The Orville season 3 won't premiere for more than a year
Seth MacFarlane's space series The Orville is switching from Fox to Hulu, and its third season will reportedly arrive in late 2020.
Fox initially commissioned season three back in May, but MacFarlane appeared at this weekend's San Diego Comic-Con to update his followers.
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Via TV Line, the creator said in a statement: "The Orville has been a labor of love for me, and there are two companies which have supported that vision in a big way: 20th Century Fox Television… and Fox [network], which has been my broadcast home for over 20 years.
"My friends at the network understood what I was trying to do with this series, and they've done a spectacular job of marketing, launching and programming it for these past two seasons. But as the show has evolved and become more ambitious production-wise, I determined that I would not be able to deliver episodes until 2020, which would be challenging for the network."
He further explained: "So we began to discuss how best to support the third season in a way that worked for the show. It's exactly this kind of willingness to accommodate a show's creative needs that's made me want to stick around for so long."
20th Century Fox's president of creative affairs, Carolyn Cassidy, added how Hulu are "great partners to us on so many shows and this is one more example".
The Orville will join Fox shows such as How I Met Your Mother, Glee and Bob's Burgers on Hulu.
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