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It's available to watch for free on Fox's website (with ads of course).

https://www.fox.com/the-orville/

As many fans of Star Trek have already attested, The Orville is more "Star Trek" than "Star Trek Discovery", as The Orville is trying to be "like Star Trek", while Star Trek Discovery is taking the Star Trek name but going in completely their own direction with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ3twI8ENbY

The show was advertised horribly, as it was portrayed as "Family Guy in Space" in advertisements, which it isn't at all. The show isn't even a comedy. It has comedy, but the show itself isn't a comedy. It's also not a parody of Star Trek like Galaxy Quest, it parodies some things from Star Trek as joke, but the show itself isn't a parody.

At the time of writing, The Orville has a 19% Critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, but a 92% Audience score, it's the biggest discrepancy between the Critic and Audience score I've ever seen. I don't know if there are people who think that since Seth MacFarlane is involved, that they are obligated to think anything he's involved in is terrible otherwise their supposed reputation of having good taste would be ruined.

The best way I can describe The Orville is it's Star Trek but with regular people who are good at their jobs instead of the "paragons" of society.

Is every episode 10/10 home run? No, but if you're looking for something that gives you the feeling of watching TNG The Orville is probably the closest you'll ever get.
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