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CRIMINAL MINDS
Air Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Time Slot: 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#721) "Divining Rod"
[NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]

WHEN A SERIAL MURDERER IS EXECUTED, A COPYCAT EMERGES IN OKLAHOMA, AND THE BAU TEAM MUST ACT SWIFTLY, ON "CRIMINAL MINDS," WEDNESDAY, MAY 2

Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life") Guest Stars as Shuttle Driver Dylan Kohler

"Divining Rod" - After a notorious serial killer is executed, a copycat begins murdering women in the same Oklahoma town and in the same fashion, and the BAU team must act fast before more victims are found. Also, Prentiss gets nervous at the thought of a major real estate purchase, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, May 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life") guest stars as shuttle driver Dylan Kohler.

SERIES REGULARS:

Joe Mantegna (David Rossi)
Thomas Gibson (Aaron Hotchner)
Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss)
Shemar Moore (Derek Morgan)
Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Spencer Reid)
A.J. Cook (Jennifer "JJ" Jareau)
Kirsten Vangsness (Penelope Garcia)

GUEST CAST:

Lisa Darr (Helen Garrett)
Mackenzie Astin (Dylan Kohler)
Detective Jon Childers (Casey Sander)
Eddie Kehler (Rod Garrett)
Glenda Chism-Tamblyn (Female Witness)
Anna Rubley (Jodie Armstrong)
Bob McCracken (Warden Hansen)
Kelly Curran (Karla Demshure)
Steven Howell (Gary Hazlett)
Jo Beth Locklear (Emily Sisk)
Leigha Kingsley (Cara Smith)

WRITTEN BY: Bruce Zimmerman

DIRECTED BY: Doug Aarniokoski

RATING: To Be Announced

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CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS)
Returns Wednesday, September 25
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/22/05 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
wednesdays from 9:00 PM-10:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
9 (??? episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's ninth) on 5/9/13
DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's press release, May 2013) CBS announced today that CRIMINAL MINDS has been renewed for the 2013-2014 broadcast season, becoming CBS's 20th series to be renewed for next year. Currently in its eighth season, CRIMINAL MINDS ranks as Wednesday's number one drama in viewers (12.24m), adults 18-49 (3.3/09) and adults 25-54 (4.3/10). CRIMINAL MINDS, about an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country'smost twisted criminal minds, stars Joe Mantegna, Thomas Gibson, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Mark Gordon, Erica Messer and Janine Sherman Barrois are executive producers for ABC Studios in association with CBS Television Studios.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· A.J. Cook as Jennifer "JJ" Jareau
· Jeanne Tripplehorn
· Joe Mantegna as David Rossi
· Kirsten Vangsness as Penelope Garcia
· Matthew Gray Gubler as Spencer Reid
· Shemar Moore as Derek Morgan
· Thomas Gibson as Aaron Hotchner
RECURRING/PREVIOUS CAST INFORMATION:
· Lola Glaudini as Elle Greenaway
· Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon
· Paget Brewster as Emily Prentiss
· Rachel Nichols as Ashley Seaver
CREW INFORMATION:
· Breen Frazier as SP
· Charles S.Carroll as PROD/UPM
· Chris Mundy as EP
· Deborah Spera as EP
· Edward Allen Bernero as EP
· Erica Messer as SP
· Gigi Coello-Bannon as PROD
· Glenn Kershaw as SP
· Jeff Davis as WRTR (Pilot)
· Mark Gordon as EP
· Richard Shepard as DIR (Pilot)
· Simon Mirren as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· CBS Television Studios
· Mark Gordon Company, The