Concerned perhaps that it has not given over enough of its primetime schedule to procedurals, CBS is plotting a spin-off of “Criminal Minds” that would star Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland,” “The Shield,” “ER”).
The Hollywood Reporter describes its premise:
The project, which revolves around a new group of profilers who work outside the FBI bureaucracy, will be introduced on an episode of "Criminal Minds" in the spring.
Of the 19 primetime hours CBS programs between Sunday and Friday, only 13 currently deal with solving mysteries:
* Cold Case
* Criminal Minds
* CSI
* CSI Miami
* CSI NY
* The Ghost Whisperer
* The Good Wife
* Medium
* The Mentalist
* NCIS
* NCIS Los Angeles
* Numbers
* The Sunday Crime Drama Repeat
The other six hours are taken up with six sitcoms, two reality shows, and “60 Minutes.”
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the “Criminal Minds” spin-off here.
