Zovala zonsezi, koma Brian Fuller "Hannibal" idagwa mchikondi ndi mafani osati pokhapokha atakhala pamlengalenga. Ntchitoyi idatsekedwa mu 2015, koma kuyambira pamenepo omvera a "Hannibal" saiwala, komabe kuwerengera nthawi yokhazikika. Pazoyankhulana ndi a Nerdest Fuller adazindikira kuti sizingalephereke ndi lingaliroli kuti lichotse nyengo yachinayi:
Ndikukhulupirira choncho. Nthawi yosangalatsa yokhudzana ndi lingaliro ili ndiloti, takumananso [ndi Hannibal ndi chikalata] Nkhaniyi iyambiranso kuchokera pamenepa. Tizichita.
Kumbukirani kuti nyengo yachitatu idatha ndi scifffer pomwe idzakumbatirana pomwe a Hannibal adakumbatirana ndi m'mphepete mwa mwala, kukakamiza omvera kuti anene zamtsogolo. Nyengo zoyambirira zidayenera kutamandidwa chifukwa cha mawonekedwe awo, koma Fuller adanenanso kuti akufuna kuyandikira nyengo yachinayi mwanjira ina:
Nyengo yatsopanoyi ikanakhala yotentha ndikuwotcha poyerekeza ndi zochitika zozizira komanso zovuta za Toronto. Ndikuganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kusunthira kumtunda kwa dzuwa. Kutentha kwa kanema watsopano.
Popeza pakadali pano palibe mapulani ovomerezeka a "Hannibal", sizikudziwika pomwe mungayembekezere kutulutsidwa kwa nyengo yachinayi yachinayi. Tsiku lina, tsiku la NBC linayambitsa ntchito yake yopita patsogolo yotchedwa Peacock - Pulatifomu yabwino kwambiri ya "Hannibal", chifukwa omwe amapanga "Hannibal", chifukwa amabisalira mwankhanza komanso zina zosokoneza.