{"id":5802,"date":"2016-03-24T09:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/shemar-moore-to-depart-criminal-minds\/"},"modified":"2016-03-24T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T15:07:10","slug":"shemar-moore-departs-criminal-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/shemar-moore-departs-criminal-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Shemar Moore Departs Criminal Minds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BURBANK: After 11 seasons as SSA Derek Morgan on <em>Criminal Minds<\/em>, Shemar Moore is exiting the hit CBS show.<\/p>\n<p>In the episode &#8220;A Beautiful Disaster&#8221; on Wednesday, viewers discovered that the character Derek Morgan, who survived a harrowing kidnapping, is leaving the BAU to focus on life with his family. Following the episode, Moore posted a goodbye video message to his <em>Criminal Minds<\/em> fans.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Producer Erica Messer also shared a message, from the <em>Criminal Minds<\/em> team: &#8220;All of us at <em>Criminal Minds<\/em> are sad to say &#8216;see you later&#8217; to Agent Derek Morgan. Even sadder that our friend Shemar Moore isn\u2019t on set anymore. It was definitely a surprise that he wanted &#8216;To leap,&#8217; as Shemar said, &#8216;to try new things.&#8217; For those reasons, we have nothing but love and respect for him and his choice. But it doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t also be really, really sad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was important that we honor a character who has grown with us for over a decade, which is why we wrote the three-episode arc for Morgan. Those final episodes were directed by fellow actors with the last one co-written by his &#8216;baby girl,&#8217; Kirsten Vangsness. Thomas Gibson got things started with an amazing journey in &#8216;Derek,&#8217; followed by our milestone 250th episode directed by Joe Mantegna. Matthew Gray Gubler helmed &#8216;A Beautiful Disaster,&#8217; helping Shemar and Morgan walk out with a proud, determined stride. 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