Last season, NBC moved their highest-rated scripted series, The Blacklist to Thursday nights where the network’s had serious ratings problems for years. The series lost a lot of viewers but the execs are apparently still committed to airing it on that night. Will the numbers continue to fall in season three or will they rise? Could The Blacklist be cancelled or is it a sure thing to be renewed for a fourth season? Stay tuned.
The Blacklist revolves around one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader). He offers to help the authorities if rookie agent Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone) is his partner. The FBI then essentially works for him as he identifies a “blacklist” of politicians, mobsters, spies and international terrorists. Last season, Liz was framed for assassinating a senator, went on the run, and her name was added to the FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. The other castmembers in this drama include Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, Harry Lennix, Amir Arison, Mozhan Marno and Hisham Tawfiq.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
12/7 update: NBC has renewed The Blacklist for a fourth season.
5/20 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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For comparisons: The second season of The Blacklist averaged a 2.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.51 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like The Blacklist TV series? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for third season?
Now that Liz is dead and hopefully she’ll stay dead, I and thousands of people like me who hated her can finally watch the show again.
Do you really think Liz is dead? It was a ploy to make everyone think she’s dead so Red and all the other people who want her dead thinks she is dead. Her doctor friend or “Mr Kaplan” gave Liz some drug to slow her heartbeat to close to zero, her friend doctor called her dead and “Mr. Kaplan” (or perhaps the doctor friend), will inject Liz with epinephrin (or some equivalent drug) to bring her back to live after everyone is gone. Though personally, her character is better off dead. I never liked Liz. Bring on more of “Mr.… Read more »
Don’t ! Cancel Blacklist Please !!
Please do NOT cancel !!
2 comments – the Blacklist is one of the best shows on TV. It runs the same time as Scandal – that is your problem. Move it to another time or day and recapture all your viewers from the past. I DVR both shows so I can watch one or the other at 9 and the 2nd show @ 10
How could you kill off Liz on such a happy day of her life? Awful! Horrible!
Is it too late to undo? Think you will lose many viewers now, me one of them.
Do you really think she’s dead and it’s not some kind of ploy between the Dr and the old lady when she went in and spoke with Elizabeth after Elizabeth threw Red out of the room. Expect to see here revived next episode. You dolts…. It was the only way/best way to mask her death. While Solomon and the dude with the satellite imagery were looking on.
if liz is dead….we will no longer watch the show!! so you better get her ass back in the line up!! prontoooo!!
My husband and have LOVED this show. Please renew it!
Please RENEW…. this is your BEST show!!
Excuse me!? Why aren’t MY comments being posted!??
Where are my comments!?? These are OLD comments!!
Didn’t anyone watch tonight’s show!?!????? Elizabeth is DEAD!!!! HOW CAN THEY RENEW IT NOW U IDIOTS!?!?????
There are a million ways to keep going from here.
The Blacklist is one of the best shows on TV! It should be renewed…but how can they do that since Elizabeth just died!?!???????
What? Is the Black List done? Please noooooo! Love this show!
This is THE BEST show on television. Move it to another night NBC! Stop being idiots!