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The Orville "Not Officially Over Yet, No": Seth MacFarlane Offers Hope

For those of you who think The Orville is "dead show walking," Seth MacFarlane offered a reason to keep hope alive in a current interview.

To be honest? We stopped doing the "days/months" count from when the Season 3 finale streamed and where things are now – in 2024. Of course, we're talking about what the future might hold for Seth MacFarlane's The Orville. Most of our speculation has been built around the idea that a decision might be delayed until Disney completes buying out Comcast's shares in Hulu. Others aren't feeling so optimistic. But during an interview with Collider, MacFarlane was asked if there was anything he could offer in terms of an update – and while he couldn't get into specifics, MacFarlane's response definitely kept hope alive. "How do I answer this question? It is not officially over yet, no," MacFarlane shared while out promoting his & Peacock's upcoming Ted prequel series.

The Orville: Adrianne Palicki Shares Thoughts on Series' Future

Near the end of November 2023, fans were offered some perspectives on the show and its status courtesy of Adrianne Palicki (Commander Kelly Grayson), who was Michael Rosenbaum's guest on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast. At one point during the interview, Rosenbaum brings up that she's currently working on a series as a segue into a conversation about The Orville  – to which Palicki interjected, "Ah, no… no longer doing that." When asked if it had been canceled, Palicki responded," We only did three – seasons." Rosenbaum followed up by asking if that meant it wasn't going forward; Palicki added, "I don't know, truly, the answer to that. I think that there's the talk that it could possibly be something that certain people want to do." After a pause, Palicki added, "But it's a really difficult show to shoot, man." From there, Palicki explained to Rosenbaum that they made 33 episodes of the series in six years – a number that Rosenbaum broke down into episodes per year to show just how small of a number that is considering the length of time.

After confirming that the show's expense was part of the reason, Rosenbaum added that for the actors, "it really wasn't worth your time" to be locked into a show that was producing so few episodes – a point that Palicki agreed with. "No, it became an actual real issue because there would be so much time in-between… between seasons – because Seth [MacFarlane] wanted to write everything himself – so it would just take so much time. And at one point, we were like, 'We have to fight the studio to give us a holding fee or something' because, you know, J. Lee was eating Saltines and Gatorade at one point because we just couldn't afford anything. It was horrible."

From there, the conversation shifted to her relationship with Scott Grimes before Rosenbaum looped back around to the topic of The Orville, making the call that he felt that Palicki didn't want to discuss the series. But Palicki wanted to make it clear that she "loved" her time on the show before elaborating further on her feelings. "Okay, so I did love so many things about it. I think it was the process that was hard – the process was difficult, but I love the people I work with, and I love the crew – they're my family," Palicki explained. "It was taxing. For what you got out of it, it was a lot of work for little gain."

Here's a look at the full episode of the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast – with the conversation regarding The Orville kicking in at around the 29:55 mark:

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