It’s been over three years since Criminal Minds ended its original run on CBS, and fans had to say goodbye to the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Not long after, though, talks of a reboot or revival had already started, and for a while, it was just a bunch of back and forth. When Evolution was officially greenlit, it was a long time coming. Now with a second season of Evolution in the works as the 17th overall season of Criminal Minds, Joe Mantegna opened up.
Reports of a possible Criminal Minds reboot started back in 2021, and even in the age of reboots, revivals, and spinoffs, it was a surprise when Evolution actually got off the ground so soon after the original series ended. Joe Mantegna, who portrays David Rossi on the crime drama, tells Closer he wasn’t expecting the series to be brought back and was grateful that the show was able to go 15 years:
