News Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville
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^^ Yeah, the Amelia Earhart episode. I thought so.
"SeaQuest" was expensive. It got three full seasons. ST: TNG was not exactly cheap either. Neither were the Trek spin-offs, especially Voyager[/i], which had a ton of special effects/CGI each season.
Sounds like an excuse.
Sounds like an excuse.
Those were also all twenty-plus years ago. TV has changed quite a bit since then. Many shows work now with what would be considered truncated seasons back then.
It sounds like an excuse if you pay no attention whatever to context, yes.
I don't want or expect to see 20-plus episodes of The Orville any more than I would Game of Thrones (or Discovery, for that matter) - I remember how badly grinding out 22-26 episodes a year of TNG-Enterprise era Star Trek damaged the quality.
No offense to The Orville, but it's not an expensive show. Or, at least it doesn't look like one. Shouldn't be more complex either. That said, I love it!
Going with shorter seasons is smart for a different reason. It's a nostalgic show and too many episodes would ruin that aspect. It takes you back--isn't moving things forward--but you don't want to live in the past. Short visits are fine!
It feels like it is moving things forward because it is brave enough to do its own thing, instead of falling into grimdark black hole that even Star Trek has been sucked into.
I like it, but it's doing what Trek did before, albeit with more humor. Although the humor aspect seems to be on the decline a bit as the series progresses. The label "Doing it's own thing" really doesn't fit The Orville. However, it is a nice homage.
Star Trek never has a divorced couple working together, never had a male couple raising a child together, never had Charlize Theron... I'd say The Orville is doing its own thing. YMMV.
...And doing it well, IMO.
Never had a 120-pound 20-something chief security officer who's super-strong and good at opening jars of pickles 
I like shorter seasons because you can actually keep the momentum going and still get a lot done. As much as I love TNG, I admit there are quite a few stinkers in each season. Shorter seasons give a series more of a focus.
Never had an episode criticizing social media and why that could be a danger to society, as we see in our lives every day.
Yeah, none of that stuff is particularly groundbreaking to TV. Just as one example, Modern Family has a male couple raising a daughter together and that's been on the air for quite awhile.
No biggie though. I do enjoy The Orville--so what I'm saying is just a factual statement rather a criticism.
The fact that social media wasn't that big of a deal back then probably had something to do with that.
I enjoyed that episode but it wasn't like thoroughly thought provoking or anything. Good ole fashioned fun!
Kinda bummed we won't get episode 13 this year/season. It's not like it was preempted multiple times and is now running late into the year and the next show needs to start. Why does it need to end Dec 7 instead of Dec 14?