The Blacklist

American television series (2013–2023)

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★ 7.6

Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.

Aired: 2013–2023
Seasons: 10 · 218 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Network: NBC
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

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Genre: Crime drama Action Thriller
Created by: Jon Bokenkamp
Developed by: John Eisendrath

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The Blacklist is an American crime thriller television series created by Jon Bokenkamp and developed by John Eisendrath. It stars James Spader as Raymond Reddington, an international criminal and one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives who cooperates with the FBI in hunting down other criminals on his "Blacklist". The series also stars Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, and Harry Lennix.

The Blacklist was given a series order in May 2013, and ran from September 23, 2013, to July 13, 2023, on NBC. The pilot episode garnered 12.6 million viewers in the United States. The series was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television Studios. Eisendrath, John Davis, and John Fox served as executive producers for the entire run of the series; Bokenkamp also executive produced the series for the first eight seasons. Other executive producers include director Joe Carnahan and Spader.