Hannibal Season 3 is going to be premiering in June, and showrunner Bryan Fuller has explained why the series took so long to get wrapped up this season.

Hannibal Season 3 is going to be coming down the pike in the near future and that’s something we’ve been waiting almost a year for. Just like fans of True Detective, Hannibal fans are looking at a summer premiere that is long overdue but much anticipated in just about every way.

So why was the series delayed for so long and why do we have to wait until the summer?

Bryan Fuller explained to Digital Spy that the reason the show was delayed to the summer had everything to do with the series being undermanned and trying to do more work than they were able to pull off.

“We barely, by the skin of our teeth, were able to produce the first two seasons with a lot of hard work, and a lot of people bending over backwards and contorting, because it’s so hard to do a crafted television show in eight days [per episode],” Fuller said. “It was eight-day episodes, and then an additional day or two of second unit, and massive overtime. But coming into the third season, which is our most ambitious yet, it was essentially trying to squeeze all of that into seven days, with no second unit, and it blew up in everybody’s faces.”

This is understandable and it actually makes us all feel a little lame for being so upset that the series was taking so long to get completed. June 4th is a long ways off still, but Hannibal is a special show that needs special attention. Knowing that the show was delayed to ensure it was crafted properly makes us all feel a lot better and makes the wait totally worth it in the end — we hope.

Hannibal Season 3 will be premiering on June 4th on NBC.