The Orville is a great Star Trek spoof that plays it straight. Yes, it's a spoof, but the humor is subtle and not slapsticky (mostly). There is a great wit with the show, but the pilot had a good story and some great characters and was genuinely fun and even a little exciting in spots.
This is better than any Star Trek show since DS9, and has a similar style of humor to Arrested Development.
I am definitely looking forward to the rest of the series. This was fun!
edit three years later to add...
As the show went along, the humor was definitely in the back seat. This is straight science fiction with humor added in small doses. Yes, there is some tongue in cheek stuff here, but the show is mostly played straight - it's more played to be fun than funny.
The stories themselves are very good, but it's the characters that carry this show. The characters are outstanding. Very well fleshed out, and the actors playing them are phenomenally good in their roles.
The Orville ended up being a fantastic show. As of the time of this writing we're still waiting for production to re-start for Season 3.
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