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The Orville - Largest FOX Premiere since Empire on Multi-Platform Viewers

Sep 19, 2017

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“THE ORVILLE” POSTS FOX’S LARGEST DRAMA PREMIERE SINCE “EMPIRE” IN MULTI-PLATFORM VIEWERS WITH 12.2 MILLION VIEWERS

Seth MacFarlane’s New Space Adventure Series Delivers FOX’s

Largest L+7 Debut in a Year and a Half

THE ORVILLE is Most Streamed New FOX Fall Premiere in Two Years

The premiere of THE ORVILLE, FOX’s new space adventure series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane, earned a 7-day multi-platform audience of 12.2 million viewers. Marking the network’s largest drama debut in two and a half years since EMPIRE (15.6 million viewers, 1/7/15*), THE ORVILLE posted a +44% lift in multi-platform viewers from Live +Same Day, according to Nielsen.

In Live+7, THE ORVILLE delivered a 3.7/12 rating, FOX’s highest-rated drama launch since LUCIFER (3.8/11 L7, 1/25/16*) and television’s highest-rated drama premiere in nearly a year (since 9/21/16, Designated Survivor, 4.4/15 L7*). The episode posted a +37% gain from its same day viewership last Sunday, Sept. 10, at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PT, immediately following the NFL ON FOX doubleheader.

Among Men 18-34, THE ORVILLE delivered a 2.9/13 L7, FOX’s highest-rated broadcast drama debut since EMPIRE (3.3/12 M18-34 L7, 1/7/15*).

Including its Tuesday encore, THE ORVILLE delivered 14.1 million viewers across all platforms.

Across FOX NOW and Hulu, THE ORVILLE’s seven-day streaming averaged 860,000 viewers, making it the most-streamed new FOX fall premiere in two years (since 9/22/15, “Scream Queens,” 1,278K).

Additional highlights include:

THE ORVILLE is TV’s highest rated scripted series premiere in over eight months (tying THE MICK on 1/1/17, 3.7/12 L7*).
THE ORVILLE is summer’s highest rated broadcast entertainment telecast (ties AGT on 8/15/17, 3.7/15 L7)

FOX has the top three scripted debuts of 2017 (THE ORVILLE, 24: LEGACY, THE MICK), as well as the last three scripted debuts to post above a 3.5 L+7 rating (THE ORVILLE, 24: LEGACY, THE MICK)

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