Debuting last fall, The Blacklist was the biggest new TV show of the season and even performed well in the ratings without The Voice as a lead-in. Can it survive a move to another night? Will the NBC execs regret giving it a full season renewal? Cancelled or renewed for season three? We’ll have to wait and see.
The Blacklist revolves around one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives (James Spader) who begins helping the authorities if a particular rookie agent (Megan Boone) is his partner. Now, the FBI works for him as he identifies a “blacklist” of politicians, mobsters, spies and international terrorists. The other castmembers in this drama include Harry Lennix, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold, and Amir Arison.
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.
2/5 update: NBC has renewed The Blacklist for a third season for 2015-16. Details here.
Final season averages: 2.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.51 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a few weeks later.
For comparisons: The first season of The Blacklist averaged a 2.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 10.79 million total viewers.
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 like The Blacklist TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a third season?
PLEASE DO NOT TAKE BLACKLIST OFF THE AIR. IT IS THE BEST SERIES ON TV.
This show is consistently entertaining. One of the few shows I look forward to watching each week (sometimes twice, to make sure I catch all the subtle nuances, twists and turns). Blacklist is smart, emotional, and funny in all the right places. Spader is PERFECT as Reddington, this character balancing good vs. evil. And Elizabeth’s character is a wonderful combination of innocence, intellect, and toughness. The character’s backgrounds provide for an excellent backdrop to an amazing ‘lead’ story-line, with a mishmash of subplots that keep us all guessing. Keep up the great writing!
Nicely written, yeah, I like it 2!! It would seem, however, that they lost some of the writers – from the beginning of the show (?); and/or hadn’t planned it too far ahead.. There are TOO many inconsistencies, in the quality, between some of the episodes. If it isn’t cancelled, I do hope that they can “get back on track”. :))
I love the Blacklist it is one of the best series in a very long time please do not cancel,renew it. Thank you,
Please keep this great show going! i just found out about it and bought season 1 dvds… totally missed season 2 on tv but have pre orderd the dvds . Its totally addictive. Sorry i missed the tv airings lost in the shuffle, but this is a really good show and Spaders so delightfully twisty…save the good stuff ( skip the Heigel replacement )
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE renew again. I just started watching this on Netflix and I LOVE it. When I’m caught up I will start watching on TV. So my husband and I really hope they keep it going.
renew, I have a conflict on a Monday night with another show, DVR both, but watch blacklist first.
PLEASE RENEW THE BLACKLIST FOR Season 3, it’s sophisticated, smart and intellectually Sound and above all else there are no lewdness, which is very, very good, I hope the directors can do movies that are clean as this one. Kudos to you all. Great job!!!!!
love this show, but when it started airing at the same time as NCIS LA, I had to switch. please change air time and date.
YES, by all means Blacklist should be renewed!! If we cannot catch it when its on we tiVo it.
Yes, absolutely we want the Blacklist series to be continued. It’s the best show on TV!
The BLACKLIST is one of my MUST TIVO shows…which I usually watch within a day after recording. I really like Spader’s acting; always did. He is playing ULTRON in the next Avengers movie; what suprised me when I saw a clip was that the idosycracies of Spader are translated into the motion given by the ULTRON robot; his head weaves; body motion and voice inflections. ALL the better but I found that a tad odd as a fan of Spader AND the Avengers…
SEASON THREE by all means
RENEW, RENEW, RENEW!!!!!!
The Blacklist is the only show on network or cable that I care to watch. It’s a smart, sophisticated series that has outstanding creative story lines. James Spader is brilliant as Red Reddington and I’m normally not even a Spader fan. The second season may have been a little slow to catch on particularly for those who hadn’t watched Season 1, but it has exploded the last few episodes. It’s not for the casual viewer who is used to being a couch potato watching the usual mind-numbing fare. It’s a thinking person’s show that requires some degree of intelligence to… Read more »
Thank you for clarifying that it will be back on after the Super Bowl!!!
Please renew The Blacklist. It took a while to get into it and now is not the time to cancel. I love the show! Again…..please renew!!
I love this show!!!! Got other family members to watch! But how come its season is over in 3 weeks? Programs used to run till at least May. Why is this fabulous show so short? Please renew!