Unable to play video. The Orville creator Seth MacFarlane has taken to Twitter to clarify some reports about the show's second season. Reporting from the TCA press tour suggested that The Orville would not return until 2019. When asked if season two would debut in September 2018, MacFarlane said there was "too much to do." During Fox's Family Guy panel, executive producer Rich Appel hinted at a crossover. Whether that is enough to impress the network's soon-to-be new owners at Disney is unclear.