The Blacklist, seen on M-Net, renewed for a 7th season.

The drama series The Blacklist, seen on M-Net (DStv 101) in South Africa and Africa, has been renewed for a 7th season in the United States by the NBC network. An episode order wasn't announced.

The Blacklist is a co-production between Davis Entertainment in association with Sony Television and Universal Television, executive produced by Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath and John Davis.

The Blacklist revolves around Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) working with the FBI to capture other fugitives with Megan Boone as Liz.

 James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff and Harry Lennix will all return for a 7th season.

"Congratulations to our amazing producers, cast and crew, all of whom continue to work at the top of their game and make The Blacklist one of NBC's signature series," says Lisa Katz and Tracey Pakosta, co-presidents of scripted programming at NBC, in a statement.

RENEWED. Five American TV dramas - Grimm, The Blacklist, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: SVU and Chicago P.D. - get further seasons.

Five TV dramas - The Blacklist (M-Net), Grimm (M-Net), Chicago Fire (M-Net, SABC3), Chicago P.D. (M-Net) and Law & Order: SVU - have all been renewed for further seasons in America.

The Blacklist and Chicago P.D. will both see a 3rd season; Chicago Fire gets a 4th season, Grimm gets a 5th season and Law & Order: SVU got picked up for a 17th season.

"The creative vision of the executive producers who've guided these outstanding dramas has been nothing short of incredible," says Jennifer Salke, NBC Entertainment president in a press statement announcing the 5 dramas' renewal.

"We're highly appreciative of the passion they bring to their shows at every step of the creative process and we're thrilled to reward that decision with these renewals".

M-Net signs a package deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) for new dramas The Blacklist, Masters of Sex and other series.

M-Net and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have signed a new package deal under which the South African pay-TV broadcaster secures the rights to hot new shows such as The Blacklist and Masters of Sex.

M-Net also gets the new comedies The Michael J. Fox Show and The Goldbergs for broadcast in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

As part of the package deal with SPT, M-Net also will get new dramas Rake and The Night Shift, as well as the comedy Bad Teacher, The Queen Latifah Show already running on the M-Net Series Reality channel on MultiChoice's DStv platform, as well as Breaking Bad, and also further seasons of Community, Justified and Drop Dead Diva.

"The current Sony Pictures Television series on M-Net's channels are well-loved by our viewers and we are thrilled to add more exciting new SPT shows to our mix of top-notch content," says Jan du Plessis, M-Net's director of group content services.