To be fair, Criminal Minds did have some pretty stout competition from NBC, which used Wednesday night to air its giant “One Chicago Crossover” event between its trio Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Chicago P.D. The latter, which aired in the same time slot as CBS’ crime drama, brought in 7.78 million viewers, which was the lowest total of the three Dick Wolf series, but was still obviously better than Criminal Minds’ stats.
ABC’s new drama A Million Little Things was in third place at that time, with just 3.79 million total viewers.
And to its credit, the BAU team also attracted more eyeballs than Fox’s Star and ABC’s Single Parents.