The Orville

[ZariusTwo]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. alumna Adrianne Palicki is set as the female lead opposite Seth MacFarlane in his 13-episode straight-to-series hourlong comedic drama for Fox. Also cast in the project is longtime MacFarlane voice actor Scott Grimes.

Set 300 years in the future, the untitled show — MacFarlane’s first live-action TV series — follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet. Facing cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before.


MacFarlane plays Ed, captain of Orville. Palicki plays Kelly Grayson, Ed’s ex-wife and the newly appointed First Officer of the Orville. Grimes plays Gordon, Ed’s best friend whom he hires to pilot the Orville.

Palicki is coming off a two-season stint on ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, where she played fan favorite Bobbi Morse. Along with Nick Blood, she also toplined the spinoff pilot Marvel’s Most Wanted this past season. In features, she recently co-starred in John Wick. The Friday Night Lights alumna is repped by WME, Anonymous Content and attorney David Fox.

Grimes has been acting alongside MacFarlane for more than a decade on MacFarlane’s animated comedy American Dad, where Grimes is a main cast member, voicing the son of MacFarlane’s Stan. Grimes also has done voice work on MacFarlane’s flagship animated comedy Family Guy. Grimes, who recurred on Justified, is repped by Abrams and Industry Entertainment.

http://deadline.com/2016/07/adrianne-palicki-stars-seth-macfarlane-fox-series-scott-grimes-cast-1201794853/

[Autbot_Benz]

Loving The Orville so far its more Star Trek than Discovery is. Its Seth's Love Letter to TNG

[plastroncafe]

I am legitimately shocked by how much I'm enjoying this show.

[Vegita-San]

wow. posted a year ago, and hardly any activity. guess folks where not expecting much.

except for a few badly placed jokes that ruined the drama, and action pacing in the pilot, i rather quite enjoyed it. i'm waiting for this ones first season to be done before I delve into it.

seeing as how it's on fox, and they screwed over sleepy hollow, i'm not hoping for a happy ending with this series.

But yes, it DOES feel ten times more like trek than that drek discovery...with a far more interesting set of characters.

And it's odd to say that, since brannon braga is on this series too..one half of the crew that helped ruin modern trek after a bit of trek burnout.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Same here! It reminds me of a slightly more serious (relatively speaking) "Galaxy Quest" style spoof. Plenty of Trek flavor but more easy-going. Only quibble is the ship design. The back end looks weird. Love the shark-like look of the front half- just can't quite get that odd engine configuration.

[Leofan26]

Woops, wish this guy luck with the ratings, The Cleveland show got cancelled after how many seasons?

[MsMarvelDuckie]

So, Orville season two premiered last night. And the first ep of the season was a real "whizz"! The plot basically revolved around the fact that Bortus's (sp?) species only urinate once a year, and how there was an entire ceremony ("The Great Release", lol!!) built around it. Cue the pee jokes. Surprisingly enough, there were relatively few such jokes, and they mostly got that out of the way early in the episode, aside from a few awkward conversations about what was expected during the ceremony. Actually, the episode never devolved into the crude type of juvenile potty humor that it could have, which was- pardon the pun- quite a relief. (Yes I went there. I like bad puns, sue me.) Instead, it mostly revolved around everyone's love-lives and whom to take as their "dates" to the big pee ceremony. (I can't believe I actually just wrote that seriously) There were a couple of sub-plots with the chief medical officer's son hanging out with a bad seed, and then getting into trouble because of it, and Ed and Kelly continuing to hash out the conflict between their continued feelings for each other, and the protocols of Captain and First Officer, and then a new crewmate arriving and subsequently becoming the object of pursuit by one of the bridge crew as a date for "the Great Release". As episodes go, this one was pretty good. I really enjoyed it, in spite of the odd and almost ridiculous premise of the reason for going back to Bortus's home planet. It was actually a lot less dumb than it sounds, and more serious. Or maybe I'm just pissing in the wind.... :trazz:

[Egon1982]

Excellent series, it's something different from Seth.

[ZariusTwo]

Back for a third season

https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/more-tv-news/the-orville-renewed-for-season-3-at-fox/

[Jester]

Love The Orville. Glad to get a 3rd season.

[joe-eyeball]

Thank God, I love this show!

[dudeabides]

I enjoyed the first two seasons, especially the Kaylon war. I thought they put out a good first season dvd set too with a lot of extra. I watch Discovery too, but it seems over dramatic compared to this program.

[Roseangelo]

This is my favorite show that's currently airing. I was confident that season 3 was going to happen, but having confirmation is very nice.

[ZariusTwo]

Scott Grimes and Adrienne Palicki have divorced already!

https://people.com/tv/adrianne-palicki-and-scott-grimes-divorcing-after-2-months-of-marriage/amp/

[youhavemysupport]

Bortus spinoff please!

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Just found out the new season will be exclusively on Hulu. :tcry: So much like Lucifer, I won't be able to watch it unless they release box sets of new seasons. This sucks. They are killing regular tv with all these streaming services, to the point that eventually, folks with antenna only tv won't have anything to watch.

[Jester]

Love that the point was to cord cut, and now there are 3 billion streamers at $14.99 each...

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Yeah, I can't even justify subscribing to three or four services just for one or two shows on each. It's ridiculous.

[Vegita-San]

Yeah, I can't even justify subscribing to three or four services just for one or two shows on each. It's ridiculous.

Agreed. I tend to watch alot on netflix, so it's affordable.

I only got Hulu temporary for Extreme Ghostbusters.

I can't afford more than one. let alone 5.
It'll add up to morethan cable, and these hollywood idiots don't realize that.

[ZariusTwo]

Seth McFarlane has quit 20th Century Fox and signed with NBCUniversal Content Studios

https://deadline.com/2020/01/seth-macfarlane-mega-tv-overall-deal-with-nbcuniversal-content-studios-leaves-20th-tv-1202827104/

[IMJ]

The delay on season 3 I think is pretty long. I hope that it doesn't take the steam out of the show and kill it by the time it airs. Season 2 began in 12/2018 and we won't see a season 3 until late this year. Almost two years - they could've just made a movie.

[ZariusTwo]

Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes have again filed for divorce

https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2550910/looks-like-the-orville-stars-are-getting-divorced-for-real-this-time

[IMJ]

Adrianne Palicki and Scott Grimes have again filed for divorce

https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2550910/looks-like-the-orville-stars-are-getting-divorced-for-real-this-time

Dude's skis are way over his head with that girl, man. lol!

[ZariusTwo]

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[oldmanwinters]

Seems like this show has been "on the air" for almost a decade. Funny how Season 3 isn't even out yet!

[IMJ]

So excited! Love this show... Ja'loja!! :lol:

[CyberCubed]

Bortus and Isaac are great. I can't believe how good the show got as it went on. The first few episodes of Season 1 were a bit shaky since it almost felt like a self-aware parody at first, but then they started doing better stories and some amazing world building for The Krill, The Kaylon, and the Moclans.

It really is basically Star Trek with a little more humor, and I can't believe good good a lot of the stories are. Honestly Seth himself feels like the weakest actor on the show, but everyone else is great. Oh and that black guy, I forgot his name, they sort of ran out of things to do with him as the show went on and he felt like he faded into the background after he left the bridge.

[Andrew NDB]

Sounds like it's over?

https://www.darkhorizons.com/the-orville-to-end-with-season-3/

[IMJ]

I believe it. They probably had contracts for Season 3 but it's literally been years off-air during the period that it should have been building it's real legs.

I love the show, but they let the ball drop for so long that it doesn't even make sense. I mean - bare minimum they should have somehow been airing seasons 1 and 2 during the pandemic just to keep excitement up for season 3 for t.v. normies.

[joe-eyeball]

I believe it. They probably had contracts for Season 3 but it's literally been years off-air during the period that it should have been building it's real legs.

I love the show, but they let the ball drop for so long that it doesn't even make sense. I mean - bare minimum they should have somehow been airing seasons 1 and 2 during the pandemic just to keep excitement up for season 3 for t.v. normies.

Yeah they screwed the pooch on this one and really missed a solid opportunity. I mean these streaming services are really only as good as their original content and it’s odd to me not to prioritize successful content and just give up. I really liked this one because it nicely blended nostalgia and modern production values quite well.

[CyberCubed]

It's probably for the best. This type of show can only go on so long until it either gets too serious or too much a parody of itself.

[ZariusTwo]

Orville becoming more serious was usually what got it widely praised.

[Andrew NDB]

I always thought it seemed clever. Beginning as an obvious homage with jokes while then seizing the opportunity to dip into deeper stuff.

For me, it just accentuates the hole that has existed since maybe Star Trek: Enterprise (and with it, Star Trek proper) went off the air. Not replacing it. Accentuating it. Particularly with stuff like STD and STP going on.

If only those rumors of Seth going into the offices of CBS looking to buy the license for Star Trek were true, but he did seal that deal. Obviously he'd do right by it.

[CyberCubed]

I prefer it this way too, the first few eps haven't aged too well and it reminds me why people thought this series would be nothing but dick jokes or toilet humor. But it got good very quickly.

[IMJ]

Yeah they screwed the pooch on this one and really missed a solid opportunity. I mean these streaming services are really only as good as their original content and it’s odd to me not to prioritize successful content and just give up. I really liked this one because it nicely blended nostalgia and modern production values quite well.

Yup. It was almost endlessly watchable.

[Autbot_Benz]

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[Vegita-San]

WHY did I wait so long to watch this series?

Saw episode 1 when it first aired. while it was heavy handed on the comedy, and I kept on WISHING it where star trek, I enjoyed it.

problem is, things I enjoy usually don't last long. so, I waited.

now that season 3 is happening, went back to season 1. My god. Good writing AT LAST. and it's coming from Seth FREAKIN' McFarlane.

What is wrong with this picture, hollywood?

Command decision was brilliantly written. the LT. acts like a REAL person. No, Bestest EVA from her...despite her advanced phsyical ability. and it makes her instantly likeable as a character, even when she does the wrong decision.


Even the THIRD episode is BRILLIANT. you can see both sides of the angel, and of course, the earth one is the right one, despite it being a different species. and being a different species being all Male is the only time something like that makes sense, AKA Namekians who also lay eggs. Pretty sure an all female species would have had the same problem, and IMHO, also shoots down the transgender argument single handedly. wonder how twitter reacted to that ep.

it'll be interesting to see how season 1 progresses and if it stays this good.

[CyberCubed]

Season 2 was better than Season 1 too. From what I remember they toned down a lot of the juvenile humor from the early season 1 eps so it got even better.

[Jester]

Just finished the 1st episode. It was pretty good and practically a movie though the plot was pretty simple and surprisingly poignant.

[CyberCubed]

Did Season 3 come out today? I don't even know.

[Jester]

Just the 1st episode. They have the 2nd listed but it's not live until next week.

[CyberCubed]

Interesting the 6th ep of the season did the whole Picard Season 2 story in a single episode. Also the new female ensign is a lesbian.

[NinjaPug]

The show will be streaming on Disney+ in the US starting next month. Think it's already streaming on D+ wherever Hulu isn't a thing. Just hope it generates more viewers and gets us a 4th season.

[CyberCubed]

I wonder if this season is the end.

[neatoman]

I wonder if this season is the end.

Depends on how satisfied Hulu is.

[CyberCubed]

This season was filmed years ago, I think Seth and the actors have moved on.

[neatoman]

This season was filmed years ago, I think Seth and the actors have moved on.

And at least one of them is dead but that won't stop them from making another season if this is a success.