Star Trek's influence on The Orville can't be denied, but the sense of humor that runs through MacFarlane's space opera is very much authentic to his wider TV portfolio. Despite the show's success ...

The Orville is, however distantly, still the more optimistic one. In true classic TV fashion, it depicts a crew who, despite their differences, still respect and get along with each other. It's a ...

TV Long View: The Most Average Shows on Broadcast TV. Logo text Most discussions of ratings are about the highs and lows — which shows are taking off, holding at or near the top of the rankings ...

The series premiere of The Orville, "Old Wounds," quickly establishes a world that isn’t just an homage to Star Trek, and more specifically Star Trek: The Next Generation, but is very clearly an ...

The second episode was pretty awful. There is little to no humor, and the Chief of Security is either a very wooden actor or is being given rotten direction. So far, it's like Trek's TOS or TNG ...

Brannon Braga and David A. Goodman discuss why the Seth MacFarlane series is more than just 'Star Trek' meets 'Family Guy.' By Josh Wigler Contributor With that said, The Orville starts from a ...

The visual effects are especially striking for a TV budget. There’s no official word on how much, exactly, this show costs, but no expense seems to have been spared.

When The Orville returns for its second season on Dec. 30, it'll be more of the same. Emphasis on more. Not only will Season 2 have more episodes than Season 1 (14 to 12), but the sci-fi series is ...

The Orville might not be this fall’s worst new TV show, but it sure is the most confusing. What Fox has now decided to call a “space adventure series” is neither comedy nor drama, funny nor ...

TV critics seem dubious CBS is going to be okay with Seth MacFarlane’s new Fox sci-fi seriesThe Orville, owing to its Star Trek-ishness.

There will be an X-Men spinoff, The Gifted, a show called Ghosted that’s been described as a “comedic X-Files,” and Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi series The Orville.