{"id":320839,"date":"2026-03-04T05:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/320839\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:38:08","slug":"the-orville-season-4-has-been-written-says-seth-macfarlane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/320839\/","title":{"rendered":"The Orville season 4 has been written, says Seth MacFarlane"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been nearly four years since the last episode of The Orville aired, but the sci-fi comedy series has never been officially cancelled<\/a>. It remains to be seen if the series will ever return for a fourth season, but Seth MacFarlane is keeping the hope alive. According to him, all ten episodes of The Orville season 4 have been written; it\u2019s just a matter of finding the time to do it.<\/p>\n

The Orville Season 4<\/p>\n

While speaking with THR<\/a> for the debut of the second season of Ted, MacFarlane said, \u201cI will be honest with you: Season four is written. It\u2019s just a question of when we have the time to produce it.\u201c<\/p>\n

MacFarlane added that his busy schedule is the one holding things up. \u201cThe 10 scripts are done,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m the problem. It\u2019s [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.\u201c<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are a few more roadblocks to overcome. The cast\u2019s contracts expired after season three, and the show is expensive to produce. After so many years away, I\u2019m not about to hold my breath that it will actually come back, but you never know.<\/p>\n

The Show Was Marketed Wrong<\/p>\n

While it was initially assumed that The Orville would be a straight-up comedy, the show quickly found its own identity as a quality sci-fi series, particularly if you\u2019re a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Seth MacFarlane has admitted<\/a> that the initial marketing for the series didn\u2019t do them any favours. \u201cSeason 1 [advertising] was definitely more of a misfire,\u201d MacFarlane said. \u201cIt just wasn\u2019t indicative of what the show was. You were seeing basically every gag in the pilot rattled off, one after another, when in reality they were fairly sparse and the focus was more on the story. I think that didn\u2019t do us any favors, at least as far as the show was received by critics. I think a lot of them felt misled and that made them\u00a0real\u00a0cranky.\u201d<\/p>\n

I definitely found myself warming to the series as it went on, and some Star Trek fans even felt it was more like Star Trek than actual modern Star Trek shows.<\/p>\n

Would you still like to see The Orville season 4?<\/p>\n

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