"Criminal Minds" Season 12, episode 9 is set to air in early January. When Thomas Gibson was fired by the show's TV producer, the rating of the show went down drastically. However, despite the drastic fall of this popular hit, it was able to manage 30 best episodes of the show before it bids goodbye on air.

Gibson leaving the show has created a huge impact on the fans because he was known as the main star and the hero of each season. Groups of people even made their boycott to the upcoming episode and season but it seems as if Gibson is already totally not coming back in the upcoming season.

Season 11 was known to be a big hit drama for "Criminal Minds" and fans are expecting to have a jaw-dropping finale on the upcoming season 12 episodes. After Gibson bid farewell to the show, fans were also saying goodbye now to Shemar Moore, which was also part of the big hit show.

According to the Cinema Blend, Harry Bring who is one of the executive producers of the show already release a new photo of the cast for the upcoming season. Hotch or known to be Gibson is no longer visible in the picture.

Aside from Gibson and Moore, seven of some other stars will be missing in the upcoming season 12. The cast of the TV hit, however, welcomed new co-leads stars who were known as Reid and Prentiss. The photo of the new cast even worries fans since most of the veterans actors were replaced in this season.

Speculations even revealed that new cast and members of the "Criminal Minds" were positioned and chosen according to balance and have nothing to do with seniority or how long actors have been in the show, Heavy News reported from an interview with Bring.