{"id":19832,"date":"2022-08-05T12:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1690910"},"modified":"2022-08-05T12:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:40:39","slug":"the-orville-fans-call-for-show-to-be-renewed-for-season-4","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-orville-fans-call-for-show-to-be-renewed-for-season-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Orville fans call for show to be renewed for season 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 05 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The Orville\u2019s third season, subtitled New Horizons, has now come to an end, with the final episode wrapping up the season\u2019s central storylines in a way which some have said could work as a series finale for the entire show.<\/p>\n<p>The final episode saw Isaac and Claire get married in a moving ceremony, before the crew set off for more adventures amongst the stars.<\/p>\n<p>However, it seems most fans of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programme\/b-ce0l74\/the-orville\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the sci-fi comedy<\/a> aren\u2019t ready to say goodbye to Captain Ed Mercer and his crew just yet, as was seen in an exclusive poll for <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the poll, which asked Twitter users whether they wanted the show to get a fourth season, a whopping 82 per cent of respondents said they did, while only 18 per cent said the series should end with the season 3 finale.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Do you think <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheOrville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TheOrville<\/a> should get a fourth season? Have your say on whether you want them to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RenewTheOrville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#RenewTheOrville<\/a> ????<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1555180392612773888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong>\u2018s poll came as #RenewTheOrville trended on Twitter, clearly showing the strength of feeling amongst fans that the series should return.<\/p>\n<p>Seth MacFarlane <a href=\"\/\/screenrant.com\/orville-season-4-news-updates\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">reportedly told fans at San Diego Comic Con that a fourth season has not yet been commissioned<\/a>, and would depend on how the show fares when it lands on Disney Plus in the US. It currently airs on Hulu stateside, but will also stream on Disney Plus soon.<\/p> <p>Running since 2017, the show stars Seth MacFarlane, who also created the series, as Captain Ed Mercer, commander of titular spacecraft The Orville.<\/p>\n<p>Originally seeming like a parody of Star Trek, the show has crafted an identity of its own, and while it initially received heavily mixed reviews for its first season, it has subsequently gone on to critical acclaim and is considered by some to be <a href=\"\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/entertainment\/more-people-should-watch-the-hulu-sci-fi-gem-that-out-star-treks-star-trek\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">superior to recent official Star Trek offerings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Orville seasons 1-3 are available to stream now on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Disney Plus<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1620843&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb%2Fwelcome%2Fstream-now&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" sponsored=\"\">sign up for Disney Plus for \u00a37.99 a month or \u00a379.90 a year<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 05 August 2022 at 12:00 am The Orville\u2019s third season, subtitled New Horizons, has now come to an end, with the final episode wrapping up the season\u2019s central storylines in a way which some have said could work as a series finale for the entire show. 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