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This is dedicated to my favorite TV shows, Criminal Minds and Person of Interest. Criminal Minds is a show that has helped me immensely to deal with personal issues from childhood, and to better protect and educate myself regarding various obscure subjects. In short, I'm obsessed, and consider myself one of its biggest fans. The table not yet in existence on this page merely serves as a template for what will be the eventual creation of the Wikipedia page entitled Criminal Minds (season 12). I don't know too much about sandboxes, but I am beginning to learn and adapt to the ways of Wikipedia! I am fairly well-versed in writing HTML and CSS code and I love math so I understand the binary and hexadecimal numerical systems considerably, which is why I so much enjoy creating these types of tables. I'm hoping that what is in my sandbox cannot be subject to deletion. Since it is in no way linked to any official Criminal Minds pages, I believe it does not violate the WP:TVUPCOMING policy because it is not an official page. If any editors believe otherwise, I am open to suggestions!

Criminal Minds (season 11)
Criminal Minds was renewed for an eleventh season on May 11, 2015, with an initial order for 22 episodes and is confirmed to premier on September 30, 2015. The series will proudly produce its 250th episode this season; it has been confirmed by Joe Mantegna, himself, that he will be directing episodes 3 and 17 of the season, the latter of which will be the 250th episode of the series.

There will be some interesting cast changes this season, as Aisha Tyler has signed on for a recurring role as Dr. Tara Lewis. Although she will be filling the space left by the departure of Kate Callahan and JJ's temporary absence, it was confirmed in a recent interview by Executive producer Erica Messer that Aisha Tyler is in no way replacing Jennifer Love Hewitt, and that Kate Callahan's space will remain open. Also, Joe Mantegna hinted at it, but now Erica Messer has officially confirmed that Paget Brewster will be returning as Emily Prentiss, also in a recurring capacity.

Cast
It is confirmed that all cast members will be returning for the season, with the exception of Jennifer Love Hewitt, whose character, Kate Callahan, gave Hotch her resignation in the season ten finale. The reason for this mirrored her real life decision to take a year off to spend time with her new baby and family, as she was pregnant and her pregnancy was written into the show. Although JJ announced to Reid that she was also pregnant, she will be returning for season 11 as a main cast member, being absent for around only 5 episodes.

Criminal Minds (season 12)
Criminal Minds was renewed for a twelfth season by CBS on May 6, 2016. It was announced on June 9, 2016 that veteran crime drama actor Adam Rodriguez will be joining the cast as a series regular in the wake of Shemar Moore's exit. The season will consist of 22 episodes. As of June 15th, writing for Season 2 has already begun, with at least two episodes - and, the general direction in which the plot is headed - already mapped out. Not much else is known about Season 12, other than the fact that it will air in the Fall of 2016.

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
In early 2009, Michael Ausiello from Entertainment Weekly said that he and studios were discussing the possibility of a spin-off of the procedural crime drama Criminal Minds. Studio Producer Ed Bernero confirmed it by disclosing that "it's safe to say there will be something soon." The show had a completely new cast, with the exception of Kirsten Vangsness, who reprised her role as Penelope Garcia. By late 2010, the director had been chosen, and the casting completed. It was announced that Forest Whitaker would star. Whitaker's character, Samuel "Sam" "Coop" Cooper, and his team were introduced in Criminal Minds Season 5. Richard Schiff had a recurring role as FBI Director Jack Fickler.

Samuel Cooper and his team set the stage for the spin-off in the 18th episode of the fifth season of Criminal Minds, "The Fight" (April 7, 2010). This "back-door pilot" approach was also used for other CBS shows that were introduced in original series, such as CSI: Miami (2002-2012), CSI: NY (2004-2013) and NCIS: Los Angeles. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was the first cancellation of CBS remakes and CSI: NY was picked up for an eighth season in its place.

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is the second spin-off of the CBS smash hit crime drama, Criminal Minds. The first spin-off, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, spun off from Criminal Minds' Season 5, Episode 18, "The Fight" and lasted only one season. This show was spun off from Criminal Minds' Season 10, Episode 19, "Beyond Borders", and has enjoyed more success than its predecessor, as it was renewed for a second season by CBS on May 16th, 2016.

Special Guests

 * David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Senior Supervisory Special Agent (episode 1)
 * Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), Technical Analyst, Special Agent (episode 7)

Person of Interest
Person of Interest, created by Jonathan Nolan, a man with a proven genius-level IQ, and managed by Showrunner Greg Plageman, is a revolutionary Sci-Fi Crime Drama TV series which showcases the complexities and moral responsibilities of Government in a post-911 world - especially the U.S. - the NSA, the CIA and ISA, and, most prevalently, artificial intelligence and the vast power it can wield and unprecedented crime and terrorism prevention of which it is capable if it is in the right hands, or the extensive violence and social/societal decay it can cause if to have fallen into the wrong hands. Both scenarios have been explored in great detail throughout the course of the series, thus far.

POI has many talented writers and directors on their staff. Their most revered writers are Creator Jonathan Nolan, Showrunner Greg Plageman, Co-Executive Producer Denise Thé, Andy Callahan, and Producers Amanda Segel, Erik Mountain and David Slack. Their best staff directors are Chris Fisher, Richard J. Lewis and Frederick E. O. Toye. They have also used a few famous crime drama directors for support along the way. (e.g. Félix Alcalá, Colin Bucksey and Larry Teng)

Among the Person of Interest staff are former software engineers and even former Military Intelligence Officers. The most noteworthy of them, however, is Tony Camerino. He is a PhD in software engineering and worked for the government, even on projects for the NSA related to artificial intelligence. He served as the show's main technical advisor until mid-Season 3, at which point he became a staff writer and has maintained that responsibility thereafter.

This TV show is equally as special to me as Criminal Minds, just in a different way. Criminal Minds helped me to figure myself out and fight my own personal demons; Person of Interest has sparked a passion in me for law enforcement, computer programming, and protecting those who cannot protect themselves. It has also vastly improved my moral compass and my general understanding of the world and how it works.