Science Fiction

I loved The Orville when it was coming out, it scratched an itch that nothing else at the time did, but while it's been on hiatus/canceled we have gotten Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks. One does the firm sci-fi with a relatable crew better, and the other does the comedy Star Trek better. I wouldn't be opposed to more episodes of the Orville, but I don't think that it is as needed as it was when it was coming out.

It had some jokes thrown it at the most inopportune times

That's Seth humor in a nutshell.

Perhaps the first half of the first season was actually a bit rough

Name a show that started off any other way though. Even SG1 is cringe in the first season. Lexx maybe, but even that one grew different after the first few episodes.

Cheesy but a different kind of cheesy than Star Trek.

This is a good show that is trying very hard not to be a great show. I would love to see it explode with popularity more than it already has.

I was surprised by how good season one was. Season two was great fun. I hated season three.

I feel they tried too hard to make serious points and failed at telling good stories. They wanted to have big thoughts, but just weren't entertaining.

Wanted to like it more than I did. Just didn't think it was all that funny.

Now I thought Avenue 5 (HBO) was absolutely hilarious. It's the funny I expected from Orville. Too bad it ended after 2 seasons.

Blatant self insert early TNG fanfic. If you liked (or even wrote) that kind of thing in the 90s, you'll like Orville.

I did it backwards and started watching Star Trek shows because I love The Orville so much! Hoping it gets renewed for another season soon.

Season 3 was not good; it was heavy-handed writing and wasn't all that good drama.

I loved it and it's definitely on the list of shows that I'll rewatch sometime sooner or later

I wished I could have gotten past the awkward comedy you mention. Couldn’t get into it because of that.

I like it, want more seasons to come out. Now that I finished the Orville, I need to go back and finish Farscape

I thought it would be a parody show at first but its good casual sci-fi entertainment. I liked the first two seasons better than S3.

Actually I think much like Strange New Worlds, I think that it showed me how much of the recent issues I have with Star Trek is that it takes itself too seriously. (In fact also as for Star Wars, as blasphemous it is to mention here)

It strikes me as a show that was only meant to be 1-2 series but due to popularity has kept going and now its trying to find the balance between comedy and seriousness.

Love the Orville. Glad to watch more if they make more.

I hated the pilot, never went back

Best modern Star Trek show.

By "modern Star Trek" I mean every show from Discovery to Strange New Worlds.

The Orville is to Star Trek as Spaceballs was to Star Wars. A humorous parody, but I can appreciate the effort that they put in to have the show take itself a bit more seriously during dramatic scenes. I enjoyed it, although I only saw two seasons.