Season 1 did have its fair share of gags and one-liners, but audiences discovered that The Orville had a lot more going for it than just being Star Trek with goofs and potty humor.
Ahead of its Fox debut, though, joke-filled ads made The Orivlle seem like a sci-fi parody rather than a genre passion project.
With The Orville, creator Seth MacFarlane delivered his first big live-action TV show, which was markedly different from both his live-action films and his animated televisions series.