SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon church-owned NBC affiliate in Utah has pulled the “Hannibal” TV show because of its graphic violence.
The first three episodes of the serial-killer drama that aired on KSL-TV became increasingly graphic and “extremely gory,” drawing complaints from many viewers and rising eyebrows among station executives, said Tami Ostmark, KSL-TV vice president of marketing.
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