CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION OFFICIAL TRAILER AND KEY ART NOW AVAILABLE

Screeners of Episodes 1801-1802 Available Upon Request

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April 24, 2025 – The new season of CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION premieres on Thursday, May 8 on Paramount+. This season will premiere with one episode, with each episode dropping weekly thereafter through the season finale on July 10.

Season 18 of CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION picks up six months after prisoners attack the notorious Sicarius Killer, Elias Voit, leading his restless followers on the dark web to begin wreaking havoc all over the country. In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.

CRIMINAL MINDS: EVOLUTION stars Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford and RJ Hatanaka, with Adam Rodriguez and Paget Brewster.

Erica Messer serves as showrunner. The series is executive produced by Erica Messer, Chris Barbour, Glenn Kershaw, Breen Frazier and Mark Gordon. The series is produced by 20th Television and CBS Studios.

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