Fate of NBC's "Hannibal" Still Hangs in the Balance...

NBC still hasn't announced the verdict on whether to renew or cancel Bryan Fuller's seductive and terrifying drama "Hannibal", and Fuller tells Buzzfeed that a verdict might not be reached until next week:

 “We have no idea. We may not even know for another week or so. They’re being very close to the vest. But they’re saying Bob Greenblatt doesn’t want to make a decision right away. So we may not hear until next week, or the week after. It’s hard to say.”

It was rumored that the fate of Hannibal would be announced today, Monday May 13; but that was sadly not the case.

"Hannibal", based off of the novel "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris, premiered in April to some good ratings before slipping slightly, and now sitting at an estimated average of around 2 and a half million viewers for the past few episodes.

Despite it's "low" (read: steady and well) viewer count (that doesn't take DVR numbers into account), "Hannibal" is sitting at a 68 on Metacritic with an 8.5 viewer score.

It's expected that NBC is holding off till the last minute to see how the ratings go, since the show is pulling in some great critical acclaim. Even if NBC drops the ball, due to the show's international finance and handsome pedigree, we might luck out and get "Hannibal" on another channel.

I hope so, because personally I think this is the best show on TV right now.