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"Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller has claimed that the show&amp;#039;s horror content had to &amp;quot;up the ante&amp;quot; for network television. Fuller told Assignment X that NBC was inspired by the success of &amp;quot;graphic horror&amp;quot; shows on cable when they commissioned the Thomas Harris adaptation.  &amp;quot;At NBC, they were very supportive of the show and they knew with Hannibal that we needed to up the ante,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;There had been success with graphic horror on cable - The Walking Dead, American Horror Story - and I think they were really curious to see how that would work on network airwaves.&amp;quot;  Fuller added that he was pleased to see his dark drama &amp;quot;carving out [its] own audience&amp;quot; up against popular CBS drama Elementary and ABC hit Scandal. &amp;quot;We got put up against two juggernauts that had been going all season and had developed such a loyal fanbase that by the time we came on, their audience had already been established,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;But what I&amp;#039;m very proud of is that we have carved out such a dedicated fanbase, and we&amp;#039;re very active on social media.&amp;quot; Hannibal was picked up for a second season by NBC last month. The series airs on Sky Living in the UK. &amp;gt; Hannibal Bryan Fuller on future: &amp;#039;Silence of the Lambs is season five&amp;#039; Watch a trailer for Hannibal below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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