Raymond Reddington may want to invest in a second fedora: The Blacklist has been renewed for a fifth season at NBC.
The 22-episode renewal comes as Season 4 gears up for a showdown between Reddington and his confidant-turned-nemesis, Mr. Kaplan. According to series creator Jon Bokenkamp, Mr. Kaplan “will undermine [Red’s] criminal empire in ways he never expected” and “intends to take him apart piece by piece” in the season’s final installments.
The Blacklist thus far this season has averaged 5.4 million weekly viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, down 20 and 30 percent from Season 3. Among NBC dramas, it only rates higher than Grimm‘s farewell season, the already renewed Shades of Blue, its in-limbo offshoot Blacklist: Redemption and the one-and-done Emerald City.
The Blacklist‘s two-hour finale airs Thursday, May 18, at 9/8c. Its spinoff series, The Blacklist: Redemption, has yet to be renewed.
![Succession Creator Explains Why [Spoiler] Was the Only Choice for CEO, Hints at Where the Roys Go From Here](https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/succession-series-finale-shiv.jpg?w=620)
