NBC will not be ordering another course of “Hannibal.” The network has canceled the drama, which is currently in its third season.
DeLaurentiis Co., however, later tweeted some hope for the show’s “Fannibals”: that the show may find a second life with another partner.
“#Hannibal was always in danger of cancellation due to subject matter, and others have expressed interest in partnering with us,” the company wrote.
Executive producer Bryan Fuller issued the following statement on the cancellation: “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.