Criminal Minds ended in 2020 after its fifteenth season but the long-running procedural isn’t going away just yet. In 2022, it was revived for a sixteenth season titled Criminal Minds: Evolution. The crime drama series follows an elite team of FBI profilers working as members of the Behavioural Analysis Unit. Working on various cases, they use behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and identify their perpetrators.
Criminal Minds has always been a huge hit among crime thriller fans. In Australia, the new Criminal Minds Season 16 has just dropped on streaming TV and using this guide you can find out how to watch it.
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Criminal Minds Season 16 preview
In Criminal Minds’ latest season, the members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit are tasked with solving a complex case involving a home invasion team that resulted in a teenage girl being abducted and how it’s connected to a serial killer network. They later discover that they’re dealing with a network of serial killers built during the pandemic. With the world back on its feet, these killers also begin hunting for victims.
Season 16 sees the return of familiar faces with Joe Mantegna, A. J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster all reprising their roles. Josh Stewart also returns to play Will LaMontagne Jr. while Zach Gilford was cast as Elias Voit. It’s worth noting that Matthew Gray Gubler’s Dr. Spencer Reid and Daniel Henney’s Matt Simmons didn’t return for season 16.
Criminal Minds Season 16 trailer
You can watch the official trailer for Criminal Minds Evolution below:
How many seasons of Criminal Minds are there?
There are 16 seasons of Criminal Minds so far with the latest season 16 premiering on streaming TV last November 2022. The series aired on CBS for 15 seasons but was revived by Paramount+ for season 16. In Australia, every season is available on Disney Plus.
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Criminal Minds Seasons
| Seasons | Released | Streaming Service |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2005 | Disney Plus |
| Season 2 | 2006 | Disney Plus |
| Season 3 | 2007 | Disney Plus |
| Season 4 | 2008 | Disney Plus |
| Season 5 | 2009 | Disney Plus |
| Season 6 | 2010 | Disney Plus |
| Season 7 | 2011 | Disney Plus |
| Season 8 | 2012 | Disney Plus |
| Season 9 | 2013 | Disney Plus |
| Season 10 | 2014 | Disney Plus |
| Season 11 | 2015 | Disney Plus |
| Season 12 | 2016 | Disney Plus |
| Season 13 | 2017 | Disney Plus |
| Season 14 | 2018 | Disney Plus |
| Season 15 | 2020 | Disney Plus |
| Season 16 | 2022 | Disney Plus |
Criminal Minds Season 16 release date
Criminal Minds Season 16 had a double-episode premiere in Australia last 25th November 2022. The rest of the episodes were streamed weekly. After Episode 5, the series had a hiatus for several weeks, only returning with new episodes from 13th January 2023. Moreover, Criminal Minds Evolution consisted of 10 episodes, which recently concluded on 10th February 2023.
Featured| Criminal Minds Evolution | Running Time | Streaming Service |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 50 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 2 | 53 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 3 | 43 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 4 | 47 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 5 | 52 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 6 | 55 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 7 | 55 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 8 | 46 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 9 | 55 mins | Disney Plus |
| Episode 10 | 55 mins | Disney Plus |
How to watch Criminal Minds on Disney Plus
Where to watch Criminal Minds in Australia? Fortunately for fans of the series, every season of Criminal Minds is on Disney Plus. It’s worth noting that their free trial is no longer offered, although there are occasional Disney Plus offers that new customers can take advantage of.
To access every twisted Criminal Minds episode available, new customers will need to sign up for an account to access Disney Plus’ rich catalogue of content. For a refresher, Criminal Minds Season 15 is also available for streaming on demand, as well as all the best Criminal Minds episodes.
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Criminal Minds Season 16 cast
Joe Mantegna headlines the new season as David Rossi. He’s joined by AJ Cook as Jennifer “JJ” Jareau, Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia, Aisha Tyler as Dr. Tara Lewis, Adam Rodriguez as Luke Alvez, and Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss. Below we’ve listed the complete cast of the revival series.
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Streaming devices for watching on Disney Plus
Here’s a list of supported devices for which you can stream movies and TV shows on Disney Plus.
Devices supported on Disney+
- Amazon Fire TV: Yes – All Fire TV devices & Fire TV Edition Smart TVs
- Amazon Fire Tablet: Yes – Fire OS 5.0 or later
- Apple TV: Yes – tvOS 11.0 and later; 4th-generation Apple TV
- Chromecast: Yes – Version 1 and newer; Google Nest Hub and Google Nest Hub Max; Vizio Smart TVs (with built-in Chromecast); Android TV devices
- Chromebook: Yes – via Disney+ Android app
- Roku: Yes – Roku boxes and sticks and TVs
- Android TV: Yes – OS 7.0 or later on Google certified TVs
- LG Smart TV: Yes – LG models running webOS 3.0 and above
- Samsung Smart TV: Yes – 2017 models and newer (Tizen OS)
- Hisense Smart TVs and Toshiba Smart TVs: Yes – with VIDAA OS U6 1.2 and other selected models
- PC: Yes – Web browser only; Chrome (version 75+ on Windows 7 or later); Microsoft Edge (version 79+ on Windows 10 or later); Firefox (version 75+ on Windows 7 or later
- Mac: Yes – Safari 11+ is supported on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and later; Chrome 75+ is supported on macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later; Firefox 75+ is supported on macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) and later
- Android phones/tablets: Yes – Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or later
- iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad: Yes – iOS 15.3 and later
- PlayStation: Yes – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
- Xbox: Yes – Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Xfinity Flex and X1 TV Box: Yes; select Xfinity X1 models
- Telstra TV: Yes
- Fetch TV: Yes
