The Orville is off to a great start ratings wise.  The initial ratings information from last Sunday night’s premiere showed that over 7.3 Million people tuned in with a 18-49 rating of 2.3.  This number has now been adjusted up to 8.6 milllion viewers and a 18-49 share of 2.8.  One of the factors that may have helped The Orville succeed is that the premiere immediately followed NFL programming. Another factor that may have contributed to this is that there was a big Orville presence on social media. #TheOrville was trending for a large portion of the premiere night. Star of the show Seth MacFarlane was very active on his social media accounts promoting the show. After the show, he encouraged viewers to view the content via streaming services, this may have influenced the adjust up that we saw in the numbers. This is a great success for the show, but only time will tell if these numbers will hold throughout the entire season.