

The first two seasons are available to stream now, only on Hulu. There’s no word yet as to when season three is expected to air. Also known as Seasons 1.5 and 2.5, each story is a two-issue series of “episodes” of The Orville, meant to provide greater clarity to fans and bridge the gaps between the seasons.

In the interim, Dark Horse Comics released New Beginnings and Launch Day from The Orville writer David Goodman. Hearst shows he means business during separate dealings with Alma, Bullock and Tolliver. The long wait may well be worth it, as producer Tom Constantino assured fans on Twitter that each episode in the third season will be up to fifteen minutes longer than previous episodes. Not only has series creator Nic Pizzolatto written several episodes of a possible third season, but according to EW.com, he’s been working alongside David Milch (Deadwood, NYPD Blue). Filming on the series would not continue until December of 2020. It wasn’t long before nature hit the brakes on The Orville -and nearly every other film and television production- with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Īccording to a May 2020 update from MacFarlane, crews had filmed “about half” of the third season and were in the middle of filming an episode when pandemic restrictions were put in place. The first three episodes of Season 3 indicate there has been no slippage at all, but rather a digging in of the philosophy at hand: Keep the characters unique and vibrant and keep them in their. Following the second season, producers announced that the series would move to the streaming platform Hulu.

The Orville first premiered on Fox in 2017.
