Television

A few television shows that I watched learned their fate over the weekend.

I was pleased to hear that NBC renewed Hannibal for a third season. Hannibal is based on the Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon. When the show started last year, I wasn't sure that I would like it. I loved Silence of the Lambs. I liked Hannibal (film). I would have liked Hannibal, the film, better if Jodie Foster played Clarice Starling and if the original book ending was used. Anthony Hopkins made a fantastic Dr. Hannibal Lector. I never thought that the Dr. Hannibal Lector played by Mads Mikkelsen would win me over.

Mikkelsen won me over the first episode. The show was so dark and different from the movies. The cinematography is stunning and the actors are just amazing. Hannibal, TV series, is about the relationship between Dr. Lector and FBI special investigator Will Graham. Graham is a criminal profiler that can visualize himself committing murders he investigates to understand the killers' behavior.

The following TV shows that I watched that weren't renewed: Dracula and The Carrie Diaries.

NBC canceled Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I thought the cinematography was stunning like Hannibal's. The acting was fantastic and the show had a big name, Rhys Meyers. Rhys Meyers is what drew me to the program. He was great in The Tudors and I thought he would have another hit show on his hands.

NBC stuck Dracula on Friday nights during the fall. I think putting shows on Friday is dumb, especially when it competes with football. The show averaged 5 million viewers. I guess that isn't good enough.

The Carrie Diaries was a fun show. AnnaSophia Robb was a wonderful young Carrie Bradshaw.

I did watch Sex and the City and remember things Carrie said about growing up. In the Carrie Diaries, her Dad took care of her and her sister. Her mother also died from cancer. In SATC, he left Carrie and her Mom. Carrie also said how she lost her virginity. I didn't care that SATC and TCD didn't match up. It was fun to see Carrie in high school and interning at a magazine in New York City.

The second season of TCD introduced us to a young Samantha. I read a story saying that if there was a season three of TCD, we would have met a young Miranda. Now how fun would that have been?

Goodbye Dracula and The Carrie Diaries. I will miss you.