--- description: The new spinoff will focus on FBI agents helping American citizens in trouble abroad title: 'Criminal Minds' Gets a New Spinoff image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta728214470647325/69876eb5524fc0f798deb64a/criminal-minds-love-hewitt-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Criminal Minds_ Gets a New Spinoff by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 4:14 PM CUT  Jennifer Love Hewitt as Kate Callahan and Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan in the "Amelia Porter" episode of Criminal Minds on Dec. 10, 2014. Jennifer Love Hewitt as Kate Callahan and Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan in the "Amelia Porter" episode of Criminal Minds on Dec. 10, 2014.CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2014 4:14 PM CUT CBS is once again looking to spin off one of its major crime drama franchises: EW has learned that _Criminal Minds_ will have a new planted spinoff episode later this season. The as-yet-untitled project focuses on a “division of the FBI that helps American citizens who find themselves in trouble abroad.” We’re told the show is likely to have an entirely different cast than the original series, which is on its 10th year, but sources say that factor has yet to be determined. Adding a more international angle to the series makes sense in light of the recent success NBC has had with global thriller _The Blacklist,_ and Showtime with its acclaimed overseas-set current fourth season of _Homeland_. CBS will shoot the spin-off pilot in February and will air the episode in the _Criminal Minds_ slot later this season. _Criminal Minds_ showrunner Erica Messer will write the pilot, with Messer, Mark Gordon, and Nick Pepper serving as executive producers. Unlike the sprawling _CSI_ and _NCIS_ franchises, the FBI-based _Minds_ has proved trickier to expand. In 2011, CBS launched another spinoff attempt, _Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior_, which had a single short-lived season. [_This article originally appeared on Entertainment Weekly._](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/12/12/criminal-minds-spinoff/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3633717/criminal-minds-spinoff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3633717/criminal-minds-spinoff/"},"headline":"Criminal Minds Gets a New Spinoff","datePublished":"2014-12-15T16:14:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:51:39.566Z","description":"The new spinoff will focus on FBI agents helping American citizens in trouble abroad","url":"https://time.com/3633717/criminal-minds-spinoff/","keywords":["Television","CBS"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta728214470647325/69876eb5524fc0f798deb64a/criminal-minds-love-hewitt-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta728214470647325/69876eb5524fc0f798deb64a/criminal-minds-love-hewitt-moore.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"criminal-minds-love-hewitt-moore","caption":"criminal-minds-love-hewitt-moore","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3633717/criminal-minds-spinoff/","name":"Criminal Minds Gets a New Spinoff"}}]}] ```