NBC showrunner Bryan Fuller recently shared his insight on television's rape scene with EW, which consequently tied in the controversial 'Game of Thrones' scene that perturbed a lot of viewers.

Fuller currently produces 'Hannibal,' one of the more darker shows on television as it details the exploits of the fictional serial killer.

The showrunner begins by explaining his rape ban in 'Hannibal':

"It's one of the things on the show that we really wanted to avoid. They're ubiquitous on television, and there's an entire series [NBC's Law & Order: SVU] that's about rape. It was challenging approaching the Red Dragon story because the crimes that Francis Dolarhyde commits [in the novel] include the horrible raping of corpses, and near-corpses. In crafting the story arc of the Red Dragon, it became a challenge on how to keep true to the novel but deemphasize the exploitive qualities of woman being raped. That was one of the big challenges in terms of how do we keep our promise [to not tell rape stories] to our audience-which is largely female-and also service the novel. It became a tricky matter of deemphasizing women being targeted, and making more pronounced the crimes against the victim's family as a whole. We didn't wanna glorify it-well, not "glorify," because I don't think any of the crime procedural shows are actually 'glorifying' rape. But it is certainly explored so frequently that it rarely feels genuine."

Fuller then states what specifically bothers him about the way TV shows approach the subject:

"There are frequent examples of exploiting rape as low-hanging fruit to have a canvas of upset for the audience. The reason the rape well is so frequently used is because it's a horrible thing that is real and that it happens. But because it's so overexploited, it becomes callous. That's something I can't derive entertainment from as an audience member - and I'm the first person in the audience for Hannibal. My role, as a showrunner, is to want to watch the show we're creating. And if something feels exploitative or unnecessary, I'll try to avoid it."

He also goes on to compliment the way 'Game of Thrones' handled the Sansa scene:

"I thought it was handled tastefully, all things considered. You could have done that scene on broadcast. With Thrones, you're telling a story based on a time where those sort of violations were common. And women did not have the stance in that world to effectively resist. And with Sansa Stark, and that particular attack, we know Ramsay Bolton as someone who is a horrible violator of all things human-what he did to Theon Greyjoy is part and parcel of his cruelty. So it felt organic to the world-not only what happened to Sansa, but [the attempted rape of] Gilly. It feels like we're in the Wild Wild West, and that's part of how they're choosing to explore the story. I see why they've made the choices they have in the stories they've told, so I can't criticize them for using that tool."

'Hannibal' returns for its third season on June 4.