# The Orville Season 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 31, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966 "2018-12-31T06:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/541 "2019-02-11T21:22:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Why are they saying it at all, as it’s obviously not true. I think they have MORE commercial interruptions. They might have fewer overall commercials, but they break in all the damn time. Thank goodness for DVR. Its advertising - people are told there are fewer - they watch it to not watch commercials - there are MORE commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/542 "2019-02-11T21:23:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I figure it was named after Orville Wright. Almost certainly, although it’s reversing the usual naval custom of giving a ship the \*last \*name of the person being honored. Capt. Mercer has a model of the 1903 Wright Flyer on his desk, and this famous image on his office bulkhead: [Wright Flyer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/543 "2019-02-11T21:26:20Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Why are they saying it at all, as it’s obviously not true. I think they have MORE commercial interruptions. They might have fewer overall commercials, but they break in all the damn time. Thank goodness for DVR. They do have a shorter than usual commercial break after the intro, I think, which may be what they’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/544 "2019-02-11T21:35:43Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > They do have a shorter than usual commercial break after the intro, I think, which may be what they’re talking about. Each episode this season is 48 minutes without commercials instead of the typical 42-44 for 1-hour shows. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/545 "2019-02-11T21:44:40Z")
I watch it on Hulu. Zero commercials! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/546 "2019-02-11T21:54:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Almost certainly, although it’s reversing the usual naval custom of giving a ship the \*last \*name of the person being honored. I wonder if the _Orville_ crew will encounter a [del]brother[/del] sister ship of the same class named _Wilbur_? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/547 "2019-02-11T22:40:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Each episode this season is 48 minutes without commercials instead of the typical 42-44 for 1-hour shows. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/548 "2019-02-12T01:55:32Z")
I’m a couple weeks late viewing and following this thread because I started on the birthday cake ep and it was sizing up to be more of Seth preaching at me and I don’t need that. He preaches more than Roddenberry. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/549 "2019-02-12T08:08:55Z")
I like the preaching of both of them. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/550 "2019-02-12T12:47:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Almost certainly, although it’s reversing the usual naval custom of giving a ship the \*last \*name of the person being honored. One presumes there is a USS Wilbur. Yeah, Orville is named after Orville Wright. Other ships mentioned in passing are also named after aviation pioneers; they’ve mentioned USS Bleriot and a USS Chanute, both named after men instrumental in the rise of flight. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/551 "2019-02-12T14:20:46Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > One presumes there is a USS Wilbur. > > Yeah, Orville is named after Orville Wright. Other ships mentioned in passing are also named after aviation pioneers; they’ve mentioned USS Bleriot and a USS Chanute, both named after men instrumental in the rise of flight. Are you sure it’s not named after [this Orville](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGnuMxFnc1k), another “pioneer of flight”? (I kid, I kid…) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/552 "2019-02-12T15:20:05Z")
No, that’s the namesake of USS The Duck. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/553 "2019-02-12T16:39:13Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > One presumes there is a USS Wilbur. > > Yeah, Orville is named after Orville Wright. Other ships mentioned in passing are also named after aviation pioneers; they’ve mentioned USS Bleriot and a USS Chanute, both named after men instrumental in the rise of flight. Why wouldn’t it be called the “USS Orville Wright” then? I mean, I know ships get nicknames, e.g. _USS Missouri_- “the Mighty Mo” or _USS Eisenhower_ - “the Ike” So it would make sense that it would be formally the “USS Orville Wright”, and the USS Wright for a bit shorter version, and “The Orville” for the nickname. But they ought to show that- as it stands, the show would have us think it’s named after someone with the surname Orville. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/554 "2019-02-12T16:50:22Z")
Exactly. I assume it’s just a (not very funny) joke. > [@RickJay](#): > > …Yeah, Orville is named after Orville Wright. Other ships mentioned in passing are also named after aviation pioneers; they’ve mentioned USS Bleriot and a USS Chanute, both named after men instrumental in the rise of flight. And yet those ships are not named, for consistency’s sake, the USS \*Louis \*and the USS _Octave_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/555 "2019-02-12T17:29:24Z")
Because somewhere in the fleet there is a ship named for Wilbur Wright and to avoid having two ships called “the Wright” they instead named one Wilbur and the other Orville. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/556 "2019-02-12T17:46:45Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Because somewhere in the fleet there is a ship named for Wilbur Wright and to avoid having two ships called “the Wright” they instead named one Wilbur and the other Orville. I’d guess that the US Navy would probably name it something silly like “USS Wright Brothers” in the modern age. USS Wright (CVL-49) was in fact named for both Wright brothers in 1944. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/557 "2019-02-12T19:38:26Z")
USS \*Roosevelt \*is named after both FDR and Eleanor: [USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Roosevelt_(DDG-80)) And the USS\* The Sullivans\* is named after five brothers: [USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_The_Sullivans_(DDG-68)) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/558 "2019-02-12T19:48:34Z")
They wanted to call it the USS Wright - but couldn’t have this captain and this crew be in command of the Wright - as that would just be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/559 "2019-02-12T19:52:29Z")
I was actually less than serious about Orville Reddenbacher. Considerably less than serious. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966/560 "2019-02-12T20:08:42Z")
> [@simster](#): > > They wanted to call it the USS Wright - but couldn’t have this captain and this crew be in command of the Wright - as that would just be wrong. Two Wrights don’t make it wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-2/826966.md?page=29)