"Hannibal" renewed!

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'Hannibal' Season 3 Renewed: NBC Officially Picks Up Its Best Drama With A Third Season Renewal

 "Hannibal" renewed! Trumpet it to the masses: "Hannibal" season 3 is officially a go. After leaving us in suspense for a little longer than any would have liked, NBC has finally picked up "Hannibal" for a third season, not too long before the upcoming, inevitably dramatic ending of season 2. 

 It's fantastic news: the show is one of the best dramas on network television, and came compete with high drama for cable.


Drama With A Third Season Renewal
The "Hannibal" season 3 renewal just came through on Friday, and actually comes as a bit of a surprise to some. Although the demographics of the viewership are quite young and favorable, the overall ratings numbers have been pretty low, slightly below NBC's average. But those good, if small, demographics clearly helped the show out. But not as much as its production deal: as you can tell just by looking at it, the show is pretty expensive, but NBC shoulders very little of that burden thanks to a variety of international agreements and video-on-demand deals that bring the pricing down. Hey, good news !









The other nice thing about the "Hannibal" season 3 renewal is its timing. Last year, NBC left "Hannibal" on the bubble for a while longer - until the television upfronts, the main advertising sales season. It was an at-risk show.  It appeared to be  an at-risk show again this year, but NBC threw us all a bone by making and revealing the decision to bring it back a little earlier. It will make the season 2 finale all that more exciting, since we know the show will be back, rather than killed off in its prime.
And it is in its prime. If you aren't watching "Hannibal" yet, you really ought to rectify that. Don't be thrown because it's based on a 25-year-old movie; it's a reboot, set in the modern day, and it portrays a very different Hannibal Lecter, a refined, aristocratic, cultured, and cannibalistic serial killer psychologist. This is no "Dexter." 
The show is much more sophisticated, even as it maintains a very high level of shock and general gruesomeness. Mads Mikkelsen's turn as Hannibal Lecter is far and away the stand-out performance; the other big star, Laurence Fishburne, is serviceable, too, but Hugh Dancy as Will Graham is much better, at least when he's falling in and out of total lunacy. And Gillian Anderson is amazing whenever she drops in for a guest visit.
There are only two more episodes left of "Hannibal" season 2 - the finale airs on May 23 - but it isn't the final end of the show. Thanks to the renewal, "Hannibal" season 3 is coming... soon.


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