Status: Cancelled
Aired: 2013-15, 3 Seasons Totaling 39 Episodes
Network: NBC
Starring: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Hettienne Park, Laurence Fishburne
Series Website: www.nbc.com/hannibal
Description: Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers. IMDb.com
Why Was It Cancelled? Series showrunner and executive producer Bryan Fuller probably explained best why the show was cancelled in his statement following the announcement:
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.
The show’s production company will shop it around and it has a worldwide following, so it does still have a chance to continue into a fourth season on a different network or one of the streaming services..
Season to Date (StD) Ratings Results:
Update 9/17/15: There is still no word on another network picking up Hannibal for a fourth season and Amazon and Netflix have passed on the show. Series producer Bryan Fuller has not given up yet, though, as he is looking into the possibility of continuing the story on the big screen. You can vote on whether you would pre-fund another season of Hannibal below.
Week | Airings | Live+SD Rtg | StD Avg | Tot Vwrs (MM) | Live+7 Rtg | Cancel Alert |
6/4/15 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.0 | No Guess |
6/11/15 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | No Guess |
6/18/15 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | No Guess |
6/25/15 | 4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | No Guess |
7/2/15 | 5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | No Guess |
7/9/15 | 6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Cancelled |
7/18/15 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Cancelled |
7/25/15 | 8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Cancelled |
8/1/15 | 9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Cancelled |
8/8/15 | 10 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | Cancelled |
8/15/15 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | Cancelled |
8/22/15 | 12 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Cancelled |
8/29/15 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Cancelled |
Vote on How Much Would You Pay to Pre-Fund a Fourth Season of Hannibal (more on that at this link)
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