Over the summer, NBC picked up the Will & Grace revival for a second season and today Fox did the same for Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville. The Space show launched after an NFL double header to great ratings. Even though, the numbers have declined a little, it has still done really well against Will & Grace, Sandal and football. Therefore the news is not a surprise.
And for people like me, we welcome it. Even though, I am normally not a fan of shows that take place in Space, I am really enjoying this one. It is the right amount of humor, heart and moral lessons. You wouldn’t think that is something MacFarlane would get right, but he nails it.
On his note, here is what he said about the renewal, “#TheOrville has been picked up for season 2! Thanks to all our awesomely enthusiastic fans who’ve made this happen!” You are welcome, now where is my check for watching?
Talking about watching, don’t forget to watch an all-new episode tonight at 9p.
Yesterday on The Orville, Seth MacFarlane and Scott Grimes went in disguise as Krills to infiltrate their ship to learn more about them. While on the Space Dramedy they used remotes to transform, here on Earth they used makeup. Grimes shared a video of the transformation and it is incredible to watch.
To see what they looked like after the makeup was finished, then click here!
Seth MacFarlane has made fun of a lot, and I do mean a lot, celebrities on his shows throughout the years, but who is the one celebrity who was not happy with him mocking them? The other night when the animated genius was on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, a caller wanted to know that very thing. That is when the captain of The Orville (that airs on Fox tonight at 8p) told him it was Adrien Brody. The Oscar winner did not like when Family Guy made fun of nose size back in 2012. Brody can really hold a grudge, but then again so can Halle Berry, who is still upset he kissed her without her permission when he won his statuette back in 2003.
Seriously, I do not what Brody is so upset about, MacFarlane has done and said things so much worse about so many other celebrities, that this is truly nothing and actually quite hilarious. To see how harmless it is, then click here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E86-9sQgK30
If you have been craving an old school Sci-Fi show that takes place in Outer Space, then The Orville that debuts on Fox tonight at 8p is for you. Seth MacFarlane loves Space and he perfectly pays homage to the genre with this show.
The series starts off with Ed Mercer (MacFarlane) walking in on his wife cheating on him with an alien (since it takes place in the future) before skipping forward a year. That is when he is the given the job to be the captain of The Orville. This is the first time he is going to lead a spaceship and he does not get the best crew.
First he asks his BFF Gordon Malloy (Scott Grimes) to be the helmsman. Malloy loves playing videogames, and even the future gamers are the same as they are today. If you know what I mean. Alara Kitan (Halston Sage) is Xelayan, who are known for their strength, and she is in charge of security even though she is just 23 years old and has no experience. Dr. Claire Finn (Penny Johnson Jerald) is a very experienced doctor who does not have a lot of faith in Mercer as the Captain, which is why she is there to help him. Isaac (Mark Jackson) is from a machine society who hates humans and took the job to study Earthlings. Lt. Commander (Bortus Peter Macon) is from a single-sexed species and he has no sense of humor. Finally, Mercer’s ex-wife (Adrianne Palicki) is the first office and Mercer has no sense of humor about that. Do you blame him?
Tonight The Orville gets her first test, and we will find out if this not-so-perfect crew can do the perfect save. Next week, they take a chapter from a classic The Twilight Zone episode. While in week three they take on a social issue in an original way that will really get you thinking.
If you are thinking you are going to get MacFarlane’s normal sense of humor with this show, then know now you will not. There is humor, but it is more about the journey of The Orville in space protecting the Union, which is like what they have in Star Wars.
While this is normally not my type of show, I find myself wanting more. It is our Star Trek and we have been needing one since the last version of Star Trek.
Apple Music picked up The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke to series. Instead of having James Corden in the driver’s seat, they have several other celebs chauffeuring around musicians. Coming up Seth MacFarlane and Ariana Grande tour Hollywood while singing duets from Broadway musicals like Little Shop of Horror. Here is the two of them belting out the climatic ballad Suddenly Seymour like they were that Seymour and Audrey finally declaring their love for each other in that heartwarming scene. All while Audrey II sat in the backseat thinking how yummy their blood would taste!
While Grande gave a grand performance, she is no Ellen Green. But she has come the closest I have ever seen anyone woman who has tried to sing her part. Maybe Greg Berlanti should watch this Carpool Karaoke and cast Grande as Audrey instead of Rebel Wilson, who is so not the lead. Yes Grande is too young for the role, but the donut licker is a million times better than Rebel. And while they are at it, they also need to dump Josh Gad for another Josh as in Groban. They would be a better Audrey and Seymour than the two that they are talking to for the big screen remake that does not need to happen.
Sorry, Little Shop and Hair are my favorite musicals, so I am very sensitive whenever anyone tries to mess with them. And casting those two would totally be messing with the feel of the show. Rebel is no temptress, she is more cute than sexy. While Gad might be a nerdy, nebishy Jew, he is just not Seymour. At this rate they will probably cast Seth Rogen and James Franco as the Dentist and his patient who is a masochist.
OK, now I am pissed. Time to relisten to MacGrande sing Suddenly Seymour again to make me happy. And try to forget that Seth forever ruined Somewhere That’s Green for me thanks to what he did with the tune on Family Guy.
