'The Orville' Season 4 Teased by Seth MacFarlane

The Orville began on Fox in 2017 as a gentle parody of Star Trek, with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane leading a rag‑tag crew. Around the show's second season in 2019 it shifted from parody to homage, and by the time it was retooled as The Orville: New Horizons for Hulu in 2022 it had become its own earnest sci‑fi adventure.

Since then, all has been quiet despite continued pleas from fans for more. While promoting the second season of his series Ted, MacFarlane offered the most positive update in some time: "I will be honest with you: Season four is written," he said. "It’s just a question of when we have the time to produce it." He added, "The 10 scripts are done.

I’m the problem. It’s [a matter of] when I can make that my year, with all the other stuff we have in the works. But we can hit the ground running when it happens." It has been hard to pin down the show's fate because cast and crew have made conflicting remarks since the New Horizons finale.

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