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May 16 (UPI) -- Seth MacFarlane is the captain of a space vessel 400 years into the future in the first trailer for Fox's upcoming sci-fi comedy series, The Orville. The clip, released Monday, features the creator of Family Guy and American Dad in his first live-action television starring role as Ed Mercer, a down on his luck Planetary Union officer who is dealing with a divorce as he is granted to chance to lead an exploratory vessel and its crew across the galaxy.
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Things get complicated after Mercer learns that his first officer is none other then his ex-wife played by Adrianne Palicki (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Friday Night Lights).
The former couple must put their differences aside to deal with hostile aliens and to lead their crew on a number on a planetary missions.
The cast also includes Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Peter Macon as an alien from a single-sex species, Mark Jackson as an artificial life-form, J. Lee and Norm Macdonald who voices an animated blob.
The first episode directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book, Iron Man), does not have an official premiere date.
