The Orville

One of the trickiest things about science fiction shows like The Orville: New Horizons, when they tackle serious subjects, is how they can deliver enough nuance for their characters and provide a proper path that helps advance them while making the serious subject matter integral to the storyline and not just as a reason to […]

The Orville: New Horizons reached a watershed moment when it comes to diplomatic situations for the Planetary Union, given the uneasy tensions with the Moclans. The episode "Midnight Blue" follows the ship as it follows up on the all-Moclan female colony sanctuary world. Since the all-male-dominated planet of Moclus considers the presence of females a […]

13 Reasons Why star Anne Winters is set to join the cast of The Orville. Set 400 years in the future, the Seth MacFarlane series focuses on the misfits of the Planetary Union's signature ship U.S.S. Orville. It was announced earlier this year that the space-going comedy/action series was making the move from FOX to […]

The cast of The Orville sans star Seth MacFarlane talked about the upcoming third season and its transition from network TV in FOX to streaming service Hulu at New York Comic Con (NYCC). When it came to the Q&A portion of the panel, an audience member asked if a musical episode was on the table in […]

Being a lifelong TV couch potato affords certain patterns of behavior observed among television programming. While there is some leeway given how episodic writing varies depending on the scribe, but in the very least, it should be the showrunner/executive producer's responsibility to make sure continuity stays intact. There are many clichés past and present many […]

With The Orville being moved to Hulu following two seasons on FOX and series creator/star Seth MacFarlane juggling a number of various projects thta make getting definite return date difficult, there are certain things we are absolutely guaranteeing will happen when season three finally arrive – or you can hold my feet to the fire […]

It seems like space dramas don't have a place on broadcast network TV as FOX decides to ship the Seth MacFarlane science fiction series The Orville to be exclusively on Hulu. While the show garnered 8.56 million viewers in its premiere on September 10th, 2017, ratings have steadily declined with a season finale of 2.97 […]

Let's be honest. Every year, Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) continues to grow – and what was once the pantheon for all things comics has become the place to be if you're a film or television series looking to make traction with an eager geek fanbase looking to rest their eyeballs on something worthy. Then […]

Let's be honest. Every year, Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) continues to grow – and what was once the pantheon for all things comics has become the place to be if you're a film or television series looking to make traction with an eager geek fanbase looking to rest their eyeballs on something worthy. Then […]

Seth MacFarlane and the team behind FOX's The Orville are heading into awards season plasma rifles blazing, starting with a stop at this year's Comic Con International: San Diego to bring fans "The Orville Experience." MacFarlane engineered the exhibit to immerse fans into his vision of 25th century Earth in the historic Carnation Dairy Building […]

Fresh off their season three renewal, FOX's The Orville is looking to celebrate back on Earth at one of pop culture's biggest gatherings. Disney Television Studios announced that Seth MacFarlane's hit science fiction comedy-drama will be heading to this month's San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) for a panel presentation. Joining MacFarlane from the bridge of the […]

Note: The fine folks here at Bleeding Cool's Department of Television Excellence have taken it upon themselves to "save" some of your favorite series (like FOX's The Orville) by designing "ultimate" episodes/seasons that will keep them from the water skis and sharks for a little while longer or save them from the fates that befell Game of […]

FOX's Seth MacFarlane sci-fi comedy/drama/adventure series The Orville will be heading out for a third-year mission after all, with the network announcing its renewal on Saturday. The series joins joins Empire, The Resident, 9-1-1, Last Man Standing, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, and The Simpsons on FOX's 2019-20 programming line-up. Seth MacFarlane's hit space adventure series, […]

With The Orville's second season wrapped up and awaiting a third season, executive producer David A. Goodman opened up on a wide range of topics – ranging from his Star Trek background and what is adapted into The Orville to his thoughts on the show's future. Goodman's relationship with series creator and star Seth MacFarlane […]

FOX's The Orville has come a long way as Seth MacFarlane's experimental science fiction show, blending his tempered low-brow humor with the universal themes of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. Following the show's first season, the series found its groove and hit its stride in season two – focusing more on internal strife within the Planetary […]

You can (but shouldn't) judge a show/film by the quality of it's blooper / gag reels. We kind of love this short reel from FOX series The Orville's second season, which really brings home the notion of what kind of ship Seth MacFarlane runs. Check out the gag reel: No word on whether or not FOX has […]

The season two finale of FOX's The Orville "The Road Not Taken" shows how one fateful decision can change the fate of everyone. Following previous episode "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow", when a memory wipe of the Kelly Greyson (Adrienne Palicki) from seven years ago didn't take: she changed her mind from going on a […]

One thing you may not want to remind Seth MacFarlane and company about is how much of a pain time travel can be. No matter how self aware you might be, something will ALWAYS be amiss. Like The Orville's latest episode, "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow". Obviously, there will be spoilers if you haven't seen […]

FOX's The Orville reminds us of the social value of science fiction, much like its inspired predecessor Star Trek long before it: we're blessed with the luxury of segmented fan bases, but ultimately we all work together in the same world. This week's episode "Sanctuary" appeals to many first-world folks, because so many are tone […]

This week's episode of The Orville, "Lasting Impressions" takes some suspension of disbelief even by the show's own standards, but oddly satisfying. The episode begins with a time capsule discovery that was originally buried in 2015. Much of the crew act like so many of these "artifacts" are so foreign to them, yet throughout much […]