The comedic sci-fi adventure will return next season.
November 2, 2017
Fox announced today that The Orville will be returning for a second season. Created by Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane, the hour-long space dramedy premiered in early September and is off to a strong start for the network through seven episodes.
The show got a nice push for its premiere, with its first two episodes airing in a special Sunday slot following heavily-viewed NFL games. Its subsequent move to its regular Thursday night time slot saw an inevitable drop in viewership, but it has remained a solid performer, with its last two episodes experiencing week-over-week ratings growth after hitting a season-low three weeks ago.
Taking inspiration from Star Trek, The Orville takes place 400 years in the future, when Earth is just a small part of an advanced and mostly-peaceful Planetary Union. The U.S.S. Orville is a mid-level exploratory vessel with a human and alien crew led by rookie officer Ed Mercer, who is played by MacFarlane. Determined to prove his worth despite his First Officer being his ex-wife, Ed leads his crew as they face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the familiar workplace problems.
The show has six episodes remaining in its 13-episode first season, with a new episode airing tonight. As for Season 2, no details are known on episode count but look for a return in 2019.
Comments (54)
It takes warmed-over ideas from previous Star Trek shows and adds dick jokes and sophomoric humor. The plots are very by-the-numbers, there is virtually zero character growth or development, and the show seems to want you to take the stories seriously while making anachronistic jokes that only make sense to the audience.
Production values are great, and the the few jokes that do land show there's something there. Too bad there's no substance under the look and feel.
Really enjoying the show so far.
Glad to hear it got renewed. Glad to hear it is only 13 episodes this season and not adding season 2 to this one and calling it "getting a backend." This is the type of show that will do well with short seasons. No need to burn out in one year.
If you don't see the humor then you lack immaturity...
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