Fox is setting course for season two of The Orville. The network has renewed the Seth MacFarlane live-action dramedy for a second season.
An episode count has yet to be determined. The news comes after the show’s September debut now ranks as Fox’s most-watched and highest-rated launch since Empire when factoring in delayed viewing across multiple platforms. The series ranks among the top three new dramas of the fall and, all told, is averaging a 2.5 rating in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic when factoring in seven days of DVR — a 67 percent lift — and has more than 10 million multiplatform viewers (up 105 percent from same day tune-in).
The Orville was picked up straight to series with a 13-episode order. It’s MacFarlane’s live-action TV acting debut. MacFarlane remains an important producer for Fox and studio 20th Century Fox Television and is behind the network’s long-running animated series Family Guy. Adrianne Palicki co-stars in the Star Trek-like spoof.
It should be noted that The Orville is the first of the freshman class of 2017-18 to score a renewal.
