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What’s next for The Orville? Recently, produces Tom Costantino and David Goodman spoke with TrekMovie the TV show’s third season move to Hulu.
The sci-fi action dramedy centers on Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane), of The U.S.S. Orville, and First Officer Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) — his ex-wife. Whether facing off with the Krill, a dangerous alien race, or attempting rescues on behalf of the Planetary Union, the human and alien crew still must deal with their mundane issues and each other.
As reported earlier, season three of The Orville is coming to Hulu instead of FOX. Speaking to TrekMovie, co-producer Tom Costantino and executive producer David Goodman revealed the show’s third season was only halfway through filming when the pandemic shut down production.
Now, Goodman says there are talks happening about how to resume production on The Orville:
There are lots of conversations going on at this moment, but nobody has made a hard decision on return to work. We want to get back to work as soon as we can, but we want to do it safely. And whatever strictures are in place, we don’t want them to get in the way of the show we want to make.”
And how will the move to Hulu change the series? Goodman says the transition allows more “freedom”:
What being on Hulu does is allows more freedom. The way Seth runs the show, we take the idea where it takes us. We talk about the episode we want and show we want to do and we write it, and then we produce it. And what Hulu allows us is, once it is produced, we don’t have to be as worried about length. So, there will be a variety of lengths. It allows us to leave some stuff in that we would have had to cut if we were on a network.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of The Orville? Are you excited for season three?
Very excited. Will be picking up Hulu for this show. Love the cast and the writing. Can’t wait to see what they come up with in season 3.
Can’t wait to see it, also. I can’t afford all these different pay platforms, either. I’ll just wait till it hits the torrents.
I’ve soooo missed The Orville! Can’t wait for new season. Feel lucky cuz I have HULU but understand. I wouldn’t pay for max or hbo to follow the show.
I’m a fan of “The Orville “. But I won’t be watching on Hulu because I can’t afford the extra expense.
I can’t wait for for the Orville to go to Hulu Seth is much better when he not restrained by a network that limits his creativity
Loved the show but can’t watch it now. Full time RVers can’t subscribe to Holo.
I used to look forward to watching the show every week. I will no longer watch because of their switch to Hulu.
We love this show but unfortunately we cannot afford another streaming service. So very sad you are leaving Fox!!!
I’m sorry it’s moving to a pay as you watch channel. I already have to pay just to watch tv so paying for hulu is out of the question
So sorry to see The Orville go to hulu. I can’t believe they are abandoning their fans. I really enjoyed this show, but I’m not paying extra to watch it.
I can’t wait to see the start of season three. The way season two ended the new season should be great
The Orville left fans high and dry for profit icant and would not subscribe to a streaming service just to see the show
SO A VERY VERY BAD MOVE
Love the orville great funny differnt show will miss the orville going to hulu sucks so i guess we will catch reruns somewhere sometime not buying hulu just to watch the orville good luck seth you are to damn funny enjoy looking forward to rerun season hopefully on a regular channel cheers dave
Really liked The Orville. Sorry to see it go to Hulu. I hope that Seth enjoys the new home, but there are many people that will just see The Orville vanish like several others have. I will just wave good bye.
would have been nice to continue watching this show, but i WONT pay more to see it, i also have a feeling the show will change for the worse now, im betting theres going to be swearing, more graphic scenes and language/storylines, that are NOT needed to make a show good, and saying “length” was the issue is a joke, im betting its more adolescent “humor” and political stories that fox didnt want to go to, GOOD for them.i dont think the orville will last more than 1-2 more seasons now.