Season 10 of NBC drama The Blacklist, which begins February 26, will be the final one. The series reaches 200 episodes March 19. 

James Spader plays Raymond Reddington. 

“It isn’t often that a series resonates so deeply with an audience that it airs for 10 seasons, but The Blacklist proved to be a perfect combination of highly talented producers, stellar writing, a cast that never failed to deliver and a crew that always rose to the occasion,” said Lisa Katz, president, scripted content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “A huge thank you to our partners at Sony, everyone from the past decade who made this show an integral part of NBC’s storied history and, of course, a special nod to James Spader, whose performance remains nothing short of spectacular.”  

In the upcoming season, with Reddington’s covert role as an FBI informant facing exposure, former Blacklisters will unite against him in their lethal desire for revenge–testing Red and the FBI Task Force as never before.   

Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq, Anya Banerjee and Harry Lennix are also in the cast.   

“After 10 years, hundreds of Blacklist cases and more than 200 episodes produced, we’re honored to reach our conclusion,” said showrunner and executive producer John Eisendrath. “It’s been incredibly fun to create the strange, devious and delightful Blacklisters to challenge Raymond Reddington and our FBI Task Force each week. We would like to thank everyone at NBC and Sony, our extraordinary crew who make the impossible happen every day, our endlessly inventive writers and producers, and our remarkable cast who brought life to these characters. We appreciate our dedicated fanbase who came along for this wonderful ride and are excited to share this final season with them.” 

Executive producing with Eisendrath are Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment, James Spader, Lukas Reiter, Laura A. Benson, Daniel Cerone, Sean Hennen, Allison Glock-Cooper and T Cooper.

The Blacklist is produced by Sony Pictures Television Studios and Universal Television. ■

NBC has renewed crime drama The Blacklist for season nine. James Spader and Megan Boone star in the show, about a shady fugitive, Spader’s Raymond Reddington, working with the FBI to track down dangerous criminals on his list. 

The Blacklist is averaging a 1.2 rating in viewers 18-49 through its first two episodes this season. Season eight premiered Nov. 13. 

Also in the cast are Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison, Hisham Tawfiq, Laura Sohn and Harry Lennix.

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The Blacklist is a production of Davis Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios and Universal Television. John Eisendrath, Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Fox, James Spader, Lukas Reiter, Laura A. Benson, Daniel Cerone and Sean Hennen are executive producers.

The Science of Rick and Morty: The Unofficial Guide to Earth’s Stupidest Show, by high school science teacher Matt Brady, is published Oct. 1. Brady explores how close Rick’s wacky science experiments come to becoming reality. Like, can you really control a cockroach’s nervous system with your tongue?

Brady uses lots of pop culture in his chemistry and physics classes, which he said gives students “a sense of ownership.”

He’s “hooked” on Rick and Morty. Brady wrote about the Cartoon Network show on website thescienceof.org, and was contacted out of the blue by an editor in the U.K., wondering if he had a book in him.

He did.

Brady has always idolized those who make science accessible, such as Bill Nye and Neil Degrasse Tyson. “It’s so cool to be able to reach people, and get them interested in science,” he said.

Reaching people on NBC Oct. 4 is season seven of The Blacklist. After being abducted by Katarina Rostova, Raymond Reddington finds himself alone in hostile territory. It’s a giant faceoff between Katarina and Red. “She needs information and will do anything to get it,” executive producer John Eisendrath said. “She needs one thing and Red will never give it up.”

Eisendrath sees season seven as a “family drama.”

What’s been the key to Blacklist sticking around for seven seasons and counting? “The show is built around an undeniably sympathetic villain” in Red, Eisendrath said. “It’s a great construction for any story.”

That and James Spader is pretty fun to watch. “James likes the strange,” said executive producer Jon Bokenkamp. “We embrace writing weird situations, dangerous situations, funny situations.”

Oct. 4 also sees the new season of English drama Peaky Blinders on Netflix. Tommy Shelby is putting the crime stuff behind him and focusing on legit business. Business is tough in 1929, as the stock market crashed across the pond.

Cillian Murphy plays Tommy, now a member of Parliament. “Seasons one through four, Tommy has a gun in his hand,” said Jamie Glazebrook, executive producer. “Season five, he’s not in a good place. He’s cracking apart.”

The show is shot in Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. Glazebrook described Peaky as “a bit of social history, a bit of family history, a bit of rip-roaring drama.”

What makes it relevant in 2019? “It’s about men, who are always interesting,” Glazebrook said.

“It’s about families, who are always interesting,” added executive producer Caryn Mandabach. “The honesty with which [creator Steven Knight] writes about men will always be relevant.”

The Peaky Blinders festival just went down in Birmingham, with some 15,000 people turning up. “The love expressed at the festival,” said Mandabach, “it was wild, man.”