HANNIBAL Has Been Officially Cancelled By NBC After Three Seasons

And on that note I'm officially done watching anything NBC related! Way to [frick] your audience over!

At least I can live more positively knowing another channel or streaming service will more than likely pick this up.

Hannibal was slow because that's how you do horror.

@JamesMann, @Nick56 - How does blaming NBC for this make any sense at all? You must know nothing about Television or how to run a successful business.

Yes, lets blame NBC for pulling the plug after promoting the SHIT out of a show for 3 years and allowing it to air for 3 Seasons.. because you know.. it's NBC's fault that no one tuned it to watch it.

NBC gave Hannibal every chance in the world to succeed, but when no one tunes in.. what you gonna do? You can't just say, "Well.. it costs us a lot to produce it, pay the Actors and promote it. The critics love it. It wins awards. And no one watches it. So let's keep it going. Fingers-crossed it turns around".

This might have worked for Seinfeld back in the day, on a show that cost next to nothing to make, with little to no advertising. No one watched that show till what, Season 3? Then all of a sudden it blew up. Biggest comedy on TV.

This doesn't happen with Drama's. You have a small window, a small chance, and if it wasn't for the critics and awards, they would pulled the plug after season 1.

So don't blame NBC, blame the people who didn't watch it.. which is pretty much everyone.

[frick] NBC!

And to the author @Darkknight2149

"...most critically acclaimed TV series on network television"

This is a false statement.

SIDE POINT: Since the show isn't Produced/Owned by NBC, they are shopping it around. Guaranteed the show finds a new home by the end of the next week if not sooner.

R.I.P. TO ONE OF THE BEST TV SERIES ON TELEVISON. ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. HOPEFULLY HANNIBAL EATS AGAIN SOON

@AsapJoker - I love Community

However, again.. NOT NBC's fault. NBC can't force people to watch TV. They hyped Community, they moved them around, they tried everything they could to make it work. It lasted 5 Seasons.

In all honesty, NBC letting them go and then getting picked up by Yahoo! was the best thing that happened to Community. It proved the audience was "there" but just not at a scheduled time. So now we have a genuine chance at a movie

@ComicsBornAndBred - It's being shopped around, it will find a new home fast. Either on a lesser network or something like Netflix or Yahoo!

Haven't watched any S3 episode yet, but I did quite like the first two seasons. And I know a few people who will be absolutelty heartbroken about this news, they were really into the show. Damn...

@bigdannymac except NBC threw it to the death time slot on Friday nights right from season 1. Thats a literal death sentence for most TV shows. I get why NBC cancelled it, hell im surprised it even made it to season 3 but with Hannibal now gone NBC has nothing worth watching. Hannibal was always a show too good for NBC anyways so I hope some other more competent network picks it up

What? Whyyy ;_; This show is gold ;_;

CURSE YOU NBC!!!!

NBC, now you have my permission to die

@bigdannymac
Not a false statement. Nearly every review I've read has said that this is the best show on network television (I.E. broadcast channels) and people who are caught up with show seem to agree. If anything, it is an ARGUABLE statement.

Now, if we are talking about TV as whole (I.E. every single, show, ETC), then it would be a false statement.