Paramount+’s Most Addictive FBI Procedural Is Surging Again Ahead of Its Return

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A guy looking at something off camera Criminal Minds

Published Mar 21, 2026, 4:20 PM EDT

A long-running FBI procedural is re-entering Top 10 territory across multiple markets on both Paramount+ and Disney+, and it’s powered by the most reliable engine in streaming — comfort viewing with a completionist pull. That means, when people want something they can half-binge, and half-background, this case-of-the-week with an ongoing team format is apparently still the most addictive format on TV.

On Paramount+ this week, the series remains locked at #2 in France across the March 7 through March 13 stretch, which is the kind of sustained placement you only get when a title is being watched through, not merely sampled. Italy is also staying high: #4 early in the week, up to #3 yesterday, and still strong at #5 today (March 13). In the U.S., it’s holding #10 on both March 9 and March 13, while Canada has hovered in the back half of the Top 10 and returned to #10 on March 13. On Disney+, the Joe Mantegna-starrer is trending in Portugal and Singapore.

The title of the show is Criminal Minds (and its Paramount+ continuation is Criminal Minds: Evolution), and the timing checks out: Paramount+ already renewed Evolution for Season 19 ahead of its previous season, keeping the franchise’s momentum alive even between drops. In other words, it’s the audience likely reloading a familiar, high-volume binge before the next new chapter arrives.

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Joe Mantegna Is One of Those “I Know That Guy” Icons

If you grew up on ’90s movies, Mantegna is the definition of instantly familiar, even if you didn't know his name. In Baby’s Day Out (1994), he plays Eddie, one of the kidnappers whose simple job turns into a slapstick nightmare as the baby crawls across Chicago and outsmarts every adult in the room. That same tough-guy energy shows up in other crime-adjacent roles from the era, like his gangster turn in The Godfather Part III (as Joey Zasa). What makes Criminal Minds such a satisfying full-circle watch is how he channels that familiar presence into authority. Here, he plays David Rossi, a founding BAU profiler — steady, sharp, and battle-tested — who anchors the team when cases get darkest.

Criminal Minds is available to stream on Paramount+. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

Release Date September 22, 2005

Showrunner Erica Messer

Directors Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Rob Bailey, Matthew Gray Gubler, Joe Mantegna, John Gallagher, Douglas Aarniokoski, Guy Norman Bee, Larry Teng, Nelson McCormick, Alec Smight, Charles S. Carroll, Rob Spera, Charles Haid, Diana Valentine, Rob Hardy, Tawnia McKiernan, Bethany Rooney, Karen Gaviola, Sharat Raju, Thomas Gibson, Aisha Tyler, Anna Foerster, Gloria Muzio, John Terlesky

Writers Bruce Zimmerman, Virgil Williams, Edward Allen Bernero, Janine Sherman Barrois, Chris Mundy, Simon Mirren, Debra J. Fisher, Kimberly A. Harrison, Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin, Karen Maser, Oanh Ly, Stephanie Sengupta, Aaron Zelman, Kirsten Vangsness, Erica Meredith, Andi Bushell, Holly Harold, Alicia Kirk, Jeff Davis, Randy Huggins, Edward Napier, Jayne A. Archer, Chikodili Agwuna