Back in 2022, io9 wrote a post strongly encouraging, maybe even begging, Hulu to renew The Orville . The plea came in the wake of The Orville: New Horizons , the show’s long-awaited first season on Hulu (and later, Disney+ ) after two seasons on Fox. There have been some flickers of hope over the years since, including encouraging words from Orville creator and star Seth MacFarlane , and some recent (if unsubstantiated) talk of an upcoming fourth season from star Scott Grimes .
There’s also an official Guide to the Orville written by series writer and co-executive producer Andre Bormanis releasing next month, with the option for a snazzy deluxe edition that comes with a poster exploring the titular ship in detail and an array of Planetary Union patches. That’s not something you offer unless you know there are diehard fans eager to add to their Orville collections. But as for any kind of official announcement—well, there’s been exactly nothing.
Hulu is now fully a part of Disney+, which has plenty of its own space-opera action thanks to all the Star Wars content; The Orville actually pre-dates The Mandalorian , Disney+’s first live-action Star Wars series, by two years, and it may not be looking to invest in another sci-fi universe. But the property The Orville is most often compared to is Star Trek ; lest we forget, The Orville and Star Trek: Discovery , then the first new Trek series in over a decade, both premiered in September 2017. Discovery signed off earlier.