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CBS’ ‘Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior’ with Forest Whitaker hunts down strong ratings in premiere

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Looks like CBS’ new procedural ‘Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior’ has profiled a solid start for itself.

The natural question was whether the ‘Criminal Minds’ franchise would prove worthy of spinoff, a la the more-popular ‘NCIS.’ But Wednesday night any doubt was answered with a 10 p.m. time slot victory for ‘Suspect Behavior,’ which stars Forest Whitaker as FBI profiler Sam Cooper. The premiere
(12.9 million total viewers) easily swept past NBC’s ‘Law & Order: SVU’ (7.2 million) and ABC’s ‘Off the Map’ (4.3 million), according to the Nielsen Co.

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For CBS, ‘Suspect Behavior’ delivered its best numbers in the time slot in more than a year. And it held on to 99% of the 9 p.m. audience from the original ‘Criminal Minds,’ which is a sign of strong viewer interest.

Fox’s ‘American Idol’ -- with a two-hour drama-filled episode devoted to the singers dividing into groups -- dominated the night with an impressive 22.8 million average viewers.

Show Trackers, what did you think of the premiere of ‘Suspect Behavior’?

-- Scott Collins

twitter.com/scottcollinsLAT

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