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NBC Cancels Hannibal after 3 Seasons. Show will now be shopped around at other venues

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Verger

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New thread for new news: http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/nbc-has-canceled-hannibal?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpfp#.lxPxMkGRO
Currently in its third season on NBC, the critically praised, little watched Hannibal has been canceled.

Though the show has never been a mass hit, NBC has renewed it twice before because Hannibal has been inexpensive to license (because of international sales and a VOD deal). It has also drawn a fanatically devoted cult audience. Nonetheless, airing as a summer offering, Season 3 has hit series lows. Thursday’s episode drew 1.8 million viewers and a .5 in the 18 to 49 demographic. Season 3 is 13 episodes, and a spokesman for NBC confirmed that the show will air in full throughout the summer.
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A statement from Fuller praised NBC, and also left the door open for the show to try to find another home. “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 despite Cancellation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards & Practices enforcers. Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 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.”

When reached by BuzzFeed News, Hannibal’s executive producer Martha De Laurentiis confirmed that the show’s producers will try to revive it elsewhere.

“NBC has been a wonderful home for three seasons of Hannibal, and we still have 10 mind-blowing episodes taking Hannibal and Will into uncharted terrain,” wrote De Laurentiis. “We believe that after they air, audiences’ hunger for the fourth chapter of this saga will be incredible, and are presently exploring other distribution options with our creative team and our partners at Gaumont Television.”
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Wilsongt

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Why cancel it? I thought it was doing well?
I guess nbc gonna nbc.

If it's not Law and Order: SVU, The Voice, or America's got Talent, then fuck it, right?
 
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Anton Sugar

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It occurred to NBC in the moment that, with all its knowledge and intrusion, it could never entirely predict Hannibal, or own Hannibal at all. It could feed the caterpillar, it could whisper through the chrysalis; what hatched out followed its own nature and was beyond the network.
 
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Verger

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As I said in the other thread. It makes sense now why the actor who played by namesake Mason Verger left the show after his role last Season. He probably saw the writing on the wall and that he'd never get recognition for his skills in either ratings or accolades/awards, especially as the role would become more physically demanding now.

But yeah, hope the show can be salvaged somewhere else.

PLEASE NETFLIX DAMNIT! :p
 
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Face it Tiger..

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Tweet your asses off folks

they can't cancel Hannibal.

feel free to tweet my template or base yours off it.

no @NBC!

#SaveHannibal @NBCHannibal @crackle @HannibalSerieTV @netflix @YahooScreen @hulu @amazonvideo @hbo
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The only reason I watch/ PVR NBC, and now I can find somewhere else to watch it

hopefully on Netflix of course.
 
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ivysaur12

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It won't end up on Netflix. Hannibal has its streaming syndication rights with Amazon. When it goes somewhere, it'll go to Amazon.
 
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kirblar

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BTW- don't be mad at NBC here- the ratings were just so utterly bad that they couldn't justify putting it on the air instead of reruns. It was never a good fit but them sticking through this long was nice.
 
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GeeTeeCee

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I can only assume the NBC exec who killed it proudly boasted "This is my design" after they did it.

NBC are the same ones who cancelled Constantine, right?
 
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Peff

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Looks like the teacup that NBC shattered didn't come back together.

It'll certainly be picked up, but this would still be better than Dexter.
 
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kirblar

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ivysaur12 said:
It won't end up on Netflix. Hannibal has its streaming syndication rights with Amazon. When it goes somewhere, it'll go to Amazon.
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Syndication on Amazon instead of Yahoo = no one's watching in the off-season = no season to season increase, unfortunately.
 
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Sho_Nuff82

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Please Netflix. Please. This can't be more to produce than freaking Marco Polo.

I want to see this through to at least the Silence of the Lambs part of the story.
 
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ivysaur12

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Leona Lewis said:
crackle pls
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I actually think Crackle makes the most sense since Sony does have financial stake in Hannibal, but Crackle is so utterly incompetent about everything that I doubt they would be able to get their shit together to actually do something like this. Or afford it.
 
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