Ratings Review: CRIMINAL MINDS (Season Nine)

After nine seasons, CRIMINAL MINDS is still a strong series in the Nielsen ratings. It's solid and consistent delivery of ratings makes it a solid performer and fans have stayed loyal through the past decade.

Each week, you can count on CRIMINAL MINDS attracting 10-12 million viewers and a solid mid-two in the A18-49 demographic. Over the years, the demographic number has come down a little, but viewership is almost the same as it was in the fall of 2007, in that 12 million viewer range.

In the LIVE+7 ratings, CRIMINAL MINDS is one of the stronger programs to draw additional viewers. Viewership increased between 3 to 4 million, while the A18-49 ratings grow by more than 50%. People like to say it is an "old Show" because of the number of non A18-49 viewers, but it does produce one of the better A18-49 ratings.

For the season, Criminal minds averaged 9.83 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in adults 18-49, for the 32 airings, including eight repeat episodes. Unless, as a team, the cast decides to leave the series, CRIMINAL MINDS could see many more years on the air.

CRIMINAL MINDS (Wednesdays at 9 p.m., on CBS)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	L+3	L+7
09/25/13	11.27	2.8	13.91 (3.8)	14.87 (4.1)
10/02/13	11.12	2.7		14.46 (4.0)
10/09/13	10.98	2.6		14.28 (3.9)
10/16/13	11.06	2.7		14.11 (3.9)
10/23/13	11.55	2.7		14.68 (3.9)
10/30/13	10.64	2.4		13.94 (3.7)
11/06/13	9.70	2.3		13.11 (3.7)
11/13/13	11.63	2.7		14.87 (3.9)
11/20/13	12.40	2.8		15.98 (4.2)
11/27/13	11.10	2.4
12/04/13	8.21	1.7	(R)
12/11/13	11.19	2.4		14.69 (3.8)
12/18/13	6.40	1.3	(R)
12/25/13	4.75	0.7	(R)
01/01/14	7.13	1.3	(R)
01/08/14	preempted
01/15/14	10.35	2.4	13.25 (4.4)	14.21 (3.9)
01/22/14	10.35	2.2		14.45 (3.8)
01/29/14	6.42	1.2	(R)
02/05/14	12.92	2.8		16.39 (4.0)
02/12/14	preempted
02/19/14	10.06	2.5		13.65 (3.8)
02/26/14	9.42	2.2	10pm
03/05/14	11.42	2.6		15.13 (4.0)
03/12/14	10.74	2.3		13.96 (3.6)
03/19/14	10.14	2.2		13.80 (3.6)
03/26/14	7.19	1.4	(R)
04/02/14	10.47	2.6		14.07 (4.0)
04/09/14	9.85	2.3		13.17 (3.6)
04/16/14	6.88	1.4	(R)
04/23/14	6.35	1.2	(R)
04/30/14	10.30	2.2		14.01 (3.6)
05/07/14	10.52	2.3		13.89 (3.6)
05/14/14	12.03	2.7		15.42 (3.9)

* - in millions