{"id":65434,"date":"2016-05-06T04:07:29","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=65434"},"modified":"2016-05-06T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T21:14:29","slug":"check-out-criminal-minds-finale-cmbb-ratings-links-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2016\/05\/check-out-criminal-minds-finale-cmbb-ratings-links-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out ‘Criminal Minds’ Finale & ‘CM:BB’ Ratings, Links & Promo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criminal Minds<\/i> and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders<\/i> aired new episodes on Wednesday night, including the season eleven finale of Criminal Minds<\/i>. You can find ratings, links to watch the episodes, and a Beyond Borders<\/i> promo below—plus 145 tweets and photos!<\/p>\n

\nCriminal Minds<\/i> offered the final episode of season eleven at 9:00pm ET\/PT. “The Storm” pulled in<\/a> 8.83 million viewers and a 1.8 rating\/6 share in the key 18-49 demographic prized by advertisers (raised to 8.84 million when the final ratings<\/a> were counted, with no change in the demo). If you missed the finale, or would like to watch it again, you can find it on CBS.com<\/a>, XFinity TV<\/a> or CTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nCBS has not yet announced whether or not Criminal Minds<\/i> will return for a twelfth season in the fall. (Edit:<\/i><\/b> Criminal Minds<\/i> has been renewed<\/a> for season 12.)<\/p>\n

\nExecutive Producer Erica Messer<\/b> spoke to TV Guide<\/a> about the finale, including this quote:<\/p>\n

I kind of saw the multiple bomb threats coming, but not the serial killer twist, which could give you some fertile ground to work with. When did you first conceive of the idea to have unsubs escape?<\/p>\n

\nErica Messer:<\/b> We had such a good time with Tara Lewis this year and the idea that she gets to do something that we don’t get to show very often … interviewing the killers after we’ve caught them. So when we met Ennis with her back in Episode 5, we loved that guy so much and we loved that world she gets lost in — [she] even lost her relationship over that kind of thing. We were thinking, is there another way to sort of explore that? Given all the Shemar real estate this year, it wouldn’t have done it justice if we had squeezed it into this year, given everything else we had to do. We thought, if we end the season with this prison break, wouldn’t it be cool for the team to have a victory — but since the team couldn’t be everywhere at once, we learn this happened elsewhere? So it really got conceived as we were breaking the finale more than anything. It was just of interest to us all year, this idea of prison. But we didn’t conceive of the Season 12 tease of it until we were in the room breaking the finale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nHere’s a set of photos from the season eleven wrap party, including former cast members Shemar Moore<\/b> (Derek Morgan) and Paget Brewster<\/b> (Emily Prentiss):<\/p>\n

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KV stole Shemars phone shhhhhh. @kirstenvangsness @justmeashlei #babygirl #babysister<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Shemar Moore (@shemarfmoore) on