Rotten tomatoes score of 19% Fresh, 81% Rotten

I swear by rotten tomatoes for most things except comedy. Comedy is far too subjective to criticize. I wasn't sure about this show after watching the first couple eps but it has grown on me. I like having it my weekly lineup now. Hope it lasts a while.

Nope. It has a 92% audience score, which is far enough in the other direction for me to believe that those critics didn't give it a fair look. I'm guessing they don't really care for Seth McFarlane's shtick, and so they wrote it off after the first episode, which is a shame because I think it has gotten better and better after each new episode.

Almost every other review on the web has praised it as being more "Star Trek" than ST:D, and if they had to choose, they would rather watch The Orville. I agree with them. 19% is a joke, IMO.

Metacritic also pans Orville. Critics prefer their sci-fi PC.

IMDb: Orville 7.7; ST:D 7.3.

I enjoy the show but the writing is poor at times. If I had to think like a critic, then I would give it a low score but thankfully I can just enjoy the good stuff.

I could not possibly care less what *anyone* thinks of a show or movie. I know what I enjoy and what I don't. I'm sure there are people that eat liver and onions and enjoy it, but if liver and onions got a 99.9% on Rotten Tomatoes, I still would think it's a vile thing to eat.

Yes. I gave up after Episode 3. I expected a lot more humor from the creator of Family Guy. It's just not funny enough to be comedy and not serious enough to be something like a Star Trek successor.

In any case, that is the RT critic score; the audience score is very favorable, so I'm in the minority. I think it will get renewed.

Well they also thought that Into Darkness was better than Wrath of Kahn.

I never visit that tomatoes site, it's crap. Try IMDB for a more accurate rating reflecting the show's actual worth.