The Orville Archives

Our line-up for this morning includes us breaking down the main feminist themes in HBO Max's Billie Piper-starring I Hate Suzie Too, Chris Rock announcing the date of his Netflix live-stream comedy event "Selective Outrage," BBC's Doctor Who dropping a teaser trailer for 2023's 60th Anniversary Special Event, Hulu's The Orville amping up to social[...]

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[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes The Orville cast & fans "reminding" Disney about the fourth season, BBC's Doctor Who teasing something 60th-anniversary-related dropping on Christmas Day, Netflix's The Sandman S01E06 "The Sound of Her Wings" making our "Best Episodes of 2022" and we're sharing why this "Wonderful" Saturday Night Live sketch might be the[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville still getting folks talking on social media; HBO Max's Doom Patrol showrunner Jeremy Carver discussing Casey Brinke & Danny the Street, Netflix coming after password-sharing in 2023 (seriously); Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Wednesday) discuss their one Smallville regret, Dan Harmon offers some insight[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes us making the case once again for The Orville Season 4 (and Seth MacFarlane responding to our editorial), HBO Max's Station Eleven Showrunner Patrick Somerville sharing some good news about a physical release for the series, FX's Justified: City Primeval showrunners discussing bringing back Timothy Olyphant's U.S, Marshal Raylan[...]

UPDATE: Earlier today, we posted an editorial wondering what was taking so long for Disney to pull the trigger on another season of Seth MacFarlane's The Orville Well, MacFarlane was kind enough to respond, retweeting our piece while adding, "We're hoping just like you! It's an expensive show in a tough streaming climate, so we'll[...]

So the last time that fans of Hulu and Emmy Award-winning executive producer & creator Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons (otherwise known as Season 3) had good news to celebrate, it was inching towards the end of July, and they learned that all three seasons would be streaming on Disney+ That news would hit[...]

The Orville has come a long way since its premiere in 2017 on Fox Creator Seth MacFarlane commemorated the sci-fi series' fifth anniversary on Twitter with its current home in the New Horizons era on Hulu and additional streaming outlet on Disney+, writing, "[The Orville] premiered 5 years ago today, and we're still going strong![...]

When it comes to the future of The Orville regarding a fourth season, creator Seth MacFarlane still isn't sure no matter how many times he's bombarded with that question (Hint: Bug Disney) In fact, there's still so much to process with everything that happened in season three in the New Horizons era MacFarlane addressed whether[...]

It's hard to argue that The Orville is the best non-Star Trek, Star Trek series because so many on the FOX-turned-Hulu series also worked on the Paramount franchise, including co-EPs and writers Brannon Braga & André Bormanis Seth MacFarlane, who created and stars in the series, was able to help breathe new life in the[...]

When it came to the final two episodes of season three in Hulu's The Orville: New Horizons, the sci-fi series set up a major watershed moment that found their greatest threat in the Kaylon, now allies following the events of "Domino." The season finale was a complete 180 from the heavy action and drama to[...]

It's no secret how hard Seth MacFarlane takes The Orville seriously As his fourth major creation behind Family Guy, American Dad! and Ted, the common thread between the three aforementioned series is their status as comedies As there are some comedic elements in the former Fox-turned-Hulu sci-fi series, MacFarlane banked not just on his own[...]

If there's anyone who recognizes The Orville: New Horizons' popularity on Hulu, it's creator and star, Seth MacFarlane Given the layoff between seasons from the season three announcement on its original home FOX in May 2019 to its relocation on the Disney-owned platform Hulu, only to finally hit our screens this summer, the reaction to[...]

Actor and comedian Norm Macdonald might be gone, but his legacy lives on as The Orville: New Horizons posted a montage featuring his character Yaphit, the green amorphous alien engineer and beloved member of the crew The series' Twitter account wrote, "In loving memory of Norm Macdonald Thanks for your continuous laughs and allowing us[...]

The third season finale of Hulu's The Orville: New Horizons can best be described as a light-hearted coast to a finish line given the sci-fi series uncertain status in the appropriately-titled "Future Unknown." It not only features a wedding but also a reminder of the harsh realities that come with the series' version of the[...]

When it came to making the best of the time on one of the best sci-fi shows on television, Anne Winters' Ensign Charly Burke made sure to leave a crater-sized hole in all of our hearts, given the events of The Orville: New Horizons' penultimate season three episode "Domino." (SPOILER WARNING!) sacrificing herself to save[...]

We make the case that The CW's Grant Gustin & Candice Patton-starring The Flash deserved respect while Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville deserves another season of "New Horizons." FX's American Horror Story Season 11 is confirmed for this fall, but what about Sarah Paulson's future with the franchise? FX Networks confirmed Noah Hawley's submitted[...]

But when it comes to Hulu & Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons, my perspective has been a slow build that's taken on a higher level of importance in my mind's "pop culture pantheon. Image: The CW/Hulu "The Flash" Deserves Better (and So Do Arrowverse Fans): Look, there's going to be a ton of time to pick[...]

The heat this past weekend did not stop journalists from packing into a crowded San Diego Comic-Con press room for the chance to speak with the cast and creators of Hulu's space epic The Orville: New Horizons Seth MacFarlane's epic space adventure series returns exclusively as a Hulu original series, with The Orville: New Horizons[...]

The penultimate episode of Hulu's The Orville: New Horizons season three provides a potential watershed moment within the sci-fi drama It begins from the fallout of the events of "Midnight Blue" that sees the Moclans trying to forge a new alliance after they were expelled from the Planetary Union for their part in a conspiracy[...]

Journalists from around the globe gathered in a crowded San Diego Comic-Con 2022 press room for the chance to speak with the stars of Hulu's space epic The Orville: New Horizons And for this go-around, Bleeding Cool had the opportunity to speak with Jessica Szohr (Talla) and J Lee (Lt John LaMarr)  Seth MacFarlane's epic space[...]

Hulu and Emmy Award-winning executive producer & creator Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons made its way to the third day of San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2022 with a full crew We're talking cast members Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, Jessica Szohr, J Lee, Anne Winters, Mark Jackson, and Chad L Coleman And[...]

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[...]

It was certainly more than a "cup of ambition" for Seth MacFarlane to bring on country music legend Dolly Parton onboard his sci-fi series The Orville: New Horizons in the episode "Midnight Blue" Parton's song "9 to 5", which was originally written for the 1980 classic comedy of the same name from 20th Century Studios[...]

With Bleeding Cool's resident point person for Hulu and Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons giving S03E07 "From Unknown Graves" major praise (check out the full review here), we're back to pass along another teaser With three episodes remaining in the third season & the streaming series set to have a big presence at next week's San Diego[...]

The latest The Orville: New Horizons episode "From Unknown Graves" fires away with all of the best intentions and in varying ways, hits every single one of them The thematic focus this time around is on what others will do when pushed too far within their respective submissive roles, with several arcs approaching the point[...]

Only a day or so after Bleeding Cool's resident point person for Hulu and Seth MacFarlane's The Orville: New Horizons gave S03E06 "Twice in a Lifetime" some major praise for being a modern sci-fi classic in terms of time-travel-themed storytelling (check out the full review here), we're back to pass along another finely-crafted teaser, this one for[...]

While it's a coincidence that the season finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Orville: New Horizons sixth episode of season three in "Twice in a Lifetime" deal with time travel, there's surprisingly no overlap between the two The episode premise of the Seth MacFarlane-created series is that they have an experimental time travel[...]

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[...]

If there was one theme that's been prominent within the universe of The Orville, it's LGBTQ representation- particularly among the heavily conservative Moclans To recap, the species is heavily patriarchal and traditionalist in nature They procreate by laying eggs Originally thought to be just a race of males, it was revealed that all children of[...]