James Spader has announced that The Blacklist will return for a 10th season on NBC.During a Tuesday appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the 62-year-old actor, who stars in the hit crime thriller, confirmed its renewal. 'We just got picked up just this afternoon,' Spader, who also serves as an executive producer, revealed.
Coming back:James Spader has announced that The Blacklist will return for a 10th season on NBCHe continued, 'Word came out. Everyone was hustling around to try and do it so we can announce it on the show.' Spader's announcement comes three days before The Blacklist will resume airing new episodes of its ninth season after a month-long hiatus.In the series, Spader playsRaymond 'Red' Reddington, a former government agent turned most-wanted fugitive, who agrees to work with the FBI to capture his 'blacklist' of criminals and terrorists.
Exciting:During a Tuesday appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon , the 62-year-old actor, who stars in the hit crime thriller, confirmed its renewalIn exchange for his cooperation, Red demands that he work exclusively with rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone).The show also starsDiego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, Laura Sohn and Harry Lennix.The Blacklist originally premiered in 2013 and continues to perform well for NBC.
Hit: The Blacklist originally premiered in 2013 and continues to perform well for NBCAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC reports that the show averages 9million viewers per episode across broadcast, digital and streaming platforms.Though the episode order for the 10th season has not been confirmed, Spader indicated that it may feature the same episode count as its current season'We're doing a full 22 episodes.
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