{"id":253870,"date":"2025-12-27T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/253870\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T10:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:30:19","slug":"criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-a-j-cook-adam-rodriguez-aisha-tyler-criminal-minds-eg-ex-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/253870\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Criminal Minds\u2019 Season 19 Cast Updates: 8 Returning Stars &#038; 1 New Actor, Plus Why a Beloved Favorite Might Not Be Back | A.J. Cook, Adam Rodriguez, Aisha Tyler, Criminal Minds, EG, Extended, Jeri Ryan, Joe Mantegna, Kirsten Vangsness, Matthew Gray Gubler, Paget Brewster, Paramount Plus, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Slideshow, Television, Zach Gilford | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos | Just Jared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jri-rya.jpg\" alt=\"Jeri Ryan photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Jeri Ryan \u2013 NEW CAST MEMBER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/lists\/criminal-minds-jeri-ryan-cast-season-19-premiere\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/tvline.com\/lists\/criminal-minds-jeri-ryan-cast-season-19-premiere\/&#039;); return false;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TVLine<\/a> reports that <strong>Jeri Ryan<\/strong> has joined the cast in an undisclosed role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Jeri <\/strong>had worked with the director of the premiere, Doug Aarniokoski, for years on Star Trek, so they\u2019ve known one another,\u201d Criminal Minds showrunner <strong>Erica Messer<\/strong> told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/minds-return-08.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Gray Gubler photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1.1em\">Matthew Gray Gubler \u2013 RETURN IS NOT LIKELY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/matthew-gray-gubler\/\" title=\"Matthew Gray Gubler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Matthew Gray Gubler<\/strong><\/a> joined the show in season one as Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid and he remained with the series until the final episode of the CBS run. In season 18, he made a return in one episode for a brief cameo.<\/p>\n<p>Will he be back again? That\u2019s unlikely now that he\u2019s working on the upcoming TV series Einstein for CBS.<br \/>_________<\/p>\n<p>Paramount+ has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/08\/26\/paramount-cancels-3-tv-shows-in-2025-un-renewing-1-franchise-favorite-more-renewal-cancellation-recap-for-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">already canceled several shows<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/\" alt=\"&#039;Criminal Minds&#039; Season 19 Cast Updates: 8 Returning Stars &amp; 1 New Actor, Plus Why a Beloved Favorite Might Not Be Back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab First<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/26\/criminal-minds-season-19-cast-updates-8-returning-stars-1-new-actor-plus-why-a-beloved-favorite-might-not-be-back-2\/5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00ab Previous <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPhotos: CBS, Getty\t\t\tPosted to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/a-j-cook\/\" title=\"View all posts in A.J. Cook\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Cook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/adam-rodriguez\/\" title=\"View all posts in Adam Rodriguez\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Rodriguez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/aisha-tyler\/\" title=\"View all posts in Aisha Tyler\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aisha Tyler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/criminal-minds\/\" title=\"View all posts in Criminal Minds\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Minds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/eg\/\" title=\"View all posts in EG\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/extended\/\" title=\"View all posts in Extended\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extended<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jeri-ryan\/\" title=\"View all posts in Jeri Ryan\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeri Ryan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/joe-mantegna\/\" title=\"View all posts in Joe Mantegna\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Mantegna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kirsten-vangsness\/\" title=\"View all posts in Kirsten Vangsness\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsten Vangsness<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/matthew-gray-gubler\/\" title=\"View all posts in Matthew Gray Gubler\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Gray Gubler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/paget-brewster\/\" title=\"View all posts in Paget Brewster\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paget Brewster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/paramount-plus\/\" title=\"View all posts in Paramount Plus\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount Plus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ryan-james-hatanaka\/\" title=\"View all posts in Ryan-James Hatanaka\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan-James Hatanaka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/slideshow\/\" title=\"View all posts in Slideshow\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slideshow<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/television\/\" title=\"View all posts in Television\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Television<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/zach-gilford\/\" title=\"View all posts in Zach Gilford\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Gilford<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeri Ryan \u2013 NEW CAST MEMBER TVLine reports that Jeri Ryan has joined the cast in an undisclosed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-253870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}