Fox has given a 13-epsiode straight to series order an untitled sci-fi dramedy series from Seth MacFarlane. The “Family Guy” creator is set to star in and exec produce the series, which is scheduled to debut in the 2017-18 season.
Production on the pilot for the series, produced by 20th Century Fox TV, will begin in late 2016. MacFarlane has had a longstanding first-look deal with the studio, which, like Fox Broadcasting, is headed by Fox Television Group CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden.
The show, set 300 years in the future, will tell the story of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet.
“I’ve wanted to do something like this show ever since I was a kid, and the timing finally feels right,” said MacFarlane. “20th and Fox have been good to me for many years, and of course, Dana and Gary have been fantastic bosses and true pals,...
Production on the pilot for the series, produced by 20th Century Fox TV, will begin in late 2016. MacFarlane has had a longstanding first-look deal with the studio, which, like Fox Broadcasting, is headed by Fox Television Group CEOs Gary Newman and Dana Walden.
The show, set 300 years in the future, will tell the story of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet.
“I’ve wanted to do something like this show ever since I was a kid, and the timing finally feels right,” said MacFarlane. “20th and Fox have been good to me for many years, and of course, Dana and Gary have been fantastic bosses and true pals,...
- 5/4/2016
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety - TV News
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