Yes, but that show is waaaaay more over the top, and seldom mixes comedic and the dramatic- or even tragic- as effectively as this show.
I haven't watched the most recent episode yet.
I have to say, I feel strange liking this show. In general, i have not been a fan of Seth McFarlane's comedy. It has always seemed too crude and juvenile, and in the past to me it seemed to have sexist leanings that put me off.
But then he goes and gets the new Cosmos made....
And he comes up with The Orville... while there's still a lot of crude humor, I am okay with that, because there's otherwise a lot more balance. Either someone (maybe Brannon Braga*) has some mitigating influence, or the dude has just *learned* some things. I don't actually doubt the latter, given that the show often centers on how *his character* learns how to be a better person.
It is almost like McFarlane said, "Hey, what if we did Star Trek, but instead of the main characters started as absolute paragons like Kirk and Spock, we had them be like the people who watch the show, and they grow over time?"
* Who, for whatever flaws he has as a producer, is still perhaps one of the most experienced on the planet for this kind of show.