• aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Remember that Seth brought Family Guy back from cancellation, like, three times. He’s not someone you hand wave away when he’s determined to do something.

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      10 months ago

      It came back on the strength of DVD and Blu Ray sales.

      The Orville doesn’t have home media in any format people would actually want to watch.

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        10 months ago

        It literally came back because of a letter-writing campaign. And at a time when the show was at odds with Fox executives.

        And that was the age of home media. This is the age of streaming. The Orville, last I heard, is getting good traffic on Hulu and Disney+. So much do that Disney+ spotlighted it last year on their main page.