The Blacklist shouldn’t be going wherever.
NBC introduced Tuesday that it has renewed its hit drama for a ninth season.
By its first two episodes this season, The Blacklist Season 8 is averaging a 1.2 in 18-49, and the Nov. 13 premiere has reached 7.5 million viewers in whole viewers measurement.
In the course of the 2019-2020 season, The Blacklist reached practically 39 million whole viewers throughout linear and digital platforms.
NBC notes that the collection brings in a premium upscale viewers, rating because the #2 broadcast drama through the 2019-20 season among the many 18-49 demo in $100Okay+ per family on an index foundation.
The Blacklist presently airs Fridays at eight p.m. ET/PT.
This Friday’s episode (Jan. 29) marks a landmark for the collection because the #1 title on Raymond Reddington’s infamous blacklist is revealed.
The collection stars James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, Laura Sohn and Harry Lennix. John Eisendrath, Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Fox, James Spader, Lukas Reiter, Laura A. Benson, Daniel Cerone, and Sean Hennen function government producers.
The collection joins fellow NBC renewed dramas This Is Us, Chicago Med, Fireplace, PD, SVU, and Transplant.
NBC additionally has a string of collection ready within the wings, together with Brooklyn 9-9, Good Women, and New Amsterdam.
The early renewal for The Blacklist is hardly a shock. Networks will probably be making choices faster than common due to the rigorous measures carried out to all productions because of the pandemic.
Episodes are taking longer to supply and costing extra within the course of, so it is smart to make these choices earlier in order that the present and the community can put together for the long run effectively upfront.
Whereas the collection is down, it stays a high performer on the community when all different metrics are factored in.
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Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.