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! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[Extreme Aggressor (Criminal Minds Episode)|1]]
| 22
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="10"| Wednesday 9:00 pm
| September 22, 2005
| May 10, 2006
| [[2005–2006 United States network television schedule|2005–06]]
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center" | No. 28TBA
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center" | TBA ▼| style="text-align:center" | 12.63<ref name=abc06>[http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053106_05 "ABC Television Network 2005–2006 Primetime Ranking Report"]. (May 31, 2006). [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]. Retrieved November 6, 2007.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 2: 2006–2007|2]]
| May 16, 2007
| [[2006–2007 United States network television schedule|2006–07]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 24
| style="text-align:center" | 14.05<ref name=abc07>[http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053007_08 "ABC Television Network 2006–2007 Primetime Ranking Report"]. (May 30, 2007). [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]. Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 3: 2007–2008|3]]
| May 21, 2008
| <small>[[2007–2008 United States network television schedule|2007–08]]</small>
| style="text-align:center" | No. 24
| style="text-align:center" | 12.78<ref name=abc08>[http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052808_06 "ABC Television Network 2007–2008 Primetime Ranking Report"]. (May 28, 2008). [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]. Retrieved July 3, 2009.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 4: 2008–2009|4]]
| May 20, 2009
| [[2008–2009 United States network television schedule|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 11
| style="text-align:center" | 14.95<ref name=abc09>[http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05 "ABC Television Network 2008–2009 Primetime Ranking Report"]. (June 2, 2009). [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]. Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 5: 2009–2010|5]]
| May 26, 2010
| [[2009–2010 United States network television schedule|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 16
| style="text-align:center" | 13.70<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336|title=Final 2009-10 Broadcast Primetime Show Average Viewership|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]|date=June 16, 2010|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=2010-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624063442/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 6: 2010–2011|6]]
| rowspan="5" | 24
| September 22, 2010
| May 18, 2011
| [[2010–2011 United States network television schedule|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 10
| style="text-align:center" | 14.11<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/|title=2010-11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show Viewership Averages|publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]]|date=June 1, 2011|accessdate=June 1, 2011|archive-date=2011-06-20|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zZXRcj1U?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 7|7]]
| 24
| September 21, 2011
| May 16, 2012
| [[2011–2012 United States network television schedule|2011–12]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 15
| style="text-align:center" | 13.20<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/complete-list-of-2011-12-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-american-idol-ncis-dancing-with-the-stars/135785/|title=Complete List Of 2011-12 Season TV Show Viewership: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops, Followed By 'American Idol,' 'NCIS' & 'Dancing With The Stars'|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Gormam|first=Bill|date=May 25, 2012|accessdate=May 25, 2012|archive-date=2012-05-25|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67vmtqREG?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/complete-list-of-2011-12-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-american-idol-ncis-dancing-with-the-stars/135785/|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 8|8]]
| 24
| September 26, 2012
| May 22, 2013
| [[2012–2013 United States network television schedule|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 20
| style="text-align:center" | 12.15<ref name="season12-13">{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/29/complete-list-of-2012-13-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-ncis-the-big-bang-theory-ncis-los-angeles/184781/|title=Complete List Of 2012-13 Season TV Show Viewership: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops, Followed By 'NCIS,' 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'NCIS: Los Angeles'|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Bibel|first=Sara|date=May 29, 2013|accessdate=May 29, 2013|archive-date=2013-06-27|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Hh9Es6JF?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/29/complete-list-of-2012-13-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-ncis-the-big-bang-theory-ncis-los-angeles/184781/|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 9|9]]
| 24
| September 25, 2013
| May 14, 2014
| [[2013–14 United States network television schedule|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:center" | No. 13
| style="text-align:center" | 10.88<ref name="season13-14">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/criminal-minds-season-nine-ratings-30062/|date=May 8, 2014|accessdate=June 26, 2014-Produced by the Nielsen Company}}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
! style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | [[List of Criminal Minds episodes#Season 10|10]]
| 24
| October 1, 2014<ref name="NinthSeasonReturn">{{cite web|title=CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates; Early Start for 'Madam Secretary'; 'Big Bang Theory' & 'Scorpion' Launch Premiere Week|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/24/cbs-announces-fall-premiere-dates-2/276598/|publisher=TV by the Numbers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223811/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/24/cbs-announces-fall-premiere-dates-2/276598/|archive-date=2014-07-14|dead-url=yes|accessdate=2014-06-28}}</ref>
| May 2015
| [[2014–15 United States network television schedule|2014–15]]
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