<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← Previous Season 4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of The Blacklist episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fifth season of the American crime thriller television series The Blacklist premiered on NBC on September 27, 2017, with a timeslot change from Thursday at 10: 00 PM to Wednesday at 8: 00 PM . 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 . The season is scheduled to consist of 22 episodes that will contain the series' 100th episode . </P> <Ul> <Li> James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington </Li> <Li> Megan Boone as Elizabeth Keen </Li> <Li> Diego Klattenhoff as Donald Ressler </Li> <Li> Ryan Eggold as Tom Keen </Li> <Li> Harry Lennix as Harold Cooper </Li> <Li> Amir Arison as Aram Mojtabai </Li> <Li> Mozhan Marnò as Samar Navabi </Li> <Li> Hisham Tawfiq as Dembe Zuma </Li> </Ul>

When does season 5 of the blacklist start