What if Star Trek gets a spin-off series? How would it look like? Well, Seth MacFarlane has the answer — The Orville TV series.
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Fox has just revealed its fall 2017 lineup and Seth MacFarlane's (Family Guy) sci-fi series, The Orville, is included in the list. The trailer- directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book)- for The Orville has been released online.
The live-action series, set in a futurstic landscape, follows the adventures in Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship, as its crew- both human and alien- face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the familiar, often humorous problems of everyday life.
The trailer features Seth MacFarlane and Adrianne Palicki as a divorced couple, Kirk and Spock along with a bunch of crazy crew. You can watch the trailer below.
Twitterati said the series resembles the Galaxy Quest series announced by Amazon in 2015, but never got a pilot order. While some others say the show is a spoof of Star Trek, with an extra layer of humour.
The cast of the live-action series includes Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Peter Macon, Mark Jackson, J. Lee, Halston Sage, and Norm Macdonald. The series is expected to air every Thursday from fall 2017.
Here's Fox's full fall schedule:
MONDAY
8–9 pm Lucifer
9–10 pm The Gifted (new)
TUESDAY
8–9 pm Lethal Weapon
9–9:30 pm The Mick
9:30–10 pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine
WEDNESDAY
8–9 pm Empire
9–10 pm Star
THURSDAY
8–9 pm Gotham
9–10 pm The Orville (new)
FRIDAY
8–9 pm Hell's Kitchen
9–10 pm The Exorcist
SATURDAY
7–10:30 pm Football
SUNDAY
7–7:30 pm Football
7:30–8 pm The OT/Bob's Burgers
8–8:30 pm The Simpsons
8:30–9 pm Ghosted (new)
9–9:30 pm Family Guy
9:30–10 pm The Last Man on Earth
