"The Orville" Renewed for Season 3 at Fox
by Denise Petski
May 11, 2019


It’s official. Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi adventure series "The Orville" will return for a third season on Fox.

The renewal is not unexpected. Things were looking bright for a Season 2 renewal when the series received approval for $15.8 million in the latest round of TV tax credits for a third season, up from the $14.5 million incentive it got for Season 2. While landing a tax credit does not guarantee a pickup, it makes it more likely.

The series also has strong support from the network.




"The Orville" has developed a devoted following and excels in delayed and on-demand viewing. In its first season, it averaged 10.7 million total viewers in multi-platform audience, up 149% from its Live+Same Day delivery.

This past season-to-date, "The Orville" averaged 1.4 and 1.81 million viewers in adults 18-49 and 5.4 million total viewers. Its Season 2 ender drew a 0.7 rating and 2.92 million viewers in Live+Same Day.

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Seth MacFarlane on The Orville's coronavirus delay: "All I can say is we’re working on it. We’re working very hard" (https://tvline.com/2020/09/28/the-orville-season-3-premiere-date-delayed-pandemic-hulu/)

“We got hit by this (pandemic delay) just like everyone else, but we are working on it," MacFarlane tells co-star Jessica Szohr (https://www.instagram.com/p/CFsQBUthGVo/) on her Instagram account. Long before the pandemic hit, MacFarlane said last year that Season 3, the first to air on Hulu, was expected to premiere in 2020.