the first half of the first season, I can respect this notion. I can say it dramatically improved, they toned down the fart jokes and added in a lot more depth of drama and plot. Honestly by the 2nd season it was no longer a ST parody, it was more ST than ST to me.My first exposure to The Orville was coming across it while channel surfing.
I think within 3 mins there was a joke about glory holes. Other than that it felt like a blatant Next Gen rip-off.
I'll take an ambitious and original idea like Discovery over that every day of the week.