Criminal Minds

FBI profiler series

Criminal Minds is an American television crime drama that aired from 2005 to 2020, following FBI profilers in the Behavioral Analysis Unit who analyze criminals' psychology to solve cases.

The show popularized terms like "unsub" (unknown subject) and brought criminal profiling into mainstream awareness.

We binged Criminal Minds all weekend.

Opposites
show focus/protagonist type

Criminal MindsCSI

Crime scene investigators

Bones · forensic analysis · NCIS · Law & Order · courtroom dramas

tone and content

Criminal MindsSesame Street

Educational children's television program

Full House · The Brady Bunch · children's programming · Blue's Clues · The Golden Girls

perspective/sympathy

Criminal MindsBreaking Bad

Turning to crime

The Sopranos · Hannibal · Ozark · Better Call Saul · Peaky Blinders

Family

criminal, criminals, criminally, criminality, crime, crimes, incriminate, incriminating, incrimination

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13