Criminal Minds Season 3
Genre:
Crime,
Police Procedural,
Thriller
Premiere Date:
Sep 26, 2007
The third season of [[Criminal Minds]] premiered on [[CBS]] on September 26, 2007 and ended May 21, 2008. The third season was originally to have featured 25 episodes; however, only 13 were completed due to the [[Writers Guild of America strike (2007-2008)]]. Seven more episodes were produced after the strike, bringing the total number of episodes to 20 for the third season. [[Mandy Patinkin]] wanted to leave the series, since he loathed the violent nature of it. He was replaced by [[Joe Mantegna]] several episodes later.
Created by:
Jeff Davis
No. of episodes:
20
Production company(s):
ABC Studios ,
CBS Paramount Television ,
CBS Television Studios