In its first season, The Orville TV ranked as a top-five FOX TV series. Was that just beginner’s luck or, can it soar to new Nielsen ratings heights in the second season? Will The Orville be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
A FOX science-fiction dramedy, The Orville stars Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, Halston Sage, J Lee, and Mark Jackson. The action-adventure series centers on Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane), of The U.S.S. Orville, and First Officer Kelly Grayson (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.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
4/26 update: You can see the latest night’s ratings in context.
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For comparisons: The first season of The Orville on FOX averaged a 1.25 rating in the 18-49 year-old demographic and 4.33 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like The Orville TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a third season on FOX?
*5/11/19 update: FOX has renewed The Orville TV show for a third season.
The Orville is a gem in a jungle of meritocracy! In my opinion, season 2 has been as good, or better than season 1. If one should look at the group that support the show, the writers, producers, etc. They are high quality people that know how to do a show of this nature.
This is a show that Fox should support and promote! I am very hopeful for many seasons to come of this show.
Please renew the Orville, my husband and I have watched it on Hulu and really enjoy it
Please renew the orville. This show is brilliant, heart warming, hope giving.
The World needs it.
Please renew. The Orville is different, offbeat and the CGI and effects are quite good. I look forward to each new episode
Please renew the Orville! We love it!
Growing up with the original Star Trek series, the mish mosh of sci fi tv over the decades following it have been, at most, ubiquitous, ho-hum and yawn producing . Finally, a sci fi series truly worth taking a good look at! ITs combination of drama, moralistic messages dotted with tongue-in-cheek comedic overtones makes this a genuine delight to watch.
Please renew.
I have really enjoyed the Orville. It’s mix of drama and humor are priceless. Please renew.
I love the Orville. It gives me a Star Trek fix. I love the cast and the touch of humor in the scripts too.
Hope it gets cancelled!
Why do you want to destroy. If you don’t like it, don’t look at it. Lots of people like it and want it renewed. Dont take pleasure in trying to break someone else ‘s happiness
Let me guess… you’re a Discovery (STD) fan?
I love theOrville. Pleaserenew!
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This is the most enjoyable show on television in a long time! Please renew for a third season! It is interesting, has humor, good storytelling and great characters. I love that each episode is its own story, and I love the variety of characters. The creativity and special effects are awesome. It has great messages in the stories. Please, give it a Third season and beyond!
I love you guys All seasons Awesome. Ok enough said. First Season was Awesome. And still is going into the Second. I just finished watching Identity PT.2 and I am so blown away by how great this show keeps getting. This show has everything from heartfelt morality notes to actual action packed excitement. And as much as I liked GOT or Game of Thrones. It’s refreshing to watch something where each episode is its own story. Tired of having to Binge shows like GOT because if I don’t I will get lost in the future. I really lost interest in… Read more »
Frankly speaking what do you expect from the show or what do you want?I mean it’s a pretty good show based upon being different from what people want it to be. It’s entertaining it’s fine it has drama in his life for his passion and his expiration what else do you want? You can’t have exactly everything you want if you want to be a total Star Trek not that’s fine but don’t expect everything to be exactly the way you want. A lot of people like to show it like they love it I enjoyed the show very much… Read more »
love the show its fun and interesting.. the last episode ep-8 has made it more interesting cant wait to see what happens next… plz renew it for a 3rd and 4th season.
The Orville is a good show. I love watching it and i hope there is a season 3 and more after that. I love how its kinda similar to Star Trek but yet diffrent. But if Fox decides to cancel then thats there decision.