Hannibal

About

Hannibal is an NBC thriller television series based on the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. The plot centers around FBI agent Will Graham and forensic scientist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

History

Development for Hannibal began in 2011 when writer Bryan Fuller was brought on by NBC to write the pilot episode. On February 14th, 2012, NBC immediately granted the series a 13-episode season based on Fuller’s script according to the entertainment news blog Deadline.^[3] On April 4th, 2013, the first episode in the series premiered. On May 30th, 2013, Deadline^[2] reported that NBC had renewed Hannibal for a second season.

Reception

According to the ratings blog TVByTheNumbers,^[5] the premiere episode received approximately 4.36 million viewers in the United States, with each subsequent episode dropping slightly before reaching 1.98 million for the series finale. As of June 2013, the first season of Hannibal received a rating of 69/100 on the review site Metacritic.^[4]

Fandom

On May 31st, 2013, the viral content site BuzzFeed^[1] published a post reporting on Hannibal fans known as “Fannibals.”

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