March 18, 2021 | 4:43 pm EDT by Joe Reedy
The league took in $5.9 billion a year in its current contracts. It will get $113 billion over the 11 seasons of the new deals that begin in 2023, an increase of 80% over the previous such period. Amazon has partnered with the league to stream Thursday night games since 2017, but it will take over the entire package from Fox, which has had it since 2018. Games will continue to air on CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN, while ABC will have a limited schedule of games as well as returning to the Super Bowl rotation for the first time since the 2005 season. Above, CBS, with lead anchors Tony Romo (l) and Jim Nantz, will continue to carry its traditional package of games.
‘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.