The Fox space adventure series The Orville starring Seth MacFarlane just posted the largest numbers for a drama premiere since Empire in Live+3 ratings and multi-platform viewers.
The series garnered a 3.5 L3 rating and 11.3 million total viewers, as well as 650,000 across Fox Now and Hulu.
The premiere episode posted a +30% gain from the same day last week at the same time.
Down on his luck after a bitter divorce, Planetary Union officer Ed Mercer MERCER (MacFarlane) finally gets his chance to command one of these ships: the U.S.S. Orville.