Tony Roche (writer) Tony Roche (writer) Tony Roche is an English television, radio and film comedy writer and producer, best known as a writer of the HBO comedy "Veep", the BBC Television series "The Thick of It" and its film spin-off "In the Loop". He is credited with inventing the word omnishambles, which was named 2012 Word of the Year by the Oxford English Dictionary. After graduating from Warwick University with a degree in English, Roche became a stand-up comedian using material from a magazine he had produced in his final year. He was spotted at one of his stand-up comedy shows and
The Blacklist (TV series) 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on September 22, 2016. A spin-off series, "", premiered on February 23, 2017. On May 11, 2017, the series was renewed for a fifth season, while the spin-off was canceled the following day. The fifth season premiered on September 27, 2017. After showing a screening of the pilot at Comic-Con, producers revealed that their inspiration for "The Blacklist" came from the capture of Whitey Bulger. Recalling the experience in an interview with Collider, executive producer John Eisendrath stated: NBC bought the rights to "The Blacklist" from Sony Pictures Television