What is The Orville about?
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
A whimsical crew navigates the stars with earnest hearts, encountering witty humor and heartwarming adventures.
Nostalgic, with dry wit. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hulu.
The Orville parents guide
It stays inside its TV-14, with some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Cast and crew
Created bySeth MacFarlane
StarringSeth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, Jessica Szohr
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