10 Times Star Trek Appeared In Other TV Shows

5. The Orville

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Further proof of Seth MacFarlane's love of Star Trek can be found through his live-action parody/homage series, The Orville.

When the show first launched, Trek fans were enormously skeptical, feeling that MacFarlane would simply be relentlessly making fun of Trek without much affection.

And though the first season was certainly more of a parody than a dew-eyed homage, season two received considerably more acclaim from critics and fans for its more earnest, sincere storytelling that veered away from outright parody.

But the single most interesting thing about The Orville? Star Trek actually exists within its universe. Well, sort of.

The first season's fifth episode shows the crew watching a clip of Seinfeld, and considering that there were a number of Star Trek jokes made in Seinfeld, we're left to conclude that Star Trek actually exists as a TV show within the world of The Orville. Genius.

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