? It could possibly lead to a new creative spark for the show.
 
The show survived Mandy Patinkin jumping ship. CSI survived several years (good ones IMO) without William Petersen. The various Law & Order shows turned over their entire casts throughout their runs.

Criminal Minds will be fine. (Personally I've felt that Hotch hasn't seen much development the last few years anyways...he's just become the archetype hard-ass boss.)

If they're looking to replace Gibson (and I suspect they will) my pick would be Robert Patrick...someone who's about the same age, used to the daily grind of a TV series, is great at the kicking down doors stuff and knows what it's like to step into a long-running series and replace the lead (X-Files)

Whatever they do, it sounds like this isn't the first time Thomas Gibson's been written up for this sort of workplace incident. He also got slapped with a DUI a few years back. Clearly he's got some baggage that he's been bringing to work with him.

This sort of behavior wouldn't be tolerated in any other workplace. Show business should be no exception.
 
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