NBC’s previous Thursdays at 10pm drama, Do No Harm, was quickly cancelled. Will the network have better luck with Hannibal? We’ll see.
This TV series revolves around the partnership of an FBI criminal profiler (Hugh Dancy) and Doctor Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen), a famed forensic psychiatrist (who’s secretly a cannibalistic serial killer). The cast also includes Laurence Fishburne, Caroline Dhavernas, Aaron Abrams, Hettienne Park, Scott Thompson, and Lara Jean Chorostecki. NBC has ordered 13 episodes.
Below are the TV show’s latest ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if Hannibal is going to be cancelled or renewed for a second season.
Episode 01-12: Thursday, 06/13/13
0.7 in the demo (-22% change) with 2.10 million (-11% change).
Season averages: 1.15 in the demo with 2.90 million.
Episode 01-11: Thursday, 06/06/13
0.9 in the demo (-10% change) with 2.36 million (-2% change).
Season averages: 1.19 in the demo with 2.98 million.
Episode 01-10: Thursday, 05/30/13
1.0 in the demo (0% change) with 2.40 million (-11% change).
Season averages: 1.22 in the demo with 3.05 million.
UPDATE: Hannibal has been renewed for a second season of 13 episodes.
Episode 01-09: Thursday, 05/23/13
1.0 in the demo (-9% change) with 2.69 million (+9% change).
Season averages: 1.25 in the demo with 3.13 million.
Episode 01-08: Thursday, 05/16/13
1.1 in the demo (0% change) with 2.46 million (-6% change).
Season averages: 1.29 in the demo with 3.19 million.
Episode 01-07: Thursday, 05/09/13
1.1 in the demo (0% change) with 2.62 million (0% change).
Season averages: 1.32 in the demo with 3.31 million.
Episode 01-06: Thursday, 05/02/13
1.1 in the demo (+10% change) with 2.61 million (+9% change).
Season averages: 1.36 in the demo with 3.45 million.
Episode 01-05: Thursday, 04/25/13
1.0 in the demo (-29% change) with 2.40 million (-32% change).
Season averages: 1.43 in the demo with 3.66 million.
Episode 01-04: Thursday, 04/25/13
Note: NBC opted to not air this episode and released it online as a web episode instead.
Episode 01-03: Thursday, 04/18/13
1.4 in the demo (-18% change) with 3.51 million (-20% change).
Season averages: 1.57 in the demo with 4.08 million.
Episode 01-02: Thursday, 04/11/13
1.7 in the demo (+6% change) with 4.38 million (+1% change).
Season averages: 1.65 in the demo with 4.37 million.
Episode 01-01: Thursday, 04/04/13
1.6 in the 18-49 demographic with 4.36 million total viewers.
Season averages: 1.60 in the demo with 4.36 million.
The show built on lead-in Go On by 45% and it’s the network’s best performance in that timeslot in over a year. Still, this can hardly be considered a winning performance overall.
Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.
What do you think? Do you like the Hannibal TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
I just love it. Please renew it!
This show is the best I have seen in a long time!
Great actors and I definately think cancelling it would be a BIG mistake!!!!!
Please renew it!!
BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION
PLEASE RENEW !!!!!!!!!!!
This show is great! The actors are exceptional in their portrayal of their characters, the overall casting is flawless, the story lines superb and the cinematography is wonderful. To cancel this show would be a mistake. Should this happen, I hope that HBO, Starz Cinema, or Showtime would pick it up. NBC, please keep this show on the air.
This show is absolutely incredible and I am begging them to keep it! I might even go as far as to say that I like Hannibal better than Silence of the Lambs. Everything about the show it me is amazing even down to the set design! Please don’t cancel it!
well here u go good show and it looks like cancel what a shame
Now that its getting interesting how can it get cancelled. I vote renew.
EXACLTY! I stuck with it, hoping it would get better and have been rewarded.
RENEW!
Love the show. I’m a big Criminal Minds and CSI fan, but here lately they are getting predictable. I needed a change and Hannibal has done it. The only thing negative I can say about the show is that it has failed to keep my husbands attention. He wanted more Hannibal much sooner. Oh well, his loss! Please RENEW!!!!!
Hannibal must stay on it’s exciting and intriguing!
I love Hannibal.Please renew it.
RENEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW IT Please
Great show please renew it. Do not cancel another great show and leave the boring reality shows on.
Totally agree. They get you hooked and then cancel it.
I think this show is amazing and it should not be cancelled.
Renew, for certain.
I may not be correct in saying that the fault is in advertising, but it feels as though publicity is unfortunately low. The show is very well crafted – and the scenes are beautiful, from an aesthetic sense, not just a writer’s perspective.
This show is based on a book. Because it is a series of episodes, it is far more detailed than a movie based on the same book. It is quite faithful to the characters. It is not for the squeamish: it is for the curious.
Huh? Is the series going to be cancelled..? Until now it feels like the beginning of a whole big interessting story with complexed characters. Like i’m just diving into it. It was and is brilliant from the start! Has to stay obviously…