The Orville

The Orville’s third season finale, which sure felt like it could be a series finale, warned you right in its title: “Future Unknown.” But though there’ve been no new Orville episodes since 2022, the Hulu show’s passionate fan base has been keeping the faith on social media. And now, creator and star Seth MacFarlane has offered some fresh hope for a possible fourth season.Will You Click Windows’ New Copilot Button?“All I can tell you is that the the there is no official death certificate for The Orville,” MacFarlane said…

Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) and Lt. Cmdr. Bortus (Peter Macon)Photo: Greg Gayne/HuluWith its (nearly) feature-length episodes, chemistry-laden cast, and high-quality production values—we didn’t even mention the show’s incredible use of music, from its orchestral score to its sly integration of show tunes (Annie on far-future Earth, anyone?)—The Orville: New Horizons felt like you were getting a new movie every week. It kept in its sci-fi lane, but along the way it also brought in romance, horror, high-stakes…

The Orville’s Lt. Cmdr. Bortus (Peter Macon) and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) in the most recent episode, “Midnight Blue.”Photo: Greg Gayne/HuluThe Orville: New Horizon’s San Diego Comic-Con panel unfortunately didn’t bring much in the way of news—still no word on whether or not the show will be getting a fourth season, for instance—but series creator, writer, producer, and star Seth MacFarlane did drop one promising nugget: the Hulu series will soon also be available for streaming on Disney+.Here’s the…

Image: NetflixJames Gunn teases that he’s got a few DC Comics projects on the way. Chris Evans’ Buzz Lightyear leads the way in a new Lightyear clip. Harley Quinn gets even closer to teasing a season 3 release date. Plus, what’s coming on The Orville and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. To me, my spoilers!Avatar 2Avatar 2 producer Jon Landau described some of the new species we’ll meet on Pandora in a recent interview with Empire.The idea was to create a creature that was on the scale of Pandora. A tulkun is, like, 300 feet…

Dr. Finn has a lot on her mind.Photo: Greg Gayne/HuluConsidering that it comes from the mind of Seth MacFarlane, you’d expect sci-fi series The Orville to lean more into comedy than drama. But while the show, which is back on Hulu today for its third season, has had its share of hilarious moments in the past, somber season premiere “Electric Sheep” doesn’t have too many of those. As part of a recent press day, io9 spoke to Penny Johnson Jerald—a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alum who plays Dr. Claire Finn, one of The…

Charly (Anne Winters) preps for action.Photo: Michael Desmond/HuluWhen The Orville: New Horizons arrives on Hulu this week, fans will notice a new face among Captain Ed Mercer’s (Seth MacFarlane) crew: Charly Burke, a young ensign whose navigational talents have landed her a spot on the bridge. In “Electric Sheep,” the first episode, we quickly get to know her—and her intense personality.Without spoiling anything that happens in the episode, let’s just say Charly has been through a lot and she’s tough as nails as a…

Capt. Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) on the bridge of the Orville.Photo: Ali Goldstein/HuluThe Orville’s much-anticipated third season premieres this week, and io9 got a chance to see a few episodes in advance. No spoilers here, but while you don’t need to have seen seasons one and two, the new season, dubbed New Horizons, does contain some callbacks to what’s come before. io9 asked creator and star Seth MacFarlane how he went about keeping the show accessible to newcomers,…