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Country of origin
  
United States

Original network
  
NBC

Network
  
NBC

82%
Rotten Tomatoes

No. of episodes
  
22

Number of episodes
  
22

Release date
  
23 September 2013

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Original release
  
September 23, 2013 (2013-09-23) – May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)

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The first season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist premiered on NBC on September 23, 2013. The season was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, and Joe Carnahan.

Contents

Main cast

  • James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington
  • Megan Boone as FBI Special Agent Elizabeth Keen
  • Diego Klattenhoff as FBI Special Agent Donald Ressler
  • Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen
  • Harry Lennix as FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper
  • Parminder Nagra as Meera Malik

    • Recurring cast

  • Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai, a quirky and skilled technician who regularly assists the FBI.
  • Charles Baker as Grey (Newton Phillips), Red's aide.
  • Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma, Red's trusted bodyguard.
  • Deborah S. Craig as Luli Zheng, Red's other bodyguard who usually handles finances.
  • Jane Alexander as Diane Fowler, the head of the FBI's counterterrorism unit.
  • Alan Alda as Alan Fitch, a member of a mysterious government organization that has come in contact with Red.
  • Susan Blommaert as Mr. Kaplan, who is actually a woman and Red's personal "cleaner".
  • Graeme Malcolm as "The Man with the apple", an unnamed man in charge of the surveillance of the Keen household.
  • Rachel Brosnahan as Lucy Brooks (alias Jolene Parker), a woman working for Berlin who weaves her way into the Keens' life.
  • Lance Reddick as The Cowboy, a bounty hunter hired by Red to track down Jolene Parker/Lucy Brooks.
  • Emily Tremaine as Audrey Bidwell, Ressler's former fiancee.
  • Peter Stormare as Berlin, a former member of the KGB and an escaped convict.

    • Reception

    The first season of The Blacklist received strong reviews from television critics. The Blacklist has a Metacritic score of 74/100 based on reviews from 31 critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 82%, based on 45 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The consensus reads, "James Spader is riveting as a criminal-turned-informant, and his presence goes a long way toward making this twisty but occasionally implausible crime procedural compelling".

    David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle said about the pilot, "You think you know this situation and how it will turn out, but there are surprising, yet entirely credible, twists throughout Monday's episode." Robert Bianco of USA Today said, "The Blacklist is a solid weekly crime show built around a genuine TV star. That's the kind of series the networks have to be able to pull off to survive. And with Spader in command, odds are NBC will." Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter praised both Spader's performance and the procedural elements of the show, writing "there's an overarching element to the premise as well that makes it intriguing without making it overly complicated."

    Canadian Ratings

  • The Blacklist airs on Global TV in Canada. All of season 1 has aired in Canada.

    • Australian Ratings

  • The Blacklist airs on Seven Network in Australia. All of season 1 has aired in Australia.

    • United Kingdom Ratings

  • The Blacklist airs on Sky Living in the United Kingdom. All of season 1 has aired in the United Kingdom.

    • References

    The Blacklist (season 1) Wikipedia
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