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The Blacklistis coming to an end.
The popular NBC series is set to wrap for good after its tenth season, which premieres Feb. 26, the network announced on Wednesday. The show will also celebrate its 200th episode on March 19.
“After 10 years, hundreds ofBlacklistcases and more than 200 episodes produced, we’re honored to reach our conclusion,” said executive producer John Eisendrath said in a statement. “It’s been incredibly fun to create the strange, devious and delightful Blacklisters to challenge Raymond Reddington and our FBI Task Force each week.”
He continued, “We would like to thank everyone at NBC and Sony, our extraordinary crew who make the impossible happen every day, our endlessly inventive writers and producers, and our remarkable cast who brought life to these characters. We appreciate our dedicated fanbase who came along for this wonderful ride and are excited to share this final season with them.”
With the announcement, NBC shared a first look at the final season ofThe Blacklistwhich promises one “last ride” for U.S. Naval Intelligence officer Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader).
“It isn’t often that a series resonates so deeply with an audience that it airs for 10 seasons, butThe Blacklistproved to be a perfect combination of highly talented producers, stellar writing, a cast that never failed to deliver and a crew that always rose to the occasion,” Lisa Katz, president of scripted content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, said in a statement. “A huge thank you to our partners at Sony, everyone from the past decade who made this show an integral part of NBC’s storied history and, of course, a special nod to James Spader, whose performance remains nothing short of spectacular.”
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The Blackliststar Spader confirmed that the crime thriller would be back for a tenth season during an appearance onThe Tonight ShowStarring Jimmy Fallonlast year.
“We just got picked up just this afternoon,” he told hostJimmy Fallonin February 2022. “Everyone was hustling around to try and do it so we could announce it on the show. We just gotpicked up for a tenth season.”
As fans ofThe Blacklistwill know, the show — which premiered in 2013 — chronicles Red who disappeared off the grid and became one of FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives. After he surrendered to authorities, he offered a blacklist of criminals to the FBI.
The final season will pick up as Red faces a new threat after he eliminated Liz Keen’s (Megan Boone) murder. In the season 9 finale, No. 84 from the blacklist escaped prison and told other fugitives that Red is an FBI informant putting him at risk as they seek “lethal revenge.”
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The actress is set to play Siya Malik — active Intelligence Officer for the U.K.’s Secret Intelligence Service known as MI6 — who is the daughter of the late late Meera Malik (Parminder Nagra), who died in season 1.
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The final season ofThe Blacklistpremieres Feb. 26 at 10 PM ET on NBC.
source: people.com
