The Blacklist's most recent season may have finished airing on NBC in May 2020, but the show has still been a hit on Netflix since it was released earlier in September. At time of writing, the James Spader-starring show is currently at number three in the U.S. Netflix top 10 series chart, meaning that plenty of people have made it to the [animated] end of the current season and are waiting for Season 8 to come to the streamer.
Recently, NBC revealed exactly when they are hoping that The Blacklist will return to TV for Season 8. The new season will premiere on the Peacock network on Friday, November 13 at 8 p.m. As of the end of August, Deadline reported that the show was "close to starting production," but there has been no official confirmation yet that the show has started filming.
Newsweek has reached out to NBC to confirm when The Blacklist is set to return to filming and will update this article when we get a response.
As for when those episodes will come to Netflix, The Blacklist usually comes to the streamer the September after it first airs on TV:
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- Season 7: Began on October 4, 2019 on NBC and on Netflix on September 19, 2020
- Season 6: January 3, 2019 on NBC, September 19, 2019 on Netflix
- Season 5: September 27, 2017 on NBC, September 12, 2018 on Netflix
- Season 4: September 22, 2016 on NBC, September 7, 2017 on Netflix
- Season 3: October 1, 2015 on NBC, September 7, 2016 on Netflix
- Season 2: September 22, 2014 on NBC, September 16, 2015 on Netflix
- Season 1: September 23, 2013 on NBC, September 7, 2014 on Netflix
As such, it should mean that even though The Blacklist Season 8 is airing later than usual on NBC, this should not stop the series from coming to Netflix as usual in September 2021.
Even though The Blacklist is an NBC show, meaning that fans may have expected it to go to the Peacock streaming service, it is thought to be staying on Netflix for the next few years. However, the most recent five episodes of the show are streaming for free on Peacock now, and episodes of Season 8 will be available on the new service while the show is airing on NBC.
Netflix has a deal with the creators of The Blacklist Sony Pictures Television rather than NBC, which has kept the show on its current streaming home. In fact, at one point The Blacklist was one of the streamer's most expensive imports, with the streamer paying a reported $2 million an episode in 2014 for Seasons 1 and 2.
As for what fans can expect from Season 8, showrunner John Eisendrath said during The Blacklist's Comic Con @ Home panel, "this year, we have all the big stuff that we were unable to finish at the end of the last season that is going to start this season. So, the next season, Season 8, starts in a much more heightened and dramatic place than normal seasons do because we are gonna tell the story that we were unable to tell at the end of last season."
The Blacklist Season 8 starts on November 13 at 8 p.m. on NBC and is expected on Netflix in September 2021.
I know we just got S6 but I finished it so fast, does anyone know their schedule on when they release it to other places? Or I'm I going to wait a year because it came in march
‘The Blacklist‘ is one of the best-loved series to have come out in recent times. In an age where long-running shows often lose their steam, this series has gone on from strength to strength and has now been renewed for Season 8. The premise of the series is very simple.
A mysteriously well connected criminal works with the FBI, providing them with the names of some of the world’s most nefarious criminals. Together, they take down the bad guys, but this wilful informant has his own enigmatic secrets, and a longer game he is playing.
The show runs the risk of turning into a run-of-the-mill procedural, but constantly maintains the highest standards due to James Spader’s iconic performance as the antihero Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington.
Due to the binge-able nature of the series, ‘The Blacklist’ is immensely popular among Netflix viewers are well. Now that the NBC series has been renewed for another season, these viewers are left wondering about when Season 7 will arrive on the premier streaming platform. We have got you covered in that regard.
The Blacklist Season 7 Netflix Release Date:
Season 6 of the series aired its last episode on May 17, 2019, and became available on Netflix on September 19, 2019. Similarly, if we go further back, we see that Season 5 finished airing on May 16, 2018, and arrived on Netflix on September 12, 2018. The best thing about long-running shows is that their release schedule usually follows a predictable and stable pattern.
Going by this, we can deduce when Season 7 will be made available for streaming on the platform. After a break, Episode 11 of Season 7 airs on March 20, 2020. The remainder of the episodes is expected to drop at weekly intervals unless the show takes some unscheduled break. Going by this pattern, the current season is also expected to wrap up sometime in May 2020, or by the end of April 2020, at the earliest. Therefore, it can be logically deduced that we will once again be able to stream Season 7 on Netflix, in September 2020.
While all episodes will be made available for streaming at once, we cannot be sure of the exact September release date yet. That will become clear once the streaming platform comes out with its release schedule for the month. Naturally, some of you might be worried about whether ‘The Blacklist’ is leaving Netflix, now that NBC is coming out with its own streaming service, Peacock.
We are here to assure you that the show will stay on at Netflix, at least for the time being. This is because the streaming service has a deal with Sony TV, and not NBC, for the streaming rights of Jon Bokenkamp’s gripping series. Moreover, Netflix has been paying almost $2 million per episode, since 2014, which is indicative of how popular ‘The Blacklist’ is, among Netflix viewers.
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It’s a good day to be a Blacklister! The Blacklist fans can rejoice, because Netflix has just dropped season 7 on its streaming service! Fans who weren’t able to keep up throughout the airing of season 7 on NBC are now able to binge watch and enjoy every jaw-dropping, anxiety ridden moment from the comfort of your home! This season has plenty to unpack, from Reddington’s kidnapping, Aram’s new [and complicated] love interest, Glen “Jellybean” Carter’s hilarious “Eye of the Tiger” montage, to the partially animated season finale with Liz joining her mother.
We know you love him. What's your favorite Glen Carter moment so far on #TheBlacklist? pic.twitter.com/n5DFem7HGu
— The Blacklist [@NBCBlacklist] June 23, 2020
Grab the popcorn, get comfortable, and make sure to watch season 7 now on Netflix as well as NBC’s streaming service Peacock! Catch season 8 of The Blacklist when it premieres on November 13 on NBC.