Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming TV series looks like a parody of classic space adventure shows
Fox just announced its fall 2017 television lineup, and it’s pretty heavy on sci-fi and genre. There will be an X-Men spinoff, The Gifted, a show called Ghosted that’s been described as a “comedic X-Files,” and Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi series The Orville.
Today MacFarlane shared the first official image from The Orville, and it should already look familiar to anyone who’s watched a show set in space before:
First image from The Orville! pic.twitter.com/lo4gYPUUl9
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) May 15, 2017
While specific details on the show’s plot are scarce, this image makes it look like The Orville will be some kind of intergalactic parody. As BuzzFeed reporter Jarett Wieselman points out on Twitter, the series looks a little…