As a matter of fact, we almost wonder if you should just consider it an annual traditional that Matthew Gray Gubler tends to miss some episodes pretty early on in the run of a season. This is something that happened last year prior to the prison arc, just like this is happening year with some absences, as well. He loves to play Reid on the show, but at the same exact time wants to have some other opportunities here and there. That is where he is this week, but we figure that there is going to be an opportunity to see him at some point in the near future.
For most of the series, her character acts as the liaison between the BAU and the media, and unlike other characters, Jennifer only shoots someone once during the series run. Since , she has only participated in four other projects outside the series. Her most recent project has been the indie film, Back Fork. In it, she teams up with Josh Stewart, who actually portrays the husband of her character in Criminal Minds. The movie follows a family man who loses his way after a tragedy.
Vangsness is the only cast member to appear in the main show and its two spinoffs. For years, she portrayed the technical analyst, Penelope Garcia. Apart from acting, Vangsness also served as a writer on the show. The actress doesn't have any upcoming projects at the moment. Her most recent project outside the show was the comedy horror movie, Dave Made a Maze. Hopefully, fans will get to see her on the screens again soon.
Rodriguez was brought in to replace Shemar Moore after the actor left in He is one of the main cast members in the Penny Dreadful spinoff series, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels , which premiered in In it, he portrays a union leader named Raul.
Criminal Minds just didn't fall into either camp. A lot of factors play into a network's decision to end a popular series, but it almost always comes down to one big X-factor: ratings. If enough people watch a show, a network can charge companies big bucks to advertise their products during that show. If the ratings stay high, the network earns a tidy profit in ad revenue. Should that pattern hold, a show could stay on the air indefinitely. Case in point: 60 Minutes, still a major draw after more than 50 years on the air.
Criminal Minds ' most recent numbers are nowhere near its highest levels. In the season, it placed just outside the top 40 most-watched shows on broadcast TV, pulling in an average of 8. That's a big fall from the season, when Criminal Minds was the 11th-most-watched show on TV.
The numbers don't justify CBS keeping it around after next year. The longer a show sticks around, the more expensive it is to produce. Actors can earn more money each time they re-negotiate their contracts to stick around for a few more seasons. They've got producers in a bind — they kind of have to pay the actors what they want so as to keep a show's audience-drawing cast intact.
However, a show's popularity and ratings tend to naturally slip over time, meaning the longer a series runs, it becomes less profitable due to declining ad rates and increasing production costs. If it's no longer financially worth it for a network to proceed in such a matter, they'll cut the dead weight of an expensive, long-running show.
For example, Criminal Minds ratings were nowhere near series highs, but in , original cast members Kirsten Vangsness and A. Cook signed new contracts and got substantial raises, ones that gave them salary parity with well-paid co-star Matthew Gray Gubler. All those salaries stick out on the CBS ledger, and couldn't help but play a part in the show being canceled. Crime procedurals are supposed to be rock-solid, ultra-reliable TV institutions.
Viewers expect these kinds of shows to be pretty much the same thing, week in and week out, populated by the same set of familiar faces for years on end. Criminal Minds didn't adhere to those unwritten rules, churning out more than episodes despite sporting one of the most active revolving doors in TV casting history. He detailed that he may be leaving these items, and his time on Criminal Minds , behind, but he'll carry the memories he's made on the show with him forever.
Fans couldn't help but respond to Gubler's post to let him know that Spencer Reid will forever live on in their hearts, as well.
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