NBC To Repeat 'Hannibal' Premiere April 10

Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) plays Hannibal as an aesthete, an educated man who takes great pride in his colorful attire, office furnishings and, uh, refined palate. He's brought into the action when the FBI recruits theWhat's surprising is that NBC decided not to give Hannibal a lead-in from The Voice on Tuesdays (instead, NBC will use The Voice to launch the upcoming reality effort Ready for Love). The network has successfully used The Voice to support anHe may not be pairing the unusual culinary creations with fava beans and a nice chianti (yet, at least), but Mikkelsen is bravely putting his own spin on one of pop culture's most enduring, iconic villains: Hannibal Lecter. In Hannibal, which premieres"Hannibal" had a fairly soft premiere for NBC at 4.3 million viewers, though that's still up from the last drama NBC tried in the Thursday-at-10 timeslot,

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