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Remote Possibilities: National Spelling Bee, a renewed 'Hannibal'

A few things to watch (or feed your DVR).

If you're not already counting down the minutes to the championship rounds of the 86th annual National Spelling Bee (live on ESPN from 8-10 p.m.), the season finale of "Mike & Molly" airs more than a week late (8:30 p.m., CBS3).

Pulled from Monday's schedule last week because it somehow involves a tornado and thus was deemed too close  to the real-life tragedies playing out in Oklahoma, it's on after a rerun of "The Big Bang Theory" at 8, which should help people find it on a different night, since viewers seem to follow Sheldon and Leonard wherever they go.

Also new Thursday: "Save Me" (8 and 8:30 p.m., NBC10), the Anne Heche sitcom that NBC's burning off as fast as it can, and "Hannibal" (10 p.m., NBC10), the drama about the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and his more than slightly deluded FBI consultant friend Will Graham (Hugh Dancy). Last I checked, the fate of "Hannibal" still hangs in the balance, with NBC still waiting to see if it will ask it back for next season. I'm still on the fence myself. As much as I love executive producer Bryan Fuller's work, I'd prefer to see this kind of artistry lavished on something that didn't involve so many splashily arranged corpses.

Ha. Tell it to "Hannibal." And "Save Me."

UPDATE: NBC has just renewed "Hannibal" for a second season. Here's the Thursday evening announcement:

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