'The Blacklist' Renewed For Another Season

"The Blacklist" is certainly one of the most popular crime thriller television series right now. The show has around 180 episodes and spans nine seasons. The latest season started airing in October last year and, due to a month-long hiatus, is still releasing episodes.

This season took place sometime after the tragic events of season eight and followed the attempts by the FBI group to reconnect and continue their noble cause of tracking all the names on the famous Blacklist. Season nine also saw the departure of two key players both on set and behind the scenes.

The departure of one of its lead characters didn't diminish the love for the series. So much so that it was recently renewed for a season 10. Executive producer and star James Spader shared the news in a recent interview he appeared in.

(Careful, Contains Mild Spoilers!!)

TVLine just revealed that "The Blacklist" was renewed for its 10th season. The actor and executive producer Spader delivered the news on Tuesday on an episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." The announcement happened not long after the episodes started airing after the month-long break.

This series renewal will vault it past the 200 episode mark. Even with the departure of lead character Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen and the series creator and showrunner, Jon Bokenkamp, the series is apparently still thriving this season.

Season nine of "The Blacklist" started airing in October last year on Fridays. This season's plot took place two years after the incidents of the previous season. The popular series still has a large fan base and reached over 22 million views across digital and linear platforms.

Season nine deals with the far-reaching effects of everything that went on in season eight, including how the characters were coping with Keen's death. The tightly knit members of the FBI task force went their separate ways but later reunited to track the rest of the names on the famous Blacklist.

The synopsis read, "In the two years following the death of Elizabeth Keen, Raymond Reddington and the members of the FBI Task Force have disbanded — their lives now changed in unexpected ways and with Reddington's whereabouts unknown."

"Finding themselves each at a crossroads, a common purpose compels them to renew their original mission: to take down dangerous, vicious and eccentric Blacklisters," it continued. Their pursuit will lead the team to discover new lethal foes, jaw-dropping conspiracies, and betrayals.

The American crime thriller TV series first premiered on NBC as far back as September 23, 2013. Each of its seasons has received an overwhelmingly positive response from viewers and the latest season isn't any different.

Season nine has averaged around 5.05 million views even after a week of delayed viewing. According to NBC, the number is even more. The streaming and digital increase the views to about 9 million each episode, trice the amount of its 3.14 million same-day viewership.

The series was produced by Davis Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, and Universal Television. Although he left, Bokenkamp is still credited as an executive producer. Other executive producers include Spader, John Eisendrath, John Davis, Lukas Reiter, Laura A. Benson, Daniel Cerone, and others.

Boone being cut off "The Blacklist" in season eight was one move fans didn't expect. The actress revealed that she had to be killed off because she intended to leave. She said she wanted to work on other projects aside from the crime thriller series.

To her fans, she wrote, "This experience, for me, has been an entire life inside of my own life. These eight years playing Liz Keen have helped me better define the world and myself."

The actress wasn't the only one who left. Show creator and co-executive producer Bokenkamp also left the series this season. He posted on Twitter, informing his followers about his decision and how difficult it was.

The post read, "I wanted to write you directly to let you know that I've made the difficult decision to leave 'The Blacklist.' I love this show with all of my heart, and it's been an incredible journey, but after eight years, I feel it's time for me to step out of my comfort zone, try something new, and explore a few of the other characters and stories that have been crawling around in my head."

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