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NBC Cancels Hannibal after 3 Seasons. Show will now be shopped around at other venues
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HP_Wuvcraft
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And I completely can see you serious with this comment.
shacklesmcgee
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Cmoooooon Netflix or HBO
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
If HBO picked up Hannibal.. lol
Miss.Selfdestruct
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lol
shacklesmcgee
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Hahahaha
Lion Heart
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HBO or bust. I haven't watched S3 yet as I let seasons finish first. Damn it.
dark_inferno
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Not the first time that a good series die after just 3 season with a meh ending. But nowadays there is a slim chance for a revive by streaming platforms.
I wish HBO would revive Deadwood
I wish HBO would revive Deadwood
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Amazingly enough the best and most gruesome show on TV is on a network channel.
Fucking hurts man. This is the first show that I liked which was cancelled. And I know the ratings weren't great but it kept surviving. Fucking garbage like the Walking Dead remains on the air and this gets cancelled. The fuck.
Hoping it ends up on Netflix. The streaming rights should have gone to Netflix instead of Amazon. That was stupid.
Hoping it ends up on Netflix. The streaming rights should have gone to Netflix instead of Amazon. That was stupid.
Vincent Alexander
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Unfortunately, Fuller is signed on for American Gods with Neil Gaiman, so if this show somehow got picked up it would be damn hard for him to be involved. And Hannibal without Fuller---I don't want.
Fuller isn't the day to day showrunner on American Gods (Michael Green is) and he was already going to be very involved in Hannibal season 4 if it got picked up, so no.
I wouldn't really call anything about season 2's finale a potential series ender
RatskyWatsky
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I wouldn't really call anything about season 2's finale a potential series ender
Hannibal kills everyone and gets away with it.
Vincent Alexander
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I guess you're right that Green is involved as well, but both Green and Fuller are co-showrunners. Even if Fuller planned on staying involved with Hannibal, it raises the question if the quality would've stayed as high. It also raises the question if Fuller was smart enough to realize they weren't getting a season 4 when he said yes to American Gods.
I wouldn't really call anything about season 2's finale a potential series ender
Yeah, it's a downer ending, but it would have worked fantastically as an ending to this particular series. Brutal, visceral, memorable. The only plotline left hanging would have been
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Candeldandel
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This is good to hear! I'm happy he's gonna be working on American Gods
His crazy artsy style is perfect for it.So like, have you ever met Bryan? Or, uh, been in the same room with him or anything? He seems like such a delightful chap! Just curious :x
kinoki
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Really goes to show that it really matters how you pace your series. I loved the first season but felt that the second didn't go anywhere. It's basicly a status quo season. The ending left me with a feeling of "okay, so nothing happened". Really hoped that Toothfairy would be introduced in some way in the second season.
Looking forward to the third season once it gets released on Netflix.
Looking forward to the third season once it gets released on Netflix.
Why wouldn't it? He still would be heavily involved. There are many showrunners who balance two shows. And, again, they're not really co-showrunners. Green is the real showrunner because he's handling it "day-to-day". That's code for "actual, real showrunner".
That has nothing to do with it.
monster
(I actually would've been a bit bummed if that was a series finale, since the show seemed so much more about Will than Hannibal, but whatever. It wasn't.)
Yeah, NBC treated it well and tried to make it popular. I am also happy they announced the cancellation early and are letting the rest of the season air. I think Nickolodeon cancelled Korra mid season and streamed the rest online.
Funky Papa
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Oh man. And I have yet to catch up with the current season. This news sure soured my morning
Adam Scott Aukerman
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This better get picked up elsewhere or I'm gonna eat some fools.
Plus, it's a show much better suited to binge-watching than week-to-week, anyway. People seeing their friends upset in their social media feeds about the cancellation could drum up enough perceived interest in seeing the show continue for another place to give it a chance.
Don Draper's Hat
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Agreed.
The finale to series 2 was phenomenal. The first 3 episodes of series 3 have been mind numbingly boring. Fancy shot, long drawn out mumbled speech, fancy shot, time going backwards, fancy shot, COOKING TIME, fancy shot, long drawn out mumbled speech. And all this in near darkness so you're constantly squinting trying to make out what the fuck is going on.
At its best it was really good, but I can't say I'm too upset about this announcement. I was very close to packing it all in anyway.
Funky Papa
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I haven't watched any episode of the current season, but I wonder if production problems are to blame. Fuller was very candid about how he had to beg for more production time even when things were already wrapping up because the powers that be were hellbent on making a cheaper show (as if Hannibal were not already cheap enough).
oneils
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I've only ever watched this on Netflix, here in Canada. Never realized that it aired during the summer. Had I known I would have dvr'd it or watched it as it aired. I always wondered why I never seemed to catch it on tv. Never even saw a rerun. But I rarely watch any of the three stations.
I think it might be better off with a service like Netflix or something.
I think it might be better off with a service like Netflix or something.
SneakySneaks
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If it was after season 1 or 2 I'd be pissed off. But going by the shows popularity (despite the low as fuck cost for NBC) I think the show has had a good run. I want more of course and I'm hoping a streaming site picks it up with Silence (which I'm confident will happen, please God let it happen).
teruterubozu
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So are there any petitions or anything? Seems like the shows with angry fans get a chance of renewal (like The Killing and Longmire). Hannibal fans seem to be saying "it was a good run."
The first 3 episodes of season 3 have been pretty slow and self indulgent. I just think people aren't that surprised it's been cancelled due to it not really being a decent fit for network TV. I'd like to see it completed.
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