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Given creator Seth MacFarlane's pick of Dolly Parton as a source of Haveena's inspiration, it was only a matter of time before the actual singer-songwriter appeared as a fictionalized version of herself performing her hit "Try" in a simulation (it is the future, after all), after offering her sagely advice Writer Brannon Braga & Andre[...]

(Photo by: Greg Gayne/Hulu) When the male characters aren't corralled to "out of sight, out of mind" status, we see Seth MacFarlane's Ed Mercer and Scott Grimes Gordon Malloy play up all the "buffoon" stereotypes in a sharp, slapstick fashion as they carry the "excessive luggage" for their guests Again, low-hanging fruit from the sitcom tree[...]

The episode premise of the Seth MacFarlane-created series is that they have an experimental time travel device that naturally becomes potentially dangerous In a bit of foreshadowing, Gordon (Scott Grimes) voluntarily surrenders his synthesized egg salad sandwich for the device before the ship goes to a rendezvous point This is your minor spoilers warning. The Orville: New[...]

When The Orville: New Horizons filmed season three for Hulu, the timing of certain episodes wasn't lost on creator and star Seth MacFarlane even if it wasn't premeditated given current events In the episode "Gently Falling Rain," a couple of themes that emerged were insurrection (as hearings are being held by the January 6th Committee[...]

So the last time we checked in with how things were looking with Peacock's upcoming live-action comedy series based on the blockbuster Ted film franchise, Seth MacFarlane (The Orville, Ted & Ted 2, Family Guy) was offering some additional details on the project as well as sharing his feelings on how it's been working in[...]

Unfortunately, there's uncertainty within Topa that's eating at his very core and he's not aware of why as he was originally female and a Mocclan ceremony reassigned his gender much to the protest and reluctance of Ed (Seth MacFarlane) and Bortus Clyden, who's staunch in the Moclan ways, was also originally female at birth and[...]

Creator and star Seth MacFarlane posted a tease on Twitter of Macdonald's return for the upcoming episode "A Tale of Two Topas" writing, "Guess who pops up on tomorrow's episode of The Orville: New Horizons! Thanks, Norm, for leaving us Yaphit We love you and we miss you." Norm Macdonald in The Orville: New Horizons[...]

Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) to accompany them on a potential historic treaty, which means both sides' very survival against the Kaylon As the delegation approaches Krill space, we discover there's an election taking place with Krill Supreme Chancellor Korin (who brokered the peace deal) and opponent Teleya (Michaela McManus), Ed's flame who infiltrated the Planetary[...]

As the landing party of Grayson, Mercer (Seth MacFarlane), Talla, Malloy (Scott Grimes) and Bortus (Peter Macon) take a shuttle onto the planet to investigate- and end up going from a forest to a 21st-century high school. Adrianne Palicki, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Scott Grimes and Jessica Szohr in The Orville: New Horizons Image courtesy of[...]

Our line-up of news, reviews, opinions, commentary, and everything in-between for this morning covered a wide range of topics, including Neil Gaiman & Ricky Whittle wanting STARZ to finish the story American Gods told over three seasons, our theory about what song Eddie's playing in Stranger Things 4, Fiona Shaw dropping some intel on "Star[...]

Along with the myriad of projects he has either on screens currently (Family Guy, American Dad, The Orville, etc.) or has on the way (like a Ted prequel series for Peacock as part of the overall deal between Fuzzy Door and NBCUniversal's UCP), the other topic surrounding multimedia powerhouse Seth MacFarlane that we've been covering[...]

Claire Finn rocks on so many levels), Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons is back next week with S03E03 "Mortality Paradox." And we have to say, while it would be nice to have more intel on what we can expect? This move to keep things secret while still rolling out some teases is[...]

To help with negotiations, Admiral Christie (James Reed) steps up to broker the agreement with The Orville's Capt Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and First Officer Cmdr Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) Part of the deal involves exploring a part of space that the Krill considered dangerous and cursed Skeptical, Ed decides to explore some "new horizons"[...]

While creator Seth MacFarlane rebranded his sci-fi series as The Orville: New Horizons washing away its Fox past into its Hulu present, it looks like it's returned with a furious vengeance for season three The cold opening revealed the trauma, scratching at the surface of the survivors of the Kaylon invasion showing Marcus (BJ Tanner)[...]

The 13 Reasons Why star spoke to Bleeding Cool about joining the Seth MacFarlane (Ed Mercer) series, joking around with co-star Scott Grimes (Gordon Malloy), and other projects she has her eyes on. Anne Winters in The Orville: New Horizons Image screencapped courtesy of Hulu Bleeding Cool: Did it feel a little intimidating when you first decided[...]

Earlier this month, we learned that Alanna Ubach (Euphoria, Bombshell) was joining Seth MacFarlane (The Orville, Ted & Ted 2, Family Guy), Giorgia Whigham (The Punisher, 13 Reasons Why), Max Burkholder (Parenthood), and Scott Grimes (Oppenheimer, The Orville) for Peacock's upcoming live-action comedy series based on the blockbuster Ted film franchise Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter[...]

Our line-up of news, reviews, opinions, commentary, and everything in-between for this morning includes tons of coverage from across the "Star Wars" universe (The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation & more), Seth MacFarlane shredding FOX (and rightfully so), The CW's Walker & The Flash drop previews,[...]

Earlier this week, we highlighted how The Orville star & series creator Seth MacFarlane checked in with Jimmy Kimmel on his ABC late-night talk show and shared just how much he appreciates the show moving from FOX to Hulu (more on that in a minute) But MacFarlane wasn't done there, getting some quality shots at[...]

As the clock keeps ticking down towards the premiere of Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons (otherwise known as the third season… just much, much bigger), the series creator has been hitting the press junket route to get the word out about it Yesterday, we checked out MacFarlane taking on some of the internet's[...]

With only a little more than a week to go (nine days at the time of this writing, to be precise) until Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons hits streaming screens, the streamer and the team behind the beloved series have been rolling out the publicity machine to get the word out For[...]

While this might be a strange way to start off an article about Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons, stay with me for a hot minute We're sure you've heard that Stranger Things 4 premieres Volume 1 this week, with Volume 2 set for the July 4th weekend With the first volume covering[...]

Peacock's upcoming live-action comedy series based on the blockbuster Ted film franchise officially rounded out its series regular cast on Friday, with Alanna Ubach (Euphoria, Bombshell) joining previously-announced castmates Seth MacFarlane (The Orville, Ted & Ted 2, Family Guy), Giorgia Whigham (The Punisher, 13 Reasons Why), Max Burkholder (Parenthood), and Scott Grimes (Oppenheimer, The Orville) Ubach's[...]

If we have all of our fingers and toes counted correctly then that means we have about two weeks to go until Hulu and Seth MacFarlane's The Orville heads off into some "New Horizons" for its long-awaited third season But why go with "The Orville" New Horizons" instead of just "Season 3"? As fans have already[...]

I spoke to the actor about his latest film, Memory, which is based on the book De Zaak Alzeheimer by Jef Geeraerts and subsequent Belgian film adaptation from Carl Joos and Erik Van Looy, working with director Martin Campbell, and an update on the Naked Gun revival from Seth MacFarlane. Scot Williams stars as "Ellis Van[...]

So a day after Hulu & Seth MacFarlane shared a look at a very cool piece of poster key art for The Orville: New Horizons, series co-producer Tom Costantino is following that up with a very cool look at the show's past In this case, it's a piece of the show's past that fans have been asking[...]

Enough with all of that talk about what the future has in store for Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville! With less than two months to go until the series returns to explore some "New Horizons," we have a look at an official key art poster for the third season Take a look: Image: Hulu Now here's[...]

Earlier today, the news hit that Seth MacFarlane and Scott Grimes had joined the cast of Peacock's upcoming live-action series take on the Ted films And while that was news we were definitely happy to hear, Deadline Hollywood is signaling why that shouldn't be too good of news for fans of The Orville With the[...]

As many of you know by now, when he isn't working on the upcoming third season of Hulu's The Orville ("The Orville: New Horizons") or the hundred other projects that are either on the air or in development, Seth MacFarlane makes sure folks know where he stands on a wide variety of political and non-political[...]

As the days & weeks inch closer to the June return of Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville ("The Orville: New Horizons") for its third season, we have two completely different types of updates to offer to help you with our day Later on, we have two behind-the-scenes videos of how post-production is going shared[...]

After a bit of switching around of the calendar, we are now less than three months away from the return of Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville (or "The Orville: New Horizons" for the third season) This time around, we're taking a brief pause from the behind-the-scenes looks from co-producer Tom Costantino and others to[...]