"Hannibal" has been considered a tasteful reintroduction to the Thomas Harris character from his "Red Dragon" novel series by most devoted fans of the show. But NBC has pulled the plug on it and the current Season 3 will be its last run on the broadcast network, according to Entertainment Weekly.

The show started out with Hannibal Lecter's (Mads Mikkelson) beginnings with the F.B.I. and special agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy). It portrayed how Graham and Lecter's relationship blossomed and even became polluted under Lecter's influence as his psychiatrist.

It progressed over the past two seasons into a sultry mix of lies, betrayal and murder playing out on-screen with dire consequences between the gifted F.B.I. analyst and his cannibal psychiatrist, who used his incredible genius to manipulate and ultimately unhinge the unstable Graham.

Showrunner Bryan Fuller released a statement about the cancellation and the show's run on NBC.

"NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancellation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards & Practices enforcers. Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC," Fuller's statement read.

That statement teases the possibility that "Hannibal" may find a new home, potentially with Amazon, which has an exclusive contract for the series, according to a tweet by Kate Arthur. Arthur also reported the story on BuzzFeed News.

"I would love to see the show continue. The plan for Season 4 was perhaps my favorite season arc yet," Fuller told BuzzFeed via email.

The arc he's referring to is the appearance of Clarice Starling, who was made famous in the '90s by Jodie Foster in hit film "Silence of the Lambs," according to another article on BuzzFeed News.

That basically means they would wrap up the Dolarhyde ("Red Dragon") arc in Season 3 and move onto Harris' "Silence of the Lambs" novel in Season 4. But now, the fate of Season 4 rests in the hands of a new venue willing to pick up the series.