Jennifer Love Hewitt joining 'Criminal Minds' in fall, CBS says

Jennifer Love Hewitt is returning to CBS, joining the long-running hit procedural "Criminal Minds" as a regular character starting this fall, the network announced Tuesday. Hewitt will play Kate Callahan, a "seasoned undercover agent whose stellar work at the FBI has landed her a coveted position with the Behavioral Analysis Unit," Entertainment Weekly reported. Hewitt, 35, who first gained TV fame in "Party of Five," starred in CBS' "The Ghost Whisperer" for five seasons through 2010, and after that joined the Lifetime series "The Client List," which ran for two seasons.