Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders is an American police procedural that debuted on CBS on March 16, 2016. The series is a spin-off of another series Criminal Minds aired on the same network, and is the third show in the Criminal Minds franchise. Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders follows an elite team of profilers and agents from the FBI's International Response Team (IRT). This team solves cases that involve American citizens in trouble 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 follows special agents Jack Garrett, Clara Seger, Matthew Simmons, Russ Montgomery and Mae Jarvis. On May 16, 2016, CBS renewed the series for a second and final season, which premiered on March 8, 2017.[3]
A total of 26 episodes of Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders aired over two seasons.