Seth MacFarlane’s live-action scripted dramedy moves to a new home following its renewal for a third season.
News that the space adventure series will be available exclusively on the streaming service as a Hulu Original after two seasons on Fox was confirmed by creator, writer, and star MacFarlane Saturday afternoon during the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel.
“The Orville has been a labor of love for me…,” said MacFarlane. “But as the show has evolved and become more ambitious production-wise… So we began to discuss how best to support the third season in a way that worked for the show. It’s exactly this kind of willingness to accommodate a show’s creative needs that’s made me want to stick around for so long. I am hugely indebted to Charlie Collier and Fox Entertainment for their generosity and look forward to developing future projects there. And to my new friends at Hulu, I look forward to our new partnership exploring the galaxy together.”
“Fox Entertainment has been a fantastic home for The Orville and their willingness to support the show’s move to Hulu is incredibly appreciated; they really are great partners to us on so many shows and this is one more example. We’re thrilled as a studio to find this creative solution which is so meaningful to Seth and keeps the show on track to continue entertaining its millions of fans,” said Carolyn Cassidy, President of Creative Affairs, 20th Century Fox Television.
The Orville is set 400 years in the future that follows The U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship and its crew — both human and alien. Also starring in the series is Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, J Lee, Mark Jackson, Chad L. Coleman, and Jessica Szohr.
The Orville will return in late 2020.
