Also the stigma of 'Family Guy in Space' was more Seth did a purposeful bait and switch; he sold it as that to get the show greenlit, but never intended it to be. The first ep was especially over the top on purpose with the Seth Humor, but Seth is a Trekkie, and he always wanted this to be a loveletter to Star Trek.
The powers that be wanted Orville to fail, to the point that they 'leaned on the needle' of reviewers to repeat 'Family Guy in Space', which, again, by episode 3 of Orville, most of the random Seth Humor was toned down to the point where it was more the characters had individual quirks. Fun fact: Go to Rotten TOmatos and look at the season 1 Orville critics review vs Fan review.
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Then go to Star Trek

iscovery's numbers for their season 1.
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The needle leaning was oh so very obvious.
To the point that, for Rotten Tomatos to even keep a shred of it's credibility on the Critics review percentage, they flip flopped on Orville Season 2; HARD!
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To those that watched Orville, there was not a sudden 70% jump in quality between seasons 1 and 2. If anything, the quality remained mainly the same. The overcorrection was hilarious, but not just on Rotten Tomatos part.
The Orville realeased this season 2 trailer in 2018.
And then Star Trek Discovery's season 2 trailer.
It was obvious what happened to everyone watching immediately. Seth fucking won, he made a better Star Trek.