THE SITUATION: Hannibal is great, we all know that. But its a ratings sinkhole, threatning to drop below the 2 million viewers threshold and posting sub-1.0s in the important 18- to 49- demographic. Its DVR push is nice—one of the few perks of its Friday-at-10pm time slot—but an hour earlier, the ever-plucky Grimm is posting much better numbers. Hannibals best defense is that its a prestige show for NBC, as its adored by critics and run by one of the most fascinating showrunners in the business (Bryan Fuller), but at what point does the network completely bail on prestige and start worrying about keeping the lights on? Sadly, I wouldnt be surprised to see Hannibal get cut in favor of a singing-home-makeover-weight-loss competition program or New Dracula: Lets Try This Vampire Thing Again. MY GUESS: Hannibal doesnt return to NBC, but it doesnt die. Someone else picks it up (Netflix? Amazon? DirecTV?) and we finally get to add some cursing and nudity to all that beautiful gore. Now that would be delicious!
Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:02:22 +0000
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