Only one name made me sit down and watch this show: Bryan Fuller. The man whose shows Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me were tragically cut short. Those shows weren't my cuppa tea, I tell you, but they were watchable - more than watchable: entertaining television.
The pilot is good. Mr Fuller and friends seem to have taken into account all of the Hannibal material rather than committee cherry-picked from the films. This is promising.
Think I'll have to watch it again with the Better Half at my side.