Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a brief American police procedural drama broadcast on CBS. It premiered in 2011 as a spin-off of the popular Criminal Minds, which first aired in 2005. This version’s profiling team was also part of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. In an episode from April 2010, during the fifth season of Criminal Minds, the original team collaborated with the new team to track down a serial killer in San Francisco. This episode acted as a backdoor pilot for the new series. Similar to its predecessor, CBS held the North American rights, while ABC managed the international rights. The series launched on February 16, 2011, occupying the Wednesday 10 pm slot, right after the original Criminal Minds. CBS decided to cancel the show on May 17, 2011, leaving it with a cliffhanger ending. On September 6, 2011, CBS DVD released the entire series as a 4-disc set titled “The DVD Edition,” which includes various special features and two episode commentaries by the cast and crew, as well as the backdoor pilot from the original show’s fifth season.