This is why Hollywood is out of touch:
Rotten Tomatoes "Top Critics" gave Orville a 5% rating... but over 3,000 user reviews scored it 90%.
meanwhile the critics think Discovery is 89%, with similar number of user reviews giving it a 60%.
More regular viewers like Orville than Discovery by a wide margin.
How do you reconcile the gap between a score of 5% and 90%? Unless you're paid off, or out of touch.
It's as if people appreciate that Orville is far-fetched on purpose and roll with it being light-hearted, where as Discovery's attempt to be serious drama comes up flat and the audience isn't buying into it.
Myself, I find that I actually like the characters of Orville as people... but so far, I can't stand pretty much every character on Discovery, aside from the two they've already killed off or is supplemental. Orville isn't going to win any Emmy's with it's stories so far, but that's ok, I still find it amusing and am curious to experience more of it. Discovery on the other hand, is a world so depressing and gloomy; who the fuck wants to experience it even 45 minutes at a time? It's like being in a room where everyone is constantly at odds and bad mouths each other under their breath, while casting a duplicitous vibe. These are not characters you root for as a team or every care to see succeed.