The Orville interviews are informational discussions with cast and staff behind the production of the show The Orville . Interviews can consist of simple round table discussions or more in-depth conversations between an interviewer and the subject.
"Incorporation?" answers the question of whether the interview's information has been incorporated into the Wiki. I air on the side of caution, so some of these interviews may have been incorporated already.
Interviews [ ]
2017 [ ]
April [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Mike Seymour (fxguide)
Rob Legato (model supervisor), Glenn Derry (The Fox VFX Lab )
April 6, 2017
Link
Yes
May [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Heather W. Flemmons (Life in Minnesota)
Sean Cook (Derek Ashton )
May 11
Link
Yes
Inside Edition
Seth MacFarlane
May 16
Link
Yes
Associated Press
Seth MacFarlane
Link
Yes
Access Hollywood
Seth MacFarlane
May 17
Link
Yes
July [ ]
This month saw San Diego Comic Con 2017, the first major push to publicize and market the show to fans.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Various
Brannon Braga (executive producer), David A. Goodman (executive producer), Jason Clark (executive producer)
July 22
Link . San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Various
Seth MacFarlane (Ed Mercer , creator), Adrianne Palicki (Kelly Grayson )
Link (1), link (2). San Diego Comic Con. Link 1 has interesting comments on MacFarlane's ability to write female characters.
Yes
Jonathan Fernandez (Lethal Weapon)
Main cast, Chad L. Coleman (Klyden )
Link . San Diego Comic Con. Some information left on Bortus's costume.
Yes
Josh Horowitz (MTV)
Seth MacFarlane , Halston Sage (Alara Kitan ), Penny Johnson Jerald (Claire Finn ), Adrianne Palicki
Link . San Diego Comic Con
Yes
JoBlo TV Show Trailers
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki , Gordon Malloy , J. Lee , Mark Jackson , Peter Macon , Chad L. Coleman , Jason Clark , David A. Goodman , Brannon Braga
Link . San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Mark Walters (BigFanBoy.com)
Scott Grimes , J. Lee , Halston Sage (Alara Kitan ), Penny Johnson Jerald (Claire Finn ), Adrianne Palicki , Seth MacFarlane
Link . San Diego Comic Con
Yes
UCSB Script to Screen
Adrianne Palicki , Seth MacFarlane , Penny Johnson Jerald , Halston Sage , Peter Macon , Chad L. Coleman , Mark Jackson
Link . San Diego Comic Con
Yes
FanboyNation
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki , Brannon Braga , Jason Clark , David A. Goodman
July 25
Link (MacFarlane & Palicki), link (Braga, Clark, Goodman). Late publication from San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Entertainment Weekly
Main cast, Chad L. Coleman
July 26
Link . Late publication from San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Whedonopolis Videos
Main cast, Chad L. Coleman , Brannon Braga , Jason Clark , David A. Goodman
Link (Macon, Jackson, Coleman), link (MaacFarlane & Palicki), link (Sage & Jerald), link (Braga, Clark, Goodman), link (Grimes & Lee) Late publication from San Diego Comic Con
Yes
FanboyNation
Peter Macon , Mark Jackson , J. Lee , Scott Grimes , Penny Johnson Jerald , Halston Sage
Link (Macon), link (Jackson, Lee, Grimes), link (Jerald & Sage). Late publication from San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Heather Wixson (DailyDead)
Seth MacFarlane
Link
Yes
TrekMovie.com
Seth MacFarlane , Brannon Braga , David A. Goodman , Penny Johnson Jerald
July 30
Link (MacFarlane), link (Braga, Goodman, Jerald). Late publication from San Diego Comic Con
Yes
August [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
2017 Star Trek Convention
Robert Duncan McNeill (director of Command Performance )
August 7
Link
Yes
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bryan Rodgers (propmaster), Joseph Porro , Jason Clark , David A. Goodman
Link
No
Ed Gross (FHM)
Seth MacFarlane
August 8
Link . From the San Diego Comic Con
Yes
GamerHubTV
Peter Macon , Mark Jackson , Chad L. Coleman
August 10
Link . From San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Associated Press
Seth MacFarlane
Link . From Television Critics Association presentation
Yes
Motherhood in Hollywood
Seth MacFarlane
August 11
Link
Yes
Star Trek Las Vegas 2017
Brannon Braga , André Bormanis
Link
Yes
Bruce R. Miller (Sioux City Journal)
Natasha Francis (VFX producer), Tom Costantino (editor), Bryan Rodgers (propmaster), Scott Grimes , Howard Berger , Joseph Porro , Stephen J. Lineweaver , Adrianne Palicki , J. Lee
August 18
Link
Yes
Hollywood News Source
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki , Peter Macon , Mark Jackson , Chad L. Coleman
August 20
Link (MacFarlane & Palicki), link (Macon, Jackson, Coleman). From San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Lauren Mayo (Rolling Out)
J. Lee
August 31
Link
Yes
TV Guide Mayo
Penny Johnson Jerald , Chad L. Coleman , Peter Macon , Seth MacFarlane , Halston Sage , Adrianne Palicki , J. Lee , Mark Jackson , Scott Grimes
Link (Jerald, Coleman, Macon, MacFarlane, Sage), Link (MacFarlane, Palicki, Lee, Jackson, Grimes)
Yes
Fox
Seth MacFarlane
August 25
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
Harley Morenstein
Seth MacFarlane , Brian Rogers (propmaster)
August 31
Link
Yes
Anthony Pascale (TrekMovie.com)
Joseph Porro , Marvin Rush (director of photography), Jason Clark , Stephen Lineweaver , Tom Costantino (editor), Howard Berger , André Bormanis
Link
Yes
September [ ]
The Orville premiered early in this month.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Fox
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki
September 1
Official, in-house interviews. Link
Yes
Anthony Pascale (TrekMovie.com)
Seth MacFarlane
September 4
Link . Comment here on Marvin Rush .
Yes
Fox
Jon Favreau (director), Seth MacFarlane
September 7
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
Jon Burlingame (Variety)
Seth MacFarlane , Bruce Broughton , Joel McNeely , Carol Farhat (Vice-President of Music Production)
Link
Yes
Tara Bennett (SyFy)
Seth MacFarlane
September 8
Link . From the Television Critics Association presentation
Yes
Morgan Jeffrey & Joseph McCabe (Digital Spy)
Seth MacFarlane
Link
Yes
Manu Saadia (The New Yorker)
Seth MacFarlane
September 9
Link
Yes
Sway's Universe
Seth MacFarlane
Part one link , part two link
Yes
Fox
Seth MacFarlane , Rob Legato
Link
Yes
Ray Rahman (Entertainment Weekly)
Seth MacFarlane
September 10
Link
Yes
Courtney V, OHSOGRAY
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki
Link . From San Diego Comic Con
Yes
Josh Wigler (Hollywood Reporter)
Brannon Braga , David A. Goodman
Link
Yes
AfterBuzz TV
Mark Jackson
September 13
Link
Yes
Matt Fernandez (Variety)
Seth MacFarlane , Halston Sage , David A. Goodman
September 14
Link . From the Paley Center for Media
Yes
fx guide
Visual Effects team
Link
Yes
Anthony Pascale (TrekMovie.com)
Brannon Braga
Link
Yes
Chris Eggertsen (Hollywood Reporter)
Adrianne Palicki
September 15
Link
Yes
Erik Kain (Forbes)
Seth MacFarlane
September 16
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Patrick Cox (Justin the Ogre)
September 19
Link
Yes
Chris Eggertsen (Hollywood Reporter)
J. Lee
Link
Yes
Fox
Seth MacFarlane
Link
Yes
Shine on Media
Halston Sage
September 21
Link . From Paley Center for Media
Yes
The Orville Podcast
Peter Macon (Bortus )
September 22
Link
Yes
Medium
Mark Jackson
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Brett Rickaby (Lurenek )
September 24
Link
Yes
Fox
André Bormanis
September 25
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
3BlackGeeks
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki , Peter Macon , Chad L. Coleman
Link (MacFarlane & Palicki), link (Macon), link (Coleman). From San Diego Comic Con
Yes
John Beifuss (USA Today)
Patrick Cox
September 27
Link
Yes
October [ ]
Much of the crew and the cast attended the New York Comic Con, held on October 6. The month proved to be the most active yet, interview-wise.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Build Series NYC
Adrianne Palicki (Kelly Grayson )
October 4
Link
Yes
Fox
Charlize Theron (Pria Lavesque )
October 5
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
Christina Radish (Collider)
Adrianne Palicki
Link
Yes
The Orville Podcast
Mark Jackson (Isaac )
October 6
Link
Yes
New York Comic Con 2017
Brannon Braga , Penny Johnson Jerald , Scott Grimes (Gordon Malloy ), Adrianne Palicki , Seth MacFarlane
Link . David A. Goodman hosts.
Yes
Jordan DesJardins (ScienceFiction.com)
Penny Johnson Jerald
Link
Yes
Twitch
Penny Johnson Jerald , Brannon Braga , Penny Johnson Jerald , Scott Grimes , Adrianne Palicki , David A. Goodman
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Jonathan Frakes (director of Pria )
October 8
Link
Yes
Fox
André Bormanis
October 10
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
Harry
Seth MacFarlane
Link
Yes
Anna Wyckoff (Costume Designers Guild)
Joseph Porro
Link
Yes
AfterBuzz TV
J. Lee
Link
Yes
Katey Rich (Vanity Fair)
Adrianne Palicki
October 12
Link
Yes
The Manstalgia Podcast
Bryan Rodgers
Link
No
WithAnAccentTV
Brannon Braga , David A. Goodman , Adrianne Palicki , Scott Grimes , Penny Johnson Jerald
October 13
Link (Braga & Goodman), link (Palicki & Grimes), link (Jerald)
Yes
Planetary Union Network
David A. Goodman (executive producer, director)
October 14
Link
Yes
Adam Savage's Tested
Howard Berger , Tami Lane (make-up artist)
October 16
Link
Yes
Fox
André Bormanis
October 18
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
Anthony Pascale (TrekMovie.com)
David A. Goodman
October 23
Link
Yes
Jonathan Kesh (Outer Places)
Jason Clark (executive producer)
October 24
Link
Yes
The Orville Podcast
Jason Clark
October 26
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Bruce Broughton (composer)
October 30
Link
Yes
Joe Deckelmeier (Screen Rant)
Adrianne Palicki , Scott Grimes , Penny Johnson Jerald
October 31
Link
Yes
Gary Collinson (Flickering Myth)
Mark Jackson
Link
Yes
Fox
Howard Berger (make-up artist)
Official, in-house interview. Link
Yes
November [ ]
The show was renewed for a second season on November 4.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Planetary Union Network
Brannon Braga
November 5
Link
Yes
Simon Applebaum (Tomorrow Will be Televised)
Jason Clark
November 6
Link
Yes
Greg O'Shalae (Hidden Remote)
Scott Grimes
Link
Yes
Super Awesome Geek Show
Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Fadolin )
Link
Yes
Mike Reyes (Cinema Blend)
Penny Johnson Jerald
November 7
Link
Yes
Jessica Toomer (Uproxx)
Adrianne Palicki
November 9
Link
Yes
Ryan Gajewski (TheWrap)
Adrianne Palicki
November 10
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Mark Jackson
November 12
Link
Yes
Grae Westgate (Vulture Hound)
Scott Grimes
Link
Yes
Talks at Google
Seth MacFarlane , Liz Heldens (executive producer, writer), David A. Goodman , Brannon Braga , Howard Berger , Joseph Porro (wardrobe designer)
November 16
Link
Yes
Abbie Bernstein (AssignmentX)
Penny Johnson Jerald
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Larry Joe Campbell (Steve Newton )
November 19
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
André Bormanis (supervising producer, science consultant)
November 21
Link
Yes
The Orville Podcast
André Bormanis
November 22
Link
Important info on star charting, communications, the Orville has not gone beyond 1000 ly form Earth
Partial
The Talk
Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki
November 30
Yes
December [ ]
The Season 1 finale, Mad Idolatry , aired in the second week of the month.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Abbie Bernstein (AssignmentX)
Scott Grimes
December 1
Link
Yes
Amber Stevens West (The IMDb Show)
Howard Berger
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Scott Grimes
December 3
Link
Yes
Kevin LaPalme (LaPalme Magazine)
J. Lee
December 6
Link
Yes
Kurt Anthony Krug (Oakland Press Entertainment)
Larry Joe Campbell
Link
Yes
Alasdair Stuart (MYMBuzz)
Scott Grimes
December 7
Link
Yes
The Orville Podcast
Scott Grimes
December 8
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Patrick Cox
December 10
Link
Yes
Ben Lee & Adam Tanswell (Digital Spy)
Seth MacFarlane
December 15
Link
Yes
Build Series NYC
Seth MacFarlane
December 18
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Joseph Porro
December 20
Link
Yes
Stephen Broadbent (Telly Binge)
Mark Jackson
Link
Yes
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Seth MacFarlane
Link
Yes
Liz Shannon Miller (IndieWire)
Jonathan Frakes
December 21
Link
Yes
Undated [ ]
Several interviews were published this year without an exact date.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Notes
Incorporated?
Samantha Mimi Nguyen (The Laterals)
Adrianne Palicki
Believed to take place in autumn. Link
Yes
Halston Sage
Believed to take place in autumn. Link
Yes
Art Eddy (Life of Dad)
Peter Macon
Takes place some time after September 21. Link
Yes
Mike Reyes (Cinema Blend)
Penny Johnson Jerald
Took place some time in November (see also November 7). Link
Yes
2018 [ ]
January [ ]
January marked the first full month in which no episode of The Orville aired since its premiere. Toward the middle of the month, author Jeff Bond published the most notable collection of interviews in his official behind-the-scenes book, The World of the Orville . Despite the book's release in 2018, the interviews took place some time in mid-2017 or possibly earlier.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Television Critics Association
Seth MacFarlane
January 4
Not recorded, but reported on by several sources. Link
Yes
Jeff Bond
Cast and crew
January 16
The World of the Orville
Ongoing
Afro
Penny Johnson Jerald
January 18
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Jeff Bond (author)
January 22
Link
Yes
February [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Kevin H. Martin (Studio Daily)
Luke McDonald (visual effects supervisor)
February 9
Link
Yes
March [ ]
PaleyFest hosted the first large panel-style interview since the Google panel in November the previous year, and the first to feature the entire main cast since San Diego Comic Con 2017. Various reporting agencies held side interviews with cast and crew as well.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
The Martini Shot Show
Howard Berger
March 2
Link
Yes
PaleyFest
Main cast, Brannon Braga , Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (writer), David A. Goodman , Jason Clark
March 17
Link
Yes
Red Carpet Report
Penny Johnson Jerald , Peter Macon , Mark Jackson , Chad L. Coleman , Adrianne Palicki
At PaleyFest. Link (Jerald), link (Macon), link (Jackson), link (Coleman), link (Palicki)
Yes
AfterBuzz TV
Adrianne Palicki , Mark Jackson , Halston Sage
At PaleyFest. Link (Palicki), link (Jackson), link (Sage)
Yes
Fred Topel (Rotten Tomatoes)
Main cast, Chad L. Coleman
At PaleyFest. Link
Yes
High Voltage
Peter Macon , Halston Sage , Mark Jackson , Penny Johnson Jerald , Adrianne Palicki
March 18
At PaleyFest. Link (Macon), link (Sage), link (Jackson), link (Jerald), link (Palicki)
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Tom Costantino , Scott Powell (editor), Bart Rachmill (editor), Hillary Wills (editor)
March 19
Link
Yes
AfterBuzzTV
Chad L. Coleman
March 20
Link
Yes
Panel
Jonathan Frakes
March 26
Lexington Comic & Toy Convention Link
Yes
On the Mic with Tim Drake
Mark Jackson , Rico E. Anderson (Moclan Doctor ), Penny Johnson Jerald , Peter Macon
March 27
Link
Yes
Jenna Anderson (comicbook)
Jonathan Frakes
March 28
Link
Yes
Tanavi P.
Adrianne Palicki , Penny Johnson Jerald , Mark Jackson , Chad L. Coleman , Halston Sage , J. Lee , Scott Grimes
March 30
Link (Palicki), link (Jerald), link (Jackson), link (Coleman), link (Sage), link (Lee & Grimes)
Yes
April [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
The Alpha Quadrant
Nana Visitor (actress)
April 10
Visitor auditioned for the episode Primal Urges , but unintentionally passed on the role. Link
Yes
AfterBuzzTV
Chad L. Coleman
April 12
Link
Yes
The Martini Shot Show
Peter Macon
April 13
Link
Yes
Occhi Magazine
Rena Owen (Heveena )
April 16
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Jason Roberts (unit production manager)
April 19
According to Roberts, the filming order was 2. About a Girl, 3. If the Stars Should Appear, and 4. Command Performance. Link
Yes
Deadline
Stephen Lineweaver (production designer)
April 26
Link
Yes
May [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Google
Seth MacFarlane
May 18
Link Extremely important info
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Luke McDonald , Brandon Fayette (digital effects supervisor), Brooke Noska (visual effects producer)
May 23
Link
Yes
June [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Spocklight
James L. Conway (director of If the Stars Should Appear )
June 3
Link
Yes
Craig Tomashoff (Hollywood Reporter)
Seth MacFarlane
June 15
Link
Yes
Planetary Union Network
Howard Berger
June 17
Some information on Bryan Rodgers . Link
Yes
Film Revered Podcast
Howard Berger
June 18
Part one of two. Link
Yes
Film Revered Podcast
Howard Berger
June 20
Part two of two. Link
Yes
Barry Goch (Post Perspective
Luke McDonald
June 21
Link
Yes
ET Canada
Adrianne Palicki
Link
Yes
Mashable
Tom Costantino
June 28
Link
Yes
July [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
Bionic Buzz
Chad L. Coleman
July 14
Link
Yes
Lisa Steinberg
Scott Grimes , J. Lee , David A. Goodman , Brannon Braga , Jon Cassar
July 21
Link (Goodman, Braga, & Cassar), link (Grimes & Lee)
Yes
Panel hosted by David A. Goodman
Brannon Braga , Jon Cassar , Main Cast less Halston Sage
Link (Part One), Link (Part Two)
Yes
AfterBuzzTV
Seth MacFarlane , Scott Grimes , J. Lee , David A. Goodman , Jon Cassar , Adrianne Palicki , Penny Johnson Jerald
July 22
Link (MacFarlane), link (Grimes & Lee), link (Goodman & Cassar), link (Palicki & Jerald)
Yes
San Diego Comic-Con Panel
Main cast excepting Halston Sage, Chad L. Coleman , David A. Goodman , Jon Cassar
Link
Yes
Seat42F
Scott Grimes , J. Lee , Chad L. Coleman , Mark Jackson , Peter Macon , David A. Goodman , Brannon Braga , Jon Cassar
July 23
Link (Grimes & Lee), link (Coleman, Jackson & Macon), link (Goodman, Braga & Cassar)
Yes
SyFy Wire
Seth MacFarlane , Peter Macon , Mark Jackson , Chad L. Coleman , Adrianne Palicki , Penny Johnson Jerald , Scott Grimes , Jon Cassar , David A. Goodman , J. Lee ,
Link
Yes
Serienjunkies
David A. Goodman , Brannon Braga , Jon Cassar
July 24
Link
Yes
Muse TV
Scott Grimes , J. Lee , Seth MacFarlane , Adrianne Palicki , Penny Johnson Jerald
Link (Grimes & Lee), link (MacFarlane), link (Palicki & Jerald)
Yes
Bleeding Cool
Scott Grimes , J. Lee , Adrianne Palicki , Penny Johnson Jerald , Chad L. Coleman , Mark Jackson , Peter Macon , Seth MacFarlane , Jon Cassar , Brannon Braga , David A. Goodman
Link
Yes
Three if by Space
Scott Grimes , J. Lee , Chad L. Coleman , Mark Jackson , Peter Macon , David A. Goodman , Brannon Braga , Jon Cassar
July 27
Link
Yes
August [ ]
Interviewer
Interviewee
Date
Notes
Incorporated?
CineMovie
Seth MacFarlane
August 1
Link
Yes
TrekMovie
Jonathan Frakes
August 4
Link
Yes
CineMovie
Adrianne Palicki , Penny Johnson Jerald
August 6
Link
Yes
CineMontage
Tom Costantino , Hillary Wills , Scott Powell , Bart Rachmil , Rob Kraut
August 17
Link
No
Reddit AMA
Tom Costantino , Hillary Wills
August 20
Link
Yes
Undated [ ]
Several interviews were published this year without an exact date.
Interviewer
Interviewee
Notes
Incorporated?
Stephen Lineweaver & Robert Strohmaier (ADG Perspective)
Stephen J. Lineweaver , Robert Strohmaier (art director)
Magazine article, July-August issue. Link
Yes
Sidewalks Entertainment
Rico E. Anderson
Probably around the time of the 2018 Paley Center Link
Yes