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| Created by | Erica Messer |
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| Opening theme | "Leave It to Stevie" by Stevie J (Season 2) |
| Ending theme | "Leave It to Stevie" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 40–45 minutes |
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| Network | CBS |
| Release | March 16, 2016 – May 17, 2017 |
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Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is an American police procedural television series created by Erica Messer that aired on CBS from March 16, 2016, to May 17, 2017. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios. The production is a spin-off from original series, Criminal Minds, airing on the same network, and is the third series in the Criminal Minds franchise. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders follows an elite team of FBI agents of the fictional International Response Team (IRT) tasked with solving cases that involve American citizens on international soil.[1]
CBS aired a backdoor pilot on an episode of Criminal Minds on April 8, 2015, introducing the characters with a crossover episode eponymously titled "Beyond Borders".[1][2] The series was originally intended to premiere on March 2, 2016, but was pushed back by two weeks and instead premiered on March 16, 2016, and filled the Wednesday 10:00 p.m. time slot, airing immediately after the original Criminal Minds.
On May 14, 2017, CBS canceled the series after two seasons.[3]
- ^ a b Hibberd, James (December 12, 2014). "'Criminal Minds' doing new spinoff". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Mitovich, Matt Webb (December 12, 2014). "New Criminal Minds Spin-Off in the Works, to Follow Globe-Trotting Team". TVLine. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley; O'Connell, Michael (May 14, 2017). "'Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders' Canceled at CBS". The Hollywood Reporter.