“Hannibal” is about to endure a long, slow, painful death…
While NBC “gifted” us super fans with a third season of “Hannibal,” they’ve quickly turned on it as if it were the black sheep (stag?) of the family.
Back on June 22nd NBC cancelled “Hannibal,” leaving the fate of the series to online streaming services like Netflix and Amazon. They both passed.
NBC then released stars Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen from their contracts, only further complicating an attempt at a revival.
Now, on heels of Comic-Con news that a feature could be cooked up, NBC is swatting the series away like an annoying gnat.
The network today kneecapped its Thursday duo of recently cancelled “Hannibal” and the just-renewed “Aquarius” and put them on Saturday night owing to poor ratings, says Deadline.
While ratings for “Hannibal” were never going to return, announcing its cancellation early in the season didn’t help those casually viewing from sticking around.
“Hannibal” is a masterpiece of television, and it doesn’t deserve to go out like this.
