I'm sure that you, just like your trustworthy spy, are among those that found themselves appalled after seeing the trailer for CBS's new Star
The series will premiere September 10 and 17th
Trek: Discovery television series, which disappointed so many trekkies around the globe with its almost offensive offer of non stop explosions, violence and fire, not to mention the randomly chosen cast. Star Trek is all about science, psychology, anthropology, other cultures not about beating some aliens up, so the new Star Trek series, which is heading towards becoming a major flop, seemed like a betrayal for most of the fans and I've noticed hordes of them saying they're more excited about Fox's THE ORVILLE than about the new adventures of Star Fleet ships. If I tell you THE ORVILLE is a comedy, you will understand the level of their
Seth MacFarlane is the captain of the ship
disappointment even more. Seth MacFarlane, the lead star and the creator of THE ORVILLE said that much himself saying that his series
Adrianne Palicki as Kelly Grayson
occupies the space Star Trek left behind en route to dystopia, opting for hopeful optimism of sf instead of the currently modern Star Trek grimness.
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO COMEDY HAS GONE BEFORE Set four centuries from now, The Orville follows the obviously Star
Trek and Galaxy Quest inspired adventures in the final frontier of the
Seth Grimes as Gordon
middling USS Orville. Its human and alien crew tackles the battles and
politics of speed of light galactic travel and the workplace dramas that
Penny Johnson Jerald as Dr Claire Finn
never change, no matter what century it is, travelling on the
not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar fleet.
Facing
Mark Jackson as Isaac
cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of
space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before.
CHARLIZE THERON GUEST STAR
New sf comedy will launch it's two premiere episodes on Sunday evenings September 10 and 17th and will then move on to Thursday
Peter Macon as Bortus
nights from September 21st! Beside Seth MacFarlane the cast also includes Adrianne Palicki, Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald,
Halston Sage as Alara Kitan
Peter Macon, Halston Sage, J Lee, Mark Jackson and Chad Coleman with producers David A. Goodman and Brannon Braga. It
J.Lee as John Lamarr
has been confirmed recently that Charlize Theron will guest star in the 13 episode series which had a pilot directed by John Favreau.
NBC is to release the first trailer for the comeback of their WILL & GRACE sitcom, which will return to Thursday nights with This Is Us this Autumn with 12 and possibly even more new episodes. Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Eric McCormack and Sean Hayes, are all returning in their original roles. I will replace the US only trailer below as soon as the non geoblocked one appears.
CBS ORDERS '9JKL' SITCOM CBS has ordered new multicamera sitcom 9JKL. Starring
Mark Feuerstein it is inspired by the time he lived in apartment 9K in
the building he grew up in, right between his doting parents’ apartment
9J, and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby’s apartment 9L, and
his attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning
family. Linda Lavin, Elliott Gould, David Walton play his parents and
his brother.
FOX ORDERS 'ORVILLE' SETH MACFARLANE SF COMEDY
Fox has ordered 13 episodes of Seth MacFarlane's sf comedy THE ORVILLE in which the story is set 300 years in the future. It follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth’s interstellar Fleet. Facing cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before. MacFarlane stars, writers, creates and executive produces the series which will air on Thursdays this Autumn.
FOX ORDERS 'THE RESIDENT'
STARRING MANISH DAYAL AND MATT CZUCHRY
Fox has also ordered Manish Dayal's medical series THE RESIDENT which follows a tough, brilliant senior resident who guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine. Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp and Bruce Greenwood also star.
LATEST SITCOM CANCELLATIONS! ABC has put Carol Burnett's sitcom HOUSEHOLD NAME to a 'rework' stage
but it did order the return of ROSEANNE after cancelling their six year
long, 2nd best watched, sitcom LAST MANSTANDING! CBS has ordered BY
THE BOOK (aka Living Biblically) multi camera sitcom while cancelling 2
BROKE GIRLS after 6 years and THE ODD COUPLE! CBS has also passed on DISTEFANO and
BROTHERED UP sitcom pilots. FreeForm has cancelled their own 6 year
long sitcom BABY DADDY last weekend to the shock of fans since it was
their best watched comedy ever and will end on its 100th episode.
