Is Ashley Seaver Here to Stay?

From EW;

What a season finale on Criminal Minds! WOOHOO JJ!! But I’m worried about these shake-ups. Unless Seaver leaves. Then I’m okay with it. Any news for me? — Marge
Don’t misinterpret JJ’s return as a push to the exit for Seaver (Rachel Nichols) so fast there, Marge. Per EP Erica Messer: “No, it doesn’t necessarily mean [she's leaving]. Honestly, they’re not the same character. And I think it was unfortunate because they look so much alike that people rejected Seaver because she seemed like she was a replacement for JJ,” she said. “As far as I’m concerned, she is a part of this team…I don’t want her to just disappear.”

Joe Mantegna Speech at walk of Fame Ceremony

Criminal Minds Promo Video for the Season 6 Finale

Shemar Moore Set To Return To 'Criminal Minds'

EXCLUSIVE: After lengthy negotiations, Criminal Minds co-star Shemar Moore has closed a deal to return to the CBS crime drama next season. I hear that he will be doubling his salary to about $100,000 an episode, up from just north $50,000 per episode under his old agreement. With Moore set, Thomas Gibson is the only remaining cast member without a deal to return, with negotiations ongoing. Gibson's reps wouldn't comment beyond stating that "Thomas would love to continue on Criminal Minds." While he is the only Criminal Minds actor without a deal, Gibson is not the only cast member whose feature on the show is uncertain. Series producer ABC Studios has an option on Paget Brewster, which it can exercise if Brewster's NBC comedy pilot My Life As an Experiment doesn't go to series. Judging by industry buzz, that seems to be the case but we will have to wait until NBC makes its pickups in the next two days to know for sure. Joe Mantegna and Matthew Gray Gubler are set to return, as is A.J. Cook, who recently inked a new 2-year deal.

source: deadline hollywood

Criminal Minds SPOILER for Season 7

What's the deal with Strauss on Criminal Minds? Will she be back? — Heather
ADAM: Yes, and in a big way, according to executive producer Erica Messer. "Strauss is always a bit of a mystery," she says. "Next season I'd like to show that she's actually human. She has issues like the rest of us. The team will see a new side of her."

source TVGUIDE

Criminal Minds SPOILERS End of Season 6 and for Season 7

'Criminal Minds' exec teases Dr Reid plot

Friday, May 6 2011, 12:07pm EDT

By Morgan Jeffery, TV Reporter

Criminal Minds producer Erica Messer has confirmed that the show will explain Dr Reid's headaches.

The character (played by Mathew Gray Gubler) has suffered from unexplained migraines throughout the show's sixth season, but Messer told Entertainment Weekly that Reid's illness will be explored properly in a potential seventh season.

"Honestly, that storyline, that whole idea behind that, started before we lost A.J. [Cook] and Paget [Brewster]," she explained. "There was [also] a chance that we were fearing to lose Matthew just because of contract negotiations."

She continued: "That storyline kind of got implanted and then never truly paid off in this season, but we want to sort of conclude that next season. That's the plan."

Criminal Minds star Thomas Gibson previously insisted that the show's future is secure, claiming that many viewers are still "connected" to the crime drama.

source: Digital Spy

'Criminal Minds' exec teases cliffhanger

Wednesday, April 27 2011, 11:11am EDT

By Morgan Jeffery, TV Reporter

Criminal Minds producer Erica Messer has confirmed that the current season will end on a cliffhanger.

The showrunner told TV Guide that the sixth season finale will see the BAU team come under threat from a financial crisis.

"It's about our team and the financial cost of crime fighting," she explained. "The goal [with this episode] was to show how much the world needs our heroes and how important it is that we keep the team together.

"Bad guys seem to have endless funds but, as in real life, there are budget cuts in the government, and the team is in jeopardy of being split up."

It was recently confirmed that A.J. Cook will reprise her role as Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau in the season finale, having previously been axed from the crime drama

Criminal Minds star Thomas Gibson recently insisted that the show's future is secure.

"Each year seems to have contained the challenges of transition, and no greater transition has been called upon than this year," he suggested. "The show is continuing just like the team is continuing, but hopefully we're ready for whatever the next transition is."

Criminal Minds continues on Wednesdays at 9/8c on CBS. The sixth season finale will air in May.

source: Digital Spy

Matthew Gray Gubler is Hosting an Event for The American Lung Association in Nevada

Live Colorfully Fashion Show
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Friday, May 6
Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas
3752 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89158

Hosted by Matthew Gray Gubler
Actor, Criminal Minds

10:30 a.m. Reception & Silent Auction
12:00 noon Fashion Show/Luncheon
2:00 p.m. VIP Reception with Matthew Gray Gubler

Benefitting the American Lung Association in Nevada