Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 20 is confirmed – and coming to Paramount+. The news hit even before Season 19 premieres on Thursday, May 28, 2026. So, yes, you could say, the long-running drama franchise about profilers in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit is committed to staying on the case.
Read on for everything you need to know about the 20th season of the Paramount+ original series, including when you can expect its release, info on the cast and story, and more.
Where to watch Season 20
Upon its premiere, you can watch Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 20 exclusively on Paramount+ with a subscription. As with Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 19, Season 20’s episodes are expected to roll out weekly through the season finale.
Paramount+ is the place to watch and stream all episodes of the Criminal Minds franchise. To start your binge-watch, get started with a subscription (any plan), or log into your Paramount+ account via the free app or ParamountPlus.com. Search for Criminal Minds: Evolution or Criminal Minds. Either search will take you to the show page where you’ll find the complete franchise: Criminal Minds, the original drama that ran on CBS from 2005-2020, is Seasons 1-15; Criminal MInds: Evolution, the Paramount+ original that launched in 2022, is Seasons 16-present. There are more than 350 episodes of Criminal Minds and Criminal Minds: Evolution to binge-watch right now.
When is Season 20 expected to premiere?
Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 20 will premiere in 2027. Book it. Now, an exact premiere date has not been announced. Once the news is announced, we’ll drop the update here.
Who’s in the Season 20 cast?
The Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 20 cast list is not out. But that’s okay, we’re still pouring over the cast announced for Season 19, including returning series stars Joe Mantegna, A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, RJ Hatanaka, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster.
How Season 20 fits into the Criminal Minds universe
Season 20 will be the fifth season of the Paramount+ original drama Criminal Minds: Evolution, the Paramount+ original drama, and continuation of Criminal Minds. As we said before, on Paramount+, episodes of both titles are found on the same show page, where episodes of Criminal Minds are listed as Seasons 1-15, and episodes of Criminal Minds: Evolution are listed as everything from Season 16 and on up.
Since its debut, the franchise has evolved from procedural to serialized storytelling. Despite the expansion in scope, fans of the original Criminal Minds will recognize that the original show’s core DNA remains in Criminal Minds: Evolution.
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