NBC has decided to cancel their low-rated Hannibal TV show. The current third season will be the series’ last.
Based on the Red Dragon novel by Thomas Harris, Hannibal revolves around the early relationship between FBI investigator Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), a forensic psychiatrist who becomes an infamous cannibalistic serial killer. Others in the cast of this thriller series include Laurence J. Fishburne III, Aaron Abrams, Caroline Dhavernas, Scott Thompson, Tao Okamoto, and Gillian Anderson.
The show’s ratings were poor in its first season and they’ve gotten even worse in seasons two and three. The three installments of the current season have averaged a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 1.98 million viewers. Season-to-season, that’s down by 34% in the demo and down by 22% in viewership. Based on the numbers, NBC should have cancelled the series long ago.
In a statement, executive producer Bryan Fuller said, “NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons… Hannibal is finishing his last course at NBC’s table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.”
NBC added, “We have been tremendously proud of Hannibal over its three seasons. Bryan and his team of writers and producers, as well as our incredible actors, have brought a visual palette of storytelling that has been second to none in all of television — broadcast or cable. We thank Gaumont and everyone involved in the show for their tireless efforts that have made Hannibal an incredible experience for audiences around the world.”
What do you think? Do you like the Hannibal TV show? Would you have watched a fourth season on NBC or on another channel?
Yes, it is lovingly horrid and I want more.
I definitely would have watched a season 4. There was no other show like it. I have to admit though, its not for everyone.
I loved it, dang.
I would of watch years of them BUT you take WAY to long to do the next shows and not just this one but most of them it takes 6 mouths to do a season
Absolutely gutted! I loved it
I loved the Hannibal Lecter books and I thought the series was provacative, edgy, and even at times funny
Best show on NBC in years
Certainly better that that Law and Order crap they keep making with the same cookie cutter- made scripts
I wouldn’t watch that show if it was the last thing left on TV. It’s sickening. Saw on epode and that was enough to make me throw up
i dont know why people werent watching this show. it was a masterpiece.
They were watching it! That’s the sickest part of this being canceled. Antiquated corporate network operations & bad tracking data (Nielsen). Specifically, Martha De Laurentiis found out 6 months after the show ended Season 3, that more than 2Million copies of Hannibal were Pirated the same night it aired instead of folks w/o NBC just waiting until the next day when NBC uploaded it to their online service. In other words, 2 Million people were SO ANXIOUS to see the show the very second it aired, they pirated it instead of waiting ’til the next day! Did NBC take ANY… Read more »
I’m going to miss this show, I really enjoyed it. Very smart show please find a channel for it