‘The Blacklist’ Renewed for Season 9 at NBC
James Spader crime drama returned from its midseason hiatus last weekReid Nakamura | January 26, 2021 @ 12:00 PM
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NBC has renewed “The Blacklist” for a ninth season, the network announced Tuesday.
The James Spader-led drama is currently airing its eighth season, with the upcoming Jan. 29 episode set to finally reveal the top name on Raymond Reddington’s infamous blacklist.
The COVID-delayed eighth season debuted in November, with just two episodes airing before the show’s midseason hiatus. According to Nielsen, those first two episodes averaged a 1.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
In addition to Spader, the series also stars Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, Laura Sohn and Harry Lennix.
The Blacklist Renewed for Season 9 on NBC
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The Blacklist will remain active for another season on NBC.
The network has renewed the drama for a ninth season in 2021-22. The pickup comes after just three episodes of season eight have aired, owing largely to production delays at the start of the season brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Blacklist is currently the third-longest-running scripted series on NBC, behind only
Law & Order: SVU and
Chicago Fire. (
Chicago PD is also in its eighth season but premiered a few months later.) The James Spader- and Megan Boone-led series remains a steady performer on Friday nights, with its first two episodes averaging a 1.2 rating in the key ad demographic of adults 18-49 and 7.2 million viewers, including delayed viewing and streaming to date. Both figures are more than double the initial numbers for the show (0.4 and 3.6 million).
The Blacklist Renewed for Season 9 at NBC
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“The Blacklist” has been renewed for Season 9 at NBC.
The news comes after the show has aired three episodes of its eighth season. The first two episodes aired back in November, while the third aired last Friday, Jan. 22. Per NBC, the first two episodes averaged a 1.2 rating in adults 18-49, while the premiere has reached 7.5 million total viewers in multiplatform viewing.
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The series stars James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, Laura Sohn and Harry Lennix. Spader as Raymond “Red” Reddington, one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, who helps the Bureau track down the most notorious criminals in the world. This week’s episode will see Red reveal the number one name on his blacklist.