The Orville
| The Orville | |
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| Genre |
Comedy-drama Science fiction |
| Created by | Seth MacFarlane |
| Starring | Seth MacFarlane Adrianne Palicki Scott Grimes Penny Johnson Jerald Peter Macon Mark Jackson J. Lee Halston Sage Norm Macdonald |
| Music by | Bruce Broughton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Seth MacFarlane Jon Favreau Heather Regnier Marisa Coughlan Jennifer Beals Liz Heldens Lili Fuller |
| Production company(s) | Sisters Karamasov Productions Selfish Mermaid Lake Washington Films Fairview Entertainment Fuzzy Door Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
The Orville is an upcoming comedy-drama science fiction television series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane that is set to air Thursdays at 9:00 on Fox during the 2017–18 season.
MacFarlane originally wrote Orville as a spec script, which was picked up by Fox on May 4, 2016. The network ordered 13 episodes. It will be the first live-action TV series created by MacFarlane, as well as his first live-action starring role on television aside from his small role as Ensign Rivers on Star Trek: Enterprise in season three and season four.
Following the project's greenlight, MacFarlane stated, “I've wanted to do something like this show ever since I was a kid, and the timing finally feels right. 20th and FOX have been good to me for many years, and of course, Dana and Gary have been fantastic bosses and true pals, so it was a no-brainer to come to them with the project. I think this is gonna be something special.”
In a joint statement, Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs of FOX, said “For almost two decades, we've enjoyed an incredible collaboration with our partner and friend Seth MacFarlane. He's one of the smartest, funniest and most talented people we've ever had the pleasure of working with – a great guy who's also had such an impact on both television and popular culture. Seth has one of the most original voices – in every sense of the word – and we've been waiting for him to bring us a project as special as this one. It's classic Seth – fresh and funny, incredibly smart, wickedly subversive and undeniably FOX." The series title was made official on August 19.
On July 29, 2016, MacFarlane's role was revealed to be Ed Mercer, the captain of the Orville, while Adrianne Palicki had been cast as Kelly Grayson, Ed's ex-wife and the newly appointed first officer of the Orville, and Scott Grimes, who voices Steve Smith on American Dad! (another show created by MacFarlane), was cast as Gordon Malloy, Ed's best friend whom he hires to pilot the Orville. On August 19, Peter Macon and J Lee were cast as series regulars. On October 31, Halston Sage and Penny Johnson Jerald joined the cast. On December 8, Mark Jackson was cast. On April 3, 2017, Chad L. Coleman was added as a series regular and Larry Joe Campbell was cast in a recurring role.
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