News - The Orville Season 4: Everything We Know So Far

A keen reader has no doubt noticed the asterisks this article is sprinkled with when it comes to any solid information about whether "The Orville" season 4 will in fact be made at all. This is because there really is no solid proof that the season is coming, just plenty of whispers in the wind. As President Craig Erwich of ABC Entertainment, Hulu & Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals told TVLine in January 2023, the love for "The Orville" is there, even if the ink on paper isn't. "It's a great show and I know that the fans loved having it back in their lives," Erwich said. "And Seth did a great job, uniquely as he can, in front of and behind the camera. But we don't have anything to share right now." As for MacFarlane himself, he has made no bones about the fact that "The Orville" is still kicking as far as he's concerned. "All I can tell you is that there is no official death certificate for The Orville," MacFarlane said in a January 2024 interview with The Wrap. "It is still with us. I can't go any further than that at the moment. There are too many factors." At the end of the day, the reason for all this shuffling of feet may be simple. Perhaps the show's ambitious scope, arduous production, and comparative lack of name recognition in a genre dominated by spin-offs of existing IPs make it a difficult thing to commit to in the post-pandemic struggles of the entertainment industry. Still, it seems clear that MacFarlane has the will to keep the show going. Perhaps, he will also find the way to actually do so.