"Criminal Minds Season 9" (Criminal Minds Season 9) is a crime drama TV series produced by CBS, directed by Jason Alexander and Glenn Kershaw, starring Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore , Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook, Kristen Van Ness and Janet Tripplehorn, starring, premiered in the United States on September 25, 2013. 1 "Criminal Minds" describes the investigative experience of a psychological profiling team of the BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) under the FBI's headquarters in Quantico, Virginia. A group of elite behavioral analysts gathered together to analyze the country's most popular criminal cases. The psyche of a troublesome serial murderer and predict their next move before they strike again.