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In the 2014 Entertainment Weekly Season Finale Awards, The Blacklist was nominated, but failed to win, in the following categories:
- Best Non-Romantic Cliffhanger
- Funniest Moment in a Drama
- Weakest/Most Divisive Twist
- Best Final Shot
- Most Likely to Earn Someone an Emmy Nomination
- Biggest Regret That I Didn't See It, I Just Heard or Read About It
The birth date listed on the Raymond Reddington wanted posters is the actual birth date of actor James Spader (February 7, 1960).
Baz, who plays Red's (James Spader) chief of security, Baz, is a veteran US marine and a former member of CIA's Special Operations Group. He is the founder of the Association for the Recovery of Children (ARC), which rescues abducted children. In 1991-2012, they had conducted 56 successful rescues.
In 2013 The Blacklist was NBC's highest-testing drama in 10 years.
Writer John Eisendrath said the casting process was difficult. In February 2013, NBC offered Kiefer Sutherland the lead role of Raymond Reddington. After considering other actors for the role, Eisendrath and Jon Bokenkamp called James Spader to see if he would be interested in it. Feeling confident in Spader's understanding of the character, they cast him three days before filming began. Spader had never met either of them in person prior to his first day of work on the show.