Paget Brewster

As first reported by Deadline, Criminal Minds fans will have to bid farewell to Emily Prentiss, as Paget Brewster is once again exiting the series at the end of season seven. Reports say the actress has been interested in trying new opportunities and chose to depart the series when her contract expires in May.  

Time for another Emily Prentiss funeral, y'all! Sources confirm that Paget Brewster is leaving Criminal Minds—and this time it will be for good. Though the actress took a...  

This will be the second time Brewster has left the show. Last season, she chose to depart -- asking the writers to kill off her character, Emily Prentiss -- when CBS reduced her episode count and fired A.J. Cook. But because she still had a year left on ...  

Actress Paget Brewster wont be playing mind games on TV anymore - she is leaving the cast of hit drama Criminal Minds The former Friends regular briefly quit the show last year 11 but agreed to return after producers reduced her workload However now...  

As Brewster departs from the long-running series, her co-stars, Thomas Gibson, Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore and Cook have all signed deals to return for the upcoming season.  

Paget Brewster is leaving "Criminal Minds." According to EW, Brewster, who joined the cast in Season 2, will exit the hit CBS drama after this year.Brewster and fellow "Criminal Minds" actress A.J. Cook were involved in a controversial cast shake-up in which Cook was axed from the show and Brewster's episode count was reduced. Her character, Emily Prentiss, eventually left the team, faking her own death with the help of Cook's Jennifer "JJ...  

While Brewster is not returning, EW notes that the return of Matthew Gray Gubler is in question. His contract is up at the end of this season as well. Last month, EW interviewed executive producer Erica Messer, who had hoped that Brewster and ...  

Fans of the popular CBS drama series Criminal Minds are in for a not so pleasant surprise. After returning to the serial killer series, Paget Brewster is leaving the series… again. The actress, whose contract with the series ends this May, is leaving the ...  

Just last month, executive producer Erica Messer told EW that she was hopeful Brewster and co-star Matthew Gray Gubler would be retained next season, which has not yet been officially announced, as both were in the process of renegotiating their contracts.  

With her contract up in May, Paget Brewster has made the decision that she won’t be returning to Criminal Minds next season, a call that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to execs at CBS. While the show is strong in the ratings, Brewster’s been wanting out for a while and made a move towards an exit last season that didn’t work out – but now she’s done.  

Last week, I discussed the relationship between David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster). In this slideshow, I countdown the best moments between these two unlikely friends.  

And they were like, 'No, we'll sue you!' - the whole thing was, unfortunately, a mess. It was dumb." "They thought they would save money by getting rid of [me and AJ]," she explained. "And in the end, [they] got both of us back." Brewster added that ...  

Cinema Blend'Criminal Minds' recap 'Unknown Subject'TheCelebrityCafe.comA waitress (played by the stunning Dina Meyer) is in a bar and a man begins to play "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on the piano. She walks over and asks him to stop, when he doesn't she slams his hand in the piano stating she does not like the song.Criminal Mind's Erica Messer Discusses 150th Episode, Airing TonightCinema BlendCriminal Minds' Paget Brewster: Prentiss and...  

On tonight's landmark 150th episode of Criminal Minds, aptly titled "Unknown Subject," the BAU tackles the case of a serial rapist who reemerges to assault his prior victims a second time, while Prentiss (Paget Brewster) finally deals with her return from the dead.  

Paget Brewster is already bracing for the fan reaction. "There's a nice little moment between Prentiss and Hotch in the episode," she tells TVGuide.com of Criminal Minds' 150th installment airing Wednesday. "I know the fans who want Hotch and ...