The Orville - Wikipedia The Orville Jump to : navigation , search This article is about the U.S. TV series . For other uses , see Orville ( disambiguation ) . The Orville Genre Science fiction Comedy - drama Created by Seth MacFarlane Starring Seth MacFarlane Adrianne Palicki Penny Johnson Jerald Scott Grimes Peter Macon Halston Sage J. Lee Mark Jackson Chad L. Coleman Theme music composer Bruce Broughton Composer ( s ) Bruce Broughton ( Pilot ) Joel McNeely John Debney Andrew Cottee ( `` New Dimensions '' ) Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 12 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Seth MacFarlane Brannon Braga David A. Goodman Jason Clark Jon Favreau ( pilot ) Liz Heldens Lili Fuller Running time 43 minutes Production company ( s ) Fuzzy Door Productions 20th Century Fox Television Distributor 20th Television Release Original network Fox Original release September 10 , 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 10 ) -- present External links Website www.fox.com/the-orville/ The Orville is an American science fiction comedy - drama series created by and starring Seth MacFarlane that premiered on Sunday , September 10 , 2017 , with new episodes airing Thursdays on Fox during the 2017 -- 18 season . MacFarlane stars as Ed Mercer , an officer in the Planetary Union 's line of exploratory space vessels whose career took a downturn following his divorce , and who is given the titular ship as his first command , only to discover that his ex-wife , Kelly Grayson ( Adrianne Palicki ) , has been assigned to be his First Officer . Inspired by the television series Star Trek , the series tells the story of Mercer , Grayson , and the crew of the Orville as they embark on various diplomatic and exploratory missions . On November 2 , 2017 , Fox renewed the series for a second season , which is expected to premiere late in the 2018 -- 19 season . Contents ( hide ) 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Guest stars 3 Episodes 4 Production 4.1 Development 4.2 Casting 4.3 Filming 4.4 Music 5 Reception 5.1 Critical response 5.2 Audience response 5.3 Ratings 6 References 7 External links Premise ( edit ) The Orville is set on the titular U.S.S. Orville ( ECV - 197 ) , a mid-level exploratory space vessel in the Planetary Union , a 25th - century interstellar alliance of Earth and many other planets . Cast and Characters ( edit ) Main ( edit ) Seth MacFarlane as Ed Mercer , the captain of the Orville . Mercer was an up - and - coming officer , believed to be on the fast track to commanding his own heavy cruiser by age 40 . However , he caught his wife Kelly in bed with an alien . Over the course of the following year , he is cited for becoming lax in his duties , including six instances of reporting to duty while hung over , but is informed that due to the size of the fleet and the retirement of the former captain , the Orville , a mid-level exploratory ship , was in need of a new commanding officer . Adrianne Palicki as Commander Kelly Grayson , the first officer of the Orville and Ed Mercer 's ex-wife . The two divorced when Mercer caught Grayson in bed with an alien . Unbeknownst to Mercer , Grayson personally went to Admiral Halsey to plead her case to give her ex-husband a command , stating that despite some personal setbacks , he deserved his own command . She asked Halsey to keep that from him when assigned the Orville . Mercer and Grayson decide to put their differences aside , to work together as a team and stay as friends . Penny Johnson Jerald as Doctor Claire Finn , the Chief Medical Officer on the Orville , holding the rank of Lieutenant Commander . A physician of exceptional credentials , she has expertise in molecular surgery , DNA engineering and psychiatry , which could have afforded her the privilege of serving on the heavy cruiser of her choice . She instead chose the mid-level exploratory vessel because , as she explains to Mercer in the pilot , she prefers to request her transfers based on where she feels she is needed , as she feels more stimulated by such assignments . When she tells Mercer she felt he could use her help on his first command , he interprets this as lack of confidence on her part in his competence , though she denies this . Having never found the ideal opportunity to marry , she chose to become a single mother , and her two sons , Marcus and Ty , travel aboard the Orville with her . She repeatedly rebuffs Lt. Yaphit 's advances , though they become physically intimate in `` Cupid 's Dagger '' after falling victim to a Retepsian sex pheromone . Scott Grimes as Lieutenant Gordon Malloy , the helmsman of the Orville and Mercer 's best friend . Considered the best helmsman in the fleet , he was relegated to desk duty after an attempt to impress a girl resulted in him shearing the door off a cargo bay during a precarious shuttle docking , losing cargo in the process . He was specifically requested by Mercer despite some hesitation by Admiral Halsey , who harbors concern over Malloy 's history of crude and juvenile pranks . Peter Macon as Lieutenant Commander Bortus , the second officer aboard the U.S.S. Orville . Bortus is from Moclus , a planet whose primary industry is weapons manufacturing , and whose inhabitants , the Moclans , are a single - gender species ( although statistically , one female Moclan is born every seventy - five years ) . Among the peculiarities of the Moclans are that they only urinate once a year . Halston Sage as Lieutenant Alara Kitan , the Orville 's young Chief of Security . She is a member of the Xelayan race , which inhabits a high - gravity planet , giving her greater - than - human strength , allowing her to knock down doors and walls by charging against them , or crush a handheld cube of solid titanium and reshape it into a sphere with her bare hands . She received the Sapphire Star for her role as acting commander after Mercer and Grayson were abducted by the Calivon while Bortus was incubating his egg . J. Lee as Lieutenant ( later Lieutenant Commander ) John LaMarr . He is navigator of the Orville for most of the first season . He and Malloy strike up an immediate friendship in the first episode . Though intellectually gifted , he learned to hide his intelligence and settle for modest ambitions growing up . When Grayson discovers his high aptitude in `` New Dimensions '' , she encourages him to fulfill his potential . As a result , he acquits himself so well during that episode 's crisis that he replaces the outgoing Lt. Commander Newton as the Orville 's Chief Engineer . Mark Jackson as Isaac , the Orville 's Science and Engineering Officer . Isaac is a member of the artificial , non-biological race from Kaylon - 1 that views biological lifeforms , including humans , as inferior . Isaac explains to Mercer in the pilot that the Union 's Admiralty offered a posting to any Kaylon willing to accept it , as an attempt to initiate relations between the two powers . Isaac accepted the offer because he saw it as a way to study human behavior . During the course of his time with the crew , he comes to observe and understand aspects of human behavior , such as sarcasm , slang , and practical jokes . Isaac perceives his surroundings with his body 's internal sensors , and not with the two glowing blue `` eyes '' on his face , which are purely aesthetic . Recurring ( edit ) Victor Garber as Admiral Halsey , Mercer 's superior and an old friend of Grayson 's father Chad Coleman as Klyden , Bortus ' mate and father of their child He revealed that he was actually born a female and had the procedure to correct his gender when he was an infant , only learning about it when he was first examined by a non-Moclan doctor after joining Bortus on his first ship assignment . Norm Macdonald as the voice of Lt. Yaphit , an amorphous , gelatinous , shapeshifting engineer on the Orville , who repeatedly attempts to obtain a date with Dr. Finn , and frequently flirts with other females on the ship . Despite telling her in `` Cupid 's Dagger '' that he is in love with her , she does not reciprocate his attraction , but they become physically intimate in that episode after falling victim to a Retepsian sex pheromone . Larry Joe Campbell as Lieutenant Commander Steve Newton , Chief Engineer of the Orville until episode 1.11 , when he leaves take a new job designing space stations , and is replaced by LaMarr Gavin Lee as Nurse Park Rachael MacFarlane as the voice of the Orville computer Ron Canada as Admiral Tucker Kelly Hu as Admiral Ozawa Guest stars ( edit ) Brian George as Doctor Aronov , the leader of the Epsilon II science station Jeffrey Tambor as Ben , Captain Mercer 's father Holland Taylor as Jeannie , Captain Mercer 's mother Jonathan Adams as the Moclan Arbitrator Rena Owen as Heveena Robert Knepper as Hamelac Liam Neeson as Jahavus Dorahl , Captain of the derelict multi-generation ship Charlize Theron as Pria Lavesque James Horan as Sazeron , the Krill high priest on the Krill destroyer Yakar Michaela McManus as Teleya , a Krill teacher serving on Krill destroyer Yakar Steven Culp as Wilks Brian Thompson as Drogen , a survivalist on a planet on which Finn , Isaac and Finn 's children crash in `` Into the Fold '' Rob Lowe as Darulio , the Retepsian archeologist whose affair with Kelly ended her marriage with Mercer Ralph Garman as Kanoot , a Karaoke announcer on the Orville Mike Henry as Dann , a member of the Engineering staff Robert Picardo as Ildis Kitan , father of Alara Kitan Molly Hagan as Drenala Kitan , mother of Alara Kitan . Episodes ( edit ) No . Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod . code U.S. viewers ( millions ) `` Old Wounds '' Jon Favreau Seth MacFarlane September 10 , 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 10 ) 1LAB01 8.56 25th - century Union command officer Ed Mercer divorces his wife , Kelly Grayson , after catching her cheating on him . A year later , he accepts a position as Captain of the U.S.S. Orville , a mid-level research vessel , and learns to his dismay that his ex-wife has been assigned as his First Officer . During the Orville 's first mission , the hostile alien Krill captain ( Joel Swetow ) attempts to steal a device that accelerates time , which has both beneficial and dangerous applications . Mercer and Grayson rig the device to destroy itself and the Krill vessel . `` Command Performance '' Robert Duncan McNeill Seth MacFarlane September 17 , 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 17 ) 1LAB03 6.63 The technologically advanced Calivon imprison Mercer and Grayson in a replica of their former home as a zoo exhibit . Alara is left in command of the Orville , as Bortus has laid an egg and must incubate it . Alara is unsure of herself , but gains confidence with the help of Claire 's mentorship . Mercer and Grayson wonder if they could have made their relationship work , but finally conclude that they were never compatible for a long - term romantic relationship , despite their strong camaraderie . Admiral Tucker orders Alara to return to Earth instead of approaching the powerful Calivon ; Alara violates these orders and rescues Mercer and Grayson , along with an alien child , by trading an archive of Earth 's reality television for them . Mercer presents Alara with a medal of honor and believes he and Grayson can prevent her from being punished for insubordination . A female offspring hatches from Bortus ' egg , stunning him and Klyden , as Moclan females are extremely rare . `` About a Girl '' Brannon Braga Seth MacFarlane September 21 , 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 21 ) 1LAB04 4.05 When Doctor Finn refuses Bortus and Klyden 's request to have their daughter undergo sex reassignment surgery , which is standard practice for Moclans on the very rare occasions when a female is born , the parents petition Mercer to order the procedure . Mercer refuses , as he ( and the rest of the crew ) object to performing such a procedure on a healthy infant , so Bortus and Klyden arrange to have the procedure performed on a Moclan vessel . Gordon and John change Bortus ' mind by showing him Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer , but Klyden still wants to proceed , revealing that he was born female . The case is arbitrated on the Moclan planet , Moclus , where Grayson represents Bortus ; she casts doubt on the idea of male superiority by demonstrating that Alara is physically strong and Gordon is stupid . Mercer locates a female Moclan of advanced years , Heveena , who testifies that she lived a happy and fulfilling life in seclusion , and reveals that under the pseudonym `` Gondus Elden , '' she has become an esteemed novelist on Moclus . But Klyden and the tribunal are unconvinced , and the baby undergoes the surgery . Despite their disagreement , Bortus and Klyden are committed to one another and to giving their son , Topa , a good life . `` If the Stars Should Appear '' James L. Conway Seth MacFarlane September 28 , 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 28 ) 1LAB02 3.70 The Orville encounters an immense , 2000 - year - old derelict ship drifting into a star . Mercer , Grayson , Kitan , Finn , and Isaac enter , discovering an artificial biosphere and a civilization of 3 million who worship an entity called Dorahl , and do not know they are on a ship . Grayson is held prisoner by their theocratic dictator Hamelac , who imposes a death penalty on `` Reformers '' who believe anything exists beyond the known world . While Bortus takes the Orville to save a colony ship from a Krill attack , Grayson 's crewmates rescue her and lead a group of Reformers to the alien ship 's bridge . An ancient recording from Captain Jahavus Dorahl ( played by Liam Neeson ) reveals that it was a generation ship disabled by an ion storm . Isaac initiates repairs and opens the hull 's window , enabling the populace to see stars for the first time , moving even Hamelac . Mercer makes arrangements for the Union to train the people to operate their ship . Meanwhile , Klyden is frustrated that Bortus ' duties leave him little time for family . 5 `` Pria '' Jonathan Frakes Seth MacFarlane October 5 , 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 05 ) 1LAB05 3.43 The Orville comes to the rescue of a mining ship . Grayson is suspicious of their new guest , Pria Lavesque ( Charlize Theron ) , to whom Mercer is clearly attracted . Grayson 's concerns are shown to have merit when Pria is discovered to be a time - traveling artifact dealer from the 29th Century . Pria claims to have rescued the Orville from a dark matter storm that would have killed them all , mainly so she could sell the ship to an artifact buyer in her own time . She gains control of the ship with an advanced technological device , and their attempt to disable it knocks Isaac out . They travel to the future through a wormhole , but Isaac , whose mind was transferred to the ship 's computer , manages to recover the control of the ship and they to return to their time . They shot the wormhole to close it , and Pria disappears . Meanwhile , Malloy 's attempt to teach Isaac the concept of practical jokes backfires when Isaac anesthetizes Malloy and amputates his leg , forcing Dr. Finn to regenerate it . 6 `` Krill '' Jon Cassar David A. Goodman October 12 , 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 12 ) 1LAB06 3.37 After recovering a Krill shuttle intact , Mercer and Malloy are ordered to pose as Krill soldiers in order to board one of their vessels and get a copy of the Ankhana , a sacred religious text . They are forced to change priorities when they learn that the Krill plan to detonate a powerful bomb over a remote Union colony . Rather than destroy the bomb , and therefore the ship , they exploit the Krill 's natural weakness to sunlight to eliminate all the crew members , with the exception of a classroom full of children and their teacher Teleya , who warns Mercer that his actions will only reinforce the Krill 's hatred for the Union . 7 `` Majority Rule '' Tucker Gates Seth MacFarlane October 26 , 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 26 ) 1LAB07 4.18 An undercover team led by Grayson lands on Sargas 4 , an Earth - like planet with a culture similar to that of 21st - century human civilization , to locate two missing anthropologists . There , LaMarr is arrested after a video of him dancing with a beloved statue receives more than a million `` down '' votes , and must convince the public to pardon him or be subjected to `` treatment '' for his actions . Alara and Claire locate one of the missing , but find him in an irreversible lobotomized state . With LaMarr facing a final vote to determine his guilt , Mercer brings one of the planet 's inhabitants , Lysella , aboard the Orville and learns about the `` Master Feed '' , which Isaac is able to hack and upload doctored images of John , narrowly swinging the vote in his favor . Now free , John and the others return to the ship and depart . The next day , Lysella decides against taking part in a public vote . 8 `` Into the Fold '' Brannon Braga Brannon Braga & André Bormanis November 2 , 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 02 ) 1LAB08 3.83 While traveling to a recreational planet in a shuttle , Isaac , Finn , and her sons Marcus and Ty fall into a spatial fold , and crash on a planet devastated by famine and disease , and populated by cannibals . Finn is separated from the other three and captured by a survivalist named Drogen . While she works to escape , Isaac , who is unfamiliar with the care of human children , is forced to protect her sons while he tries to fix the shuttle 's communication systems in order to send a distress signal . Ty becomes ill with the planet 's indigenous disease . After Finn kills Drogen and reunites with the others , Isaac and Marcus hold off a large attack by the cannibals long enough for the Orville to rescue them . After Finn cures Ty 's infection , Isaac tells her that , for all the faults he sees in the children , he still thinks of them fondly . 9 `` Cupid 's Dagger '' Jamie Babbit Liz Heldens November 9 , 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 09 ) 1LAB09 3.69 The Orville is dispatched to mediate talks between two alien species , the Navarians and the Bruidians , who have been at a centuries - old stalemate over which race lays proper claim over the planet Lapovius . Also assigned to the matter is Darulio ( Rob Lowe ) , the Retepsian whose affair with Grayson a year prior ended her marriage to Mercer , to scan an ancient artifact from the planet for DNA to reveal which species was the original inhabitant . Unbeknownst to the crew , Darulio secretes a sex pheromone as part of his mating cycle , which affects the crew resulting in trysts between Darulio and Grayson , Darulio and Mercer , and Finn and Yaphit . This incapacitates the affected officers , resulting in the Navarian and Bruidian delegates canceling the mediation , and a full - scale battle in orbit around the planet . The crisis is resolved when Darulio and Alara expose the ambassadors to a modified version of the pheromone , resulting in a temporary infatuation that prompts a ceasefire . DNA test results from the artifact reveal that the planet 's inhabitants were common ancestors to both species , legitimizing a mutual claim to the planet . When Grayson asks Darulio if he was in heat a year ago , he only answers `` maybe '' . 10 `` Firestorm '' Brannon Braga Cherry Chevapravatdumrong November 16 , 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 16 ) 1LAB10 3.32 When Lt. Payne is trapped beneath debris during a plasma storm , Alara 's pyrophobia causes her to hesitate , and after he dies , she blames herself . Mercer declines her resignation and suggests she discover the cause of her pyrophobia . She learns from her parents ( Robert Picardo and Molly Hagan ) that , as an infant , her mother fell asleep cradling her when a fire broke out in the kitchen . Alara 's cries woke her up just in time to save them both . Soon , the Orville encounters strange phenomena , including a scary clown , a giant spider that eats Malloy , and murderous versions of Finn and Isaac . It is revealed that Alara is in the holographic simulator , in a program she ordered Isaac to create to simulate any other potential fears she may have , and having Finn erase her short - term memory of having made the request to ensure an authentic reaction to the program . She completes the program , after which Mercer threatens to court martial her for invoking Directive 38 ( allowing the Chief of Security to override the captain 's clearance ) so that no one could abort the simulation early , but decides to let Alara off easy , saying he was impressed by her ability to overcome every obstacle . 11 `` New Dimensions '' Kelly Cronin Seth MacFarlane November 30 , 2017 ( 2017 - 11 - 30 ) 1LAB11 3.63 With Lt. Newton leaving the Orville , Mercer must find a new Chief Engineer . Although Yaphit is next in line for the position , Cmdr . Grayson discovers that LaMarr has been hiding intellectual gifts , stemming from wanting to be better accepted as a child growing up in his community . Grayson convinces Mercer to assign LaMarr to lead an engineering team assignment , in order to evaluate him as a candidate , but when Mercer learns that Grayson similarly pushed for Admiral Halsey to consider him for the Orville 's captaincy , he becomes wracked with doubt and resentment , despite Grayson 's insistence that he was granted his position on merit , and Halsey 's confirmation that Mercer 's performance on the ship has borne this out . Meanwhile , the Orville encounters a thief with a cache of plasma rifles stolen from the Krill , who is killed when he passes into a region of two - dimensional space . To elude the thief 's Krill pursuers , the Orville takes refuge in that region . When the protective quantum bubble around the ship begins to fail , LaMarr , initially daunted by being placed in a leadership position , rises to the occasion , and works with Yaphit to help the ship escape the realm , for which LaMarr is made Chief Engineer and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander . 12 `` Mad Idolatry '' Brannon Braga Seth MacFarlane December 7 , 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 07 ) 1LAB13 3.54 Grayson leads a shuttle team that crashes on a suddenly appearing planet with a Bronze Age society . After leaving the crew discovers the planet phases in to our universe for a short time every 11 days as 700 years passes on the planet . They discover their first visit has resulted in a religion that worships Cmdr . Grayson and has grown into a theocracy resembling Earth 's middle ages . Admiral Ozawa reprimands Mercer for omitting mention of the contamination , and orders no further contact with the planet . Mercer and Grayson defy this order by returning to the planet to inform the society 's religious leader , of the truth , but a subordinate assassinates him . As a result , by the time the planet next appears , it 's society is comparable to early 21st century Earth , with religious bickering and strife . Resolving to end the suffering , Isaac stays on the planet when it phases out , spending 700 years with them . When the planet emerges again , it has progressed to interstellar space travel , and two of its representatives return Isaac to the Orville where they inform the crew that despite the tumultuous effect of his arrival on the planet , its society developed away from worshiping Cmdr . Grayson naturally and suggested that when they progress millennia ahead , they may study the Union . Production ( edit ) Development ( edit ) MacFarlane originally wrote The Orville as a spec script , which was given a 13 - episode order by Fox on May 4 , 2016 , making it the first live - action television series created by MacFarlane , as well as his first live - action starring role on television . Following the project 's greenlight , MacFarlane stated , `` I 've wanted to do something like this show ever since I was a kid , and the timing finally feels right . ( ... ) I think this is gon na be something special . '' According to MacFarlane , The Orville was inspired by The Twilight Zone and Star Trek . He was also encouraged to sell the series due to the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool . On November 2 , 2017 , Fox renewed the series for a second season . On November 15 , it was reported that episode thirteen of season one would be held back and instead air during the second season due to a gap in broadcast dates caused by the broadcaster 's lengthy Christmas programming . Casting ( edit ) On July 29 , 2016 , MacFarlane 's role was revealed to be Ed Mercer , the captain of the Orville , while Adrianne Palicki had been cast as Kelly Grayson , Ed 's ex-wife and the newly appointed first officer of the Orville , and Scott Grimes , who voices Steve Smith on American Dad ! ( another show created by MacFarlane ) , was cast as Gordon Malloy , Ed 's best friend whom he hires to pilot the Orville . On August 19 , Peter Macon and J Lee were cast as series regulars . On October 31 , Halston Sage and Penny Johnson Jerald joined the cast . On December 8 , Mark Jackson was cast . On April 3 , 2017 , Chad L. Coleman was added as a series regular and Larry Joe Campbell was cast in a recurring role . At San Diego Comic Con , MacFarlane said that Charlize Theron would guest - star in an episode . The two had previously co-starred in A Million Ways to Die in the West . Filming ( edit ) On August 24 , 2016 , Jon Favreau signed on to direct the pilot . Production on the pilot episode began in late 2016 , and the rest of the episodes began filming on March 27 , 2017 . Production wrapped on August 23 , 2017 . Star Trek veterans Jonathan Frakes and Robert Duncan McNeill have each directed an episode of The Orville , having directed episodes of the Star Trek franchise . Filming for the second season begins in February 2018 . Music ( edit ) The show uses a 75 - piece orchestra for the music in each episode , alongside several different composers . MacFarlane said `` We score it like a movie '' and `` We really put as much into that as we do into the effects . '' Reception ( edit ) Critical response ( edit ) The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 21 % approval rating , with an average rating of 4.61 / 10 based on 39 critic reviews . Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned a score of 36 out of 100 , based on 21 reviews . Liz Miller writing for IndieWire compared the series to Star Trek , calling it a rip - off and `` Creatively , Morally , and Ethically Bankrupt '' . She criticized the lack of creativity , the blatant imitation , and was surprised that the show is `` uninterested in being a comedy '' . Tim Surette at TV Guide says , `` The truth is , The Orville was never going to win over critics because it 's a throwback and goes against everything modern television is . It 's not that The Orville does n't know what it wants it to be , as critics assume , it 's that it wants to be a little bit of everything '' . Erik Kain of Forbes gave a positive review of the show with the observation that `` All the optimism and sincerity and lightheartedness of Star Trek is here , and in many ways it 's kind of wonderful . I 'm honestly surprised something like this exists . '' He says the critics were wrong and suggests their opinions are based on disliking MacFarlane and his type of humor . Audience response ( edit ) In the October 15 , 2017 , `` The Orville Mid-Season Angry Review '' episode of The Angry Joe Show , host Joe Vargas noted the gulf between the response to the series among critics and viewers , contrasting the Rotten Tomatoes ' 19 % approval rating from professional critics to the 91 % viewer approval rating . Vargas compared this to Star Trek : Discovery , which received an 83 % rating from critics , and stated `` Star Trek fans -- at least the ones that watch my show -- like The Orville way more than they like Star Trek : Discovery '' . Tim Surette of TV Guide also wrote about the critic - to - viewer Rotten Tomatoes rating , noting the balance had shifted to 21 / 93 , and that its Metacritic score was 36 % approval from critics , and 82 % from viewers . As a critic himself , Surette notes that , as a throwback , The Orville is an anomaly in modern television , and found showrunner David A. Goodman 's admission that MacFarlane wants to vary between dramatic and comedic episodes a potentially dangerous strategy , but concedes that the show 's viewers appear to like it for that reason . Ratings ( edit ) After its premiere on Sunday , September 10 , 2017 , the show moved to Thursday nights at 9 p.m. In its first broadcast in the new time slot , The Orville became Fox 's highest rated Thursday 9 p.m. broadcast in two years . After taking into account DVR and VOD , The Orville was Fox 's most - viewed drama debut since the premiere of Empire in 2015 . No . Title Air date Rating / share ( 18 -- 49 ) Viewers ( millions ) DVR ( 18 -- 49 ) DVR viewers ( millions ) Total ( 18 -- 49 ) Total viewers ( millions ) `` Old Wounds '' September 10 , 2017 2.7 / 9 8.56 N / A N / A N / A N / A `` Command Performance '' September 17 , 2017 2.2 / 8 6.63 0.9 2.42 3.1 9.05 `` About a Girl '' September 21 , 2017 1.1 / 4 4.05 N / A N / A N / A N / A `` If the Stars Should Appear '' September 28 , 2017 1.1 / 4 3.70 1.0 3.11 2.1 6.81 5 `` Pria '' October 5 , 2017 0.9 / 3 3.43 3.35 2.1 6.79 6 `` Krill '' October 12 , 2017 1.0 / 4 3.37 1.1 3.32 2.1 6.69 7 `` Majority Rule '' October 26 , 2017 1.2 / 5 4.18 1.1 3.11 2.3 7.29 8 `` Into the Fold '' November 2 , 2017 1.0 / 4 3.83 1.0 2.89 2.0 6.72 9 `` Cupid 's Dagger '' November 9 , 2017 1.0 / 4 3.69 1.1 3.01 2.1 6.70 10 `` Firestorm '' November 16 , 2017 0.9 / 3 3.32 1.0 2.83 1.9 6.13 11 `` New Dimensions '' November 30 , 2017 0.9 / 3 3.63 1.0 2.86 1.9 6.49 12 `` Mad Idolatry '' December 7 , 2017 0.9 / 4 3.54 1.0 2.97 1.9 6.53 References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : `` Shows A-Z -- orville , the on fox '' . 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Left Behind - wikipedia Left Behind Jump to : navigation , search For other uses , see Left Behind ( disambiguation ) . Left Behind The Rising , The Regime , The Rapture , Left Behind , Tribulation Force , Nicolae , Soul Harvest , Apollyon , Assassins , The Indwelling , The Mark , Desecration , The Remnant , Armageddon , Glorious Appearing , Kingdom Come Author Tim LaHaye Jerry B. Jenkins Country United States Language English Genre Christian novels Published 1995 -- 2007 Media type Print ( Hardback & Paperback ) Left Behind is a series of 16 best - selling religious novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins , dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times : the pretribulation , premillennial , Christian eschatological interpretation of the Biblical apocalypse . The primary conflict of the series is the members of the Tribulation Force , an underground network of converts , against an NWO-esque organization , Global Community , and its leader Nicolae Carpathia -- the Antichrist . Left Behind is also the title of the first book in the series . The series was first published between 1995 -- 2007 by Tyndale House , a firm with a history of interest in dispensationalism . The series has been adapted into four films to date . The original series of three films are Left Behind : The Movie ( 2000 ) , Left Behind II : Tribulation Force ( 2002 ) , and Left Behind : World at War ( 2005 ) . A reboot starring Nicolas Cage , entitled simply Left Behind , was released in 2014 through Cloud Ten Pictures . The series also inspired the PC game Left Behind : Eternal Forces ( 2006 ) and its several sequels . Contents ( hide ) 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 2.1 Tribulation Force 3 Response 4 Influences on the authors 5 Reception 5.1 Christian criticisms 5.1. 1 From Catholics 5.1. 2 From Orthodox 5.1. 3 From Protestants 5.1. 3.1 From premillennialists 5.1. 3.2 From others 5.1. 4 Violence 6 Books 7 Spin - offs 8 In other media 8.1 Movies 8.2 Video game 8.3 Albums 8.3. 1 Track listing 8.4 Books 8.5 Graphic novels 9 See also 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links Plot summary ( edit ) Based on a dispensationalist interpretation of prophecies in the Biblical books of Revelation , Daniel , Isaiah and Ezekiel , Left Behind tells the story of the end times ( set in the contemporary era ) , in which true believers in Christ have been `` raptured '' ( taken instantly to heaven ) , leaving the world shattered and chaotic . As people scramble for answers , an obscure Romanian politician named Nicolae Jetty Carpathia rises to become secretary - general of the United Nations , promising to restore peace and stability to all nations . What most of the world does not realize is that Carpathia is actually the Antichrist foretold in the Bible . Coming to grips with the truth and becoming born - again Christians , airline pilot Rayford Steele , his daughter Chloe , their pastor Bruce Barnes , and young journalist Cameron `` Buck '' Williams begin their quest as the Tribulation Force to help save the lost and prepare for the coming Tribulation , in which God will rain down judgment on the world for seven years . Characters ( edit ) Main article : List of Left Behind Characters Tribulation Force ( edit ) The Tribulation Force are a group of underground post-Rapture Christian converts . Throughout the series , they are in conflict with the Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia during the Tribulation , each in accordance with his or her own divinely - determined destiny . The most well known of the Tribulation Force include Rayford Steele , Chloe Steele , Cameron `` Buck '' Williams , Tsion Ben - Judah , and Bruce Barnes ( Deceased ) Response ( edit ) Multiple books in the series have been on the New York Times best - seller list . Starting in 2000 , Books 7 and 8 reached number one on the list followed by book 10 , which debuted at number one . Total sales for the series have surpassed 65 million copies . Seven titles in the adult series have reached # 1 on the bestseller lists for the New York Times , USA Today , and Publishers Weekly . One reason often cited for the books ' popularity is the quick pacing and action , and reflects the public 's overall concern and fascination with the Apocalypse as portrayed in the Biblical Book of Revelation . Michelle Goldberg has written that , `` On one level , the attraction of the Left Behind books is n't that much different from that of , say , Tom Clancy or Stephen King . The plotting is brisk and the characterizations Manichean . People disappear and things blow up . '' The New York Times also compared the series to Clancy 's works . However , those views are not universally shared . Other reviewers have called the series `` almost laughably tedious '' and `` fatuous and boring . '' In 2007 , the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association ( ECPA ) recognized the Left Behind series at its CBA & ECPA Awards Celebration in Atlanta , Georgia with the ECPA Pinnacle Award . ECPA President Mark Kuyper said , `` In many ways this series established Christian fiction as a significant category in publishing in general . '' Jerry Falwell said about the first book in the series : `` In terms of its impact on Christianity , it 's probably greater than that of any other book in modern times , outside the Bible . '' Laurie Goodstein , writing in 1998 for The New York Times , placed what she called the `` '' Left Behind '' phenonemon '' in the calendrical context of the approaching year 2000 . Goodstein noted a ' proliferation ' of similarly apocalyptic texts appearing at that time , by authors such as Jim Bakker and John Hagee . Goodstein cited the opinion of University of Wisconsin historian Paul Boyer who described such authors as `` cashing in on the public preoccupation with the year 2000 '' . Influences on the authors ( edit ) LaHaye and Jenkins cite the influence of Russell Doughten , an Iowa - based filmmaker who directed the Thief in the Night series , a series of four low - budget but popular feature - length films in the 1970s and 80s about the Rapture and Second Coming , starting with 1972 's A Thief in the Night . Indeed , the title Left Behind echoes the refrain of Thief 's early Christian rock theme song by Larry Norman , `` I Wish We 'd All Been Ready , '' in which he sings , `` There 's no time to change your mind , the son has come and you 've been left behind . '' Reception ( edit ) While writing that the series fulfills the norms of mass - market fiction , as mentioned above , magazine writer Michelle Goldberg characterized the books as an attack on Judaism and liberal secularism , and suggested that the near - future `` end times '' in which the books are set seem to reflect the actual worldview of millions of Americans , including many prominent conservative leaders . Christian criticisms ( edit ) From Catholics ( edit ) The books are written from a Protestant viewpoint . As a result , some believe the books are anti-Catholic , noting that many Catholics were not raptured concluding that no religion is free of false converts and that the new pope establishes a false religion . While the fictional Pope , John XXIV , was raptured , he is described as having embraced some of the views of the `` Father of Protestantism '' Martin Luther and it is implied that he was raptured for this reason . His successor , Pope Peter II , becomes Pontifex Maximus of Enigma Babylon One World Faith , an amalgamation of all remaining world faiths and religions . Catholic Answers describes the series as anti-Catholic . The co-author of the book , Jerry B. Jenkins , as well as LaHaye , stated that their books are not anti-Catholic and that they have many faithful Catholic readers and friends . According to LaHaye , `` the books do n't suggest any particular theology , but try to introduce people to a more personal relationship with Jesus . '' From Orthodox ( edit ) David Carlson , a Professor of Religious Studies and a member of the Greek Orthodox Church , wrote that the theology underpinning the Left Behind series promotes a `` skewed view of the Christian faith that welcomes war and disaster , while dismissing peace efforts in the Middle East and elsewhere -- all in the name of Christ '' . From protestants ( edit ) This section is empty . You can help by adding to it . ( March 2016 ) From premillennialists ( edit ) Some premillennialists , while accepting many of the basic beliefs behind the series , describe problems with specific prophetical teachings in the Left Behind books . For instance , in The Mark , Chang Wong receives both the mark of the beast and the sealing of the Lord and he is later accepted into heaven , despite having the mark , because he was drugged and forced to have it against his own free will . This has led some readers to wonder how a Christian can have the mark of the beast and still be saved . From others ( edit ) Along with some other rapture fiction novels , the Left Behind series demonstrates a specific understanding of the Gospel and the Christian life , one with which many have taken issue theologically . The books have not sold particularly well outside of the United States . Dispensationalism remains a minority view among theologians . For instance , amillennial and postmillennial Christians do not believe in the same timeline of the Second Coming as premillennialists , while preterist Christians do not interpret much of the Book of Revelation to predict future events at all . Brian McLaren of the Emergent Church compares the Left Behind series to The Da Vinci Code , and states , `` What the Left Behind novels do , the way they twist scripture toward a certain theological and political end , I think ( Dan ) Brown is twisting scripture , just to other political ends . '' John Dart , writing in Christian Century , characterized the works as `` beam me up theology . '' A very detailed analysis and critique , both theological , and the style of writing , can be found on the Slacktivist blog Violence ( edit ) Some practicing Christians , evangelical and otherwise , along with non-Christians have shown concern that the social perspectives promoted in the Left Behind series unduly sensationalize the death and destruction of masses of people . Harvey Cox , a professor of divinity at Harvard , says part of the appeal of the books lies in the `` lip - licking anticipation of all the blood , '' and theologian Barbara Rossing , author of The Rapture Exposed : The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation , said the books glorify violence . Time magazine said `` the nuclear frights of , say , Tom Clancy 's The Sum of All Fears would n't fill a chapter in the Left Behind series . ( Large chunks of several U.S. cities have been bombed to smithereens by page 110 of Book 3 . ) '' Paul Nuechterlein accused the authors of re-sacralizing violence , adding that `` we human beings are the ones who put our faith in superior firepower . But in the Left Behind novels the darkness of that human , satanic violence is once again attributed to God . '' In that same book ( `` Glorious Appearing '' ) Jesus merely speaks and the bodies of his enemies are ripped open , forcing the Christians to drive carefully to avoid `` hitting splayed and filleted bodies of men and women and horses . '' Books ( edit ) Note : The books are listed initially in story - line ( chronological ) order but then numbered in order of publication . Chron Seq . Pub Seq . Title ( with subtitle ) Pub Date 13 The Rising : Antichrist is Born : Before They Were Left Behind 2005 14 The Regime : Evil Advances : Before They Were Left Behind # 2 2005 15 The Rapture : In the Twinkling of an Eye : Countdown to Earth 's Last Days # 3 2006 Left Behind : A Novel of the Earth 's Last Days 1995 5 Tribulation Force : The Continuing Drama of Those Left Behind 6 Nicolae : The Rise of Antichrist 7 Soul Harvest : The World Takes Sides 1999 8 5 Apollyon : The Destroyer Is Unleashed 1999 9 6 Assassins : Assignment : Jerusalem , Target : Antichrist 1999 10 7 The Indwelling : The Beast Takes Possession 2000 11 8 The Mark : The Beast Rules the World 2000 12 9 Desecration : Antichrist Takes the Throne 13 10 The Remnant : On the Brink of Armageddon 2002 14 11 Armageddon : The Cosmic Battle of the Ages 2003 15 12 Glorious Appearing : The End of Days 16 16 Kingdom Come : The Final Victory 2007 There are also graphic novels , CDs , a Left Behind series for teens , and movies . Audio dramatizations based on the first twelve titles have also been produced for broadcast on Christian radio . The series written for teens , called Left Behind : The Kids , has the same plot as the adult series , but the main protagonists are teenagers . Several of the main books have also been turned into movies by the Canadian motion picture studio Cloud Ten Pictures ; the film titles include : Left Behind : The Movie ( 2000 ) , Left Behind II : Tribulation Force ( 2002 ) , and Left Behind : World at War ( 2005 ) . Two spin - off series have been written : a political series by Neesa Hart and a military series by Mel Odom . A video game , Left Behind : Eternal Forces , was released for the PC on November 6 , 2006 . Its sequel , Left Behind II : Tribulation Force , was released in 2009 . Spin - offs ( edit ) Left Behind : Apocalypse , by Mel Odom Apocalypse Dawn Apocalypse Crucible Apocalypse Burning Apocalypse Unleashed Left Behind : The Kids by Jerry B. Jenkins & Tim LaHaye with Chris Fabry 1 The Vanishings 2 Second Chance 3 Through The Flames 4 Facing The Future 5 Nicolae High 6 The Underground 7 Busted ! 8 Death Strike 9 The Search 10 On The Run 11 Into The Storm 12 Earthquake ! 13 The Showdown 14 Judgment Day 15 Battling The Commander 16 Fire From Heaven 17 Terror In The Stadium 18 Darkening Skies 19 Attack Of Apollyon 20 A Dangerous Plan 21 Secrets Of New Babylon 22 Escape From New Babylon 23 Horsemen Of Terror 24 Uplink From The Underground 25 Death At The Gala 26 The Beast Arises 27 Wildfire ! 28 The Mark Of The Beast 29 Breakout ! 30 Murder In The Holy Place 31 Escape To Masada 32 War Of The Dragon 33 Attack On Petra 34 Bounty Hunters 35 The Rise Of False Messiahs 36 Ominous Choices 37 Heat Wave 38 The Perils Of Love 39 The Road To War 40 Triumphant Return Left Behind : End of State , by Neesa Hart End of State Impeachable Offense Necessary Evils In other media ( edit ) Movies ( edit ) The success of the Left Behind books has led to the release of four motion pictures based on the series so far . All four have been produced by brothers Paul & Peter LaLonde , and have been released through Cloud Ten Pictures , an independent Canadian - based Christian movie studio . The first , Left Behind : The Movie , was based on the first book of the series and was released in 2000 . In a very unusual marketing scheme , the studio released the movie on home video , and then released it to the theaters . The movie fared poorly in theaters . The movie starred former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron as Buck Williams . Cameron , who praised the book series as `` inspiring '' , is a practicing evangelist ( and co-host with Ray Comfort on the TV show The Way of the Master ) . The sequel , Left Behind II : Tribulation Force , based on the second book , Tribulation Force , was released in 2002 . The film debuted at # 2 on Nielson 's video scan reports , behind Spider - Man ( 2002 ) , and was # 1 in terms of overall sales for two days on Amazon.com . The second sequel , Left Behind : World at War , was released first to churches on October 21 , 2005 for church theatrical viewings and was released to DVD and video on October 25 , 2005 . Much of the main cast from the previous two films , excluding Clarence Gilyard , reprised their respective roles for Left Behind : World At War . Gilyard , who played Bruce Barnes , was unable to return for the third movie due to a scheduling conflict with a play in New York . The movie is based very loosely on the final 50 pages of Tribulation Force and features Louis Gossett Jr. as the President of the United States , Gerald Fitzhugh . The third movie was the least identifiable with events in any of the books . Recognizable events were the marriages of Buck with Chloe Steele , and of Rayford Steele with Amanda White ; the death of Bruce Barnes ; and President Fitzhugh 's heading an attack , resulting in World War III , with Great Britain and Egypt fighting against the Global Community . Major parts of the movie , however , were taken from subsequent books in the series . These events include the poisoning of Barnes by GC forces , instead of Nicolae Carpathia himself , and an attempt by Fitzhugh to assassinate Nicolae Carpathia . Buck 's meeting with the President in the books makes it into the movie , but in a totally different form . The movies have been criticized for , among other things , low production values . A Slate reviewer commented that in 2004 , Cloud Ten Pictures made a deal with Sony Entertainment to release all of its pictures under the Sony banner and has been doing so ever since . In 2010 , Cloud Ten Pictures announced that a remake of the Left Behind series was in development , with production set to begin in late 2012 for an October 2014 release date . The movie , starring Nicolas Cage as Steele and Chad Michael Murray as Buck Williams , was released to theaters October 3 , 2014 . It earned overwhelmingly negative reviews and flopped at the box office . Video game ( edit ) The video game Left Behind : Eternal Forces ( 2006 ) and its three sequels , Left Behind : Tribulation Forces , Left Behind 3 : Rise of the Antichrist , and Left Behind 4 : World at War , were developed by a publicly traded company , Left Behind Games . The games are real - time strategy games wherein the player controls a `` Tribulation Forces '' team and allows the player to `` use the power of prayer to strengthen your troops in combat and wield modern military weaponry throughout the game world . '' The original game was released in the United States on November 14 , 2006 , and received mixed reviews . Distribution was initially planned to work through churches and megachurches . Although the original game was accused of encouraging religious violence , not all reviewers of the game or critics of the Left Behind series shared that view . Representatives of the company have responded that the game 's message is pacifist , because shooting nonbelievers instead of converting them costs the player `` spirit points '' , which can be recovered by pausing to pray . The company also responded to these criticisms in an online newsletter , stating , `` There is no violence , only conflict , '' and , `` The most successful way to fight , is through the means of spiritual warfare ; PRAYER and WORSHIP . Soldiers and military weaponry are available , but once anyone plays the game , they 'll see how difficult it is to succeed by using these less effective means of warfare . '' Albums ( edit ) People Get Ready Soundtrack album by Various artists Released November 17 , 1998 Genre Christian music Label Forefront People Get Ready : A Musical Collection Inspired by The Left Behind Series ( 1998 ) is `` a musical collection inspired by the Left Behind series '' . Track listing ( edit ) `` People Get Ready '' Crystal Lewis 4 : 24 `` UFO '' Geoff Moore & The Distance 3 : 08 `` Come Quickly Lord '' Rebecca Saint James 4 : 29 `` I Wish We 'd All Been Ready '' dc Talk 3 : 44 `` Horses '' Margaret Becker 4 : 05 `` Eve of Destruction '' Barry McGuire 3 : 34 `` People Get Ready '' Impressions 2 : 38 `` Thief in the Night '' Big Tent Revival 3 : 38 `` Elijah '' Rich Mullins 5 : 14 `` New Body '' Audio Adrenaline 4 : 00 `` I 'll Lead You Home '' Michael W. Smith 5 : 22 `` Jesus Is Waiting '' Al Green 8 : 08 Books ( edit ) Williams professor Glenn Shuck has written the book Marks of the Beast : The Left Behind Novels and the Struggle for Evangelical Identity , published by NYU Press in 2005 . He followed this with a collection of original essays co-edited with Jeffrey J. Kripal of Rice University on the Esalen Institute in California , published by Indiana University Press in 2005 . Robert M. Price has written the book The Paperback Apocalypse published by Prometheus Books in 2007 which reviewed the whole genre of apocalypse fiction . Graphic novels ( edit ) In 2002 a series of graphic novels published by Tyndale House was launched that comprised the first two books in the series , Left Behind and Tribulation Force . The original idea was to release sets of 3 to 5 novels ( each about 45 -- 50 pages ) for each book in the original series . However , after the 5th and final novel for Tribulation Force was released , the graphic novel series was apparently discontinued , and the novels that were released are now ( as of December 2006 ) out of print . A compilation of the graphic novels for the first book was later released as one novel . See also ( edit ) Christianity portal Armageddon Christian theology Christian Zionism Covenantalism Dispensationalism Futurism Hal Lindsey Historicism Idealism The Late , Great Planet Earth Preterism Rapture Summary of Christian eschatological differences Christian science fiction References ( edit ) Jump up ^ `` Watch Nicolas Cage in the Left Behind Trailer '' . Vulture. 30 May 2014 . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind official website '' . Retrieved 14 May 2014 . ^ Jump up to : `` Official Website of the Left Behind Series '' . Leftbehind.com . Retrieved September 8 , 2007 . Jump up ^ `` New York Times Bestsellers '' . New York Times . June 11 , 2000 . Jump up ^ Goldberg , Michelle ( July 29 , 2002 ) . `` Fundamentally unsound '' . Salon . Archived from the original on December 14 , 2007 . Jump up ^ LaHaye , Tim ; Jenkins , Jerry B. ; Swanson , Sandi ( 2005 ) . The Authorized Left Behind Handbook . Tyndale House Publishers . p. 336 . Jump up ^ Dreyfuss , Robert Dreyfuss ( January 28 , 2004 ) . `` Reverend Doomsday : According to Tim LaHaye , the Apocalypse is now '' . Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2007 - 08 - 06 . Jump up ^ Haber , Gordon Haber ( August 23 , 2004 ) . `` The Ministry of Fear '' . New York Sun . Jump up ^ `` Tim and Beverly LaHaye '' . TIME . Archived from the original on 2005 - 02 - 03 . Retrieved September 8 , 2007 . Jump up ^ Goodstein , Laurie ( October 4 , 1998 ) . `` Fast - Selling Thrillers Depict Prophetic View of Final Days '' . The New York Times . Jump up ^ Dean A. Anderson , The original `` Left Behind '' , Christianity Today , Published 7 March 2012 , Retrieved 13 March 2012 . Jump up ^ `` Salon.com : Fundamentally unsound '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . ^ Jump up to : Catholic.com -- No Rapture for Rome Archived July 6 , 2007 , at the Wayback Machine . Jump up ^ ' Left Behind ' authors begin tour of the South , The Associated Press via USA Today , 2004 - 03 - 31 . Jump up ^ Writing the Rapture : Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America , Crawford Gribben , Oxford University Press , 2009 . Jump up ^ Akin , Jimmy ( 2008 ) . `` Catholic Answers Special Report : False Profit : Money , Prejudice , and Bad Theology in Tim LaHaye 's Left Behind Series '' . Archived from the original on 2008 - 07 - 11 . ^ Jump up to : `` Tim LaHaye : The Left Behind Series '' . Catholic League . Archived from the original on June 29 , 2007 . Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 31 . When a reader complained online that Tribulation Force was anti-Catholic , Left Behind co-author Jerry B. Jenkins vehemently insisted that the books are `` not anti-Catholic '' and that `` almost every person in the book who was left behind was Protestant . Astute readers will understand where we 're coming from . True believers in Christ , regardless of their church ' brand ' will be raptured '' ( Amazon.com , August 26 , 1999 ) . LaHaye responded by insisting that `` our books are not anti-Catholic . In fact , we have many faithful Catholic readers and friends '' ( Religion News Service , June 26 , 2003 ) . The books do n't suggest any particular theology , he said , but try to introduce people to a more personal relationship with Jesus . '' Jump up ^ `` Left Behind '' and the Corruption of Biblical Interpretation `` . Jump up ^ `` Tim & Beverly LaHaye : General Teachings / Activities '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` LeftBehind.com -- General FAQs '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ Boston , Rob ( February 2002 ) . `` If Best - Selling End - Times Author Tim LaHaye Has His Way , Church - State Separation Will Be ... Left Behind '' . Americans United for Separation of Church and State . Archived from the original on 2011 - 11 - 18 . Retrieved 1 April 2015 . ^ Jump up to : Dart , John ( September 25 , 2002 ) . `` ' Beam me up ' theology -- The Debate Over ' Left Behind ' '' . Christian Century Foundation . Archived from the original on 2013 - 10 - 09 . Jump up ^ McLaren , Brian . `` Brian McLaren on the Da Vinci Code '' . Grace Fellowship . Sojourners Magazine . Jump up ^ Barbara R. Rossing ( 1 March 2007 ) . The Rapture Exposed . Basic Books . ISBN 978 - 0 - 465 - 00496 - 6 . ^ Jump up to : John Cloud and Rancho Mirage . `` Meet the Prophet '' . Time . June 23 , 2002 . Jump up ^ John W. Whitehead . `` God So Loved the World that He Gave Us World War III '' . OldSpeak . July 1 , 2004 . Jump up ^ `` Re-Sacralizing Violence in the Left Behind Books '' . May 18 , 2004 . Jump up ^ Nicholas D. Kristof . `` Jesus and Jihad '' . New York Times . July 17 , 2004 . Jump up ^ `` ( All Libraries ) '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` ( All Libraries ) '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Audio '' . LeftBehind.com . p . Products . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind : Military Series '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind : Political Series '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Imdb.com : Left Behind ( 2000 ) -- Box - office / Business '' . IMDb . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ clarionledger.com : Audition for TV role or be ' Left Behind ' Archived 2001 - 07 - 01 at Archive.is Jump up ^ `` End - Times Thriller Left Behind II : Tribulation Force Ousts Spider - Man Over the Weekend to Become the # 1 Selling Video Overall on Amazon.com '' . Manta . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Cloud Ten Plans Big Budget Left Behind Remake '' ( PDF ) . October 13 , 2010 . Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2011 - 10 - 27 . Retrieved 18 January 2015 . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind '' . Retrieved 4 October 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Critics blast ' Left Behind ' '' . USA Today . December 14 , 2006 . Retrieved May 7 , 2010 . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind : Eternal Forces -- The Video Game '' . Adl.org . Archived from the original on 2012 - 03 - 07 . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind : Eternal Forces Review '' . IGN . Jump up ^ `` Reviews : Games : Left Behind : Eternal Forces '' . Artstechnica . p. 1 . Jump up ^ `` Left Behind : Eternal Forces Review '' . GameSpy . Jump up ^ Lelchuk , Ilene ( January 9 , 2011 ) . `` ' Convert or die ' game divides Christians / Some ask Wal - Mart to drop Left Behind '' . The San Francisco Chronicle . Jump up ^ `` LB Games -- Newsletter '' . Jump up ^ People Get Ready ( November 17 , 1998 ) . People Get Ready : A Musical Collection Inspired by The Left Behind Series ( Enhanced Audio CD ed . ) . Forefront . ASIN B00000DMGR . Further reading ( edit ) DeMar , Gary , Left Behind : Separating Fact from Fiction . Powder Springs , Georgia , 2009 . ISBN 0 - 915815 - 38 - 9 Eford , James M. Left Behind ? What the Bible Really Says about the End Times . Macon , Georgia , Smyth & Helys , 2006 . ISBN 1 - 57312 - 461 - 3 Forbes , Bruce David and Jeanne Halgren Kilde ( eds . ) , Rapture , Revelation , and the End Times : Exploring the Left Behind Series . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2004 . ISBN 1 - 4039 - 6525 - 0 Frykholm , Amy Johnson . Rapture Culture : Left Behind in Evangelical America . Oxford University Press , 2004 . ISBN 0 - 19 - 515983 - 7 Monahan , Torin. ( 2008 ) . `` Marketing the Beast : Left Behind and the Apocalypse Industry '' ( pdf ) . Media , Culture , & Society . 30 ( 6 ) : 813 -- 830 . doi : 10.1177 / 0163443708096095 . Olson , Carl E. Will Catholics be Left Behind ? San Francisco , Ignatius Press , 2003 . ISBN 0 - 898709 - 50 - 4 Standaert , Michael , 2006 Skipping Towards Armageddon : The Politics and Propaganda of the Left Behind Novels and the LaHaye Empire ( Soft Skull Press ) Reed , David A. , LEFT BEHIND Answered Verse by Verse . Morrisville , NC : Lulu.com , 2008 . ISBN 1 - 4357 - 0873 - 3 Rossing , Barbara R. , The Rapture Exposed : The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation , New York : Basic Books , 2004 . ISBN 0 - 8133 - 4314 - 3 Shuck , Glenn W ... Marks Of The Beast : The Left Behind Novels And The Struggle For Evangelical Identity . New York University Press , 2004 . ISBN 0 - 8147 - 4005 - 7 Gribben , Crawford , Rapture Fiction and the Evangelical Crisis . Evangelical Press , 2006 . ISBN 0 - 85234 - 610 - 7 . Snow Flesher , LeAnn , Left Behind ? The Facts Behind the Fiction . Valley Forge , Judson Press , 2006 . ISBN 0 - 8170 - 1490 - X Tuley , Glenn , Not Left Behind : A Tribulation Survival Manual . Bedford , TX , Burkhart Books , 2015 . ISBN 978 - 1 - 940359 - 25 - 0 External links ( edit ) Official website Archive of Left Behind radio shows in RealAudio WELS Topical Q&A : Left Behind Series ( a Confessional Lutheran perspective ) ( hide ) Left Behind Tim LaHaye Jerry B. 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EuroMillions - wikipedia EuroMillions Jump to : navigation , search Participating countries in EuroMillions : original countries ( February 2004 ) other countries ( October 2004 ) EuroMillions tickets EuroMillions is a transnational lottery requiring 7 correct numbers to win the jackpot . It was launched on 7 February 2004 by France 's Française des Jeux , Spain 's Loterías y Apuestas del Estado and the United Kingdom 's Camelot . The first draw was held on Friday 13 February 2004 in Paris . Initially , only the UK , France and Spain participated , with the Austrian , Belgian , Irish , Luxembourgish , Portuguese and Swiss lotteries joining for the 8 October 2004 drawing . Draws are held every Tuesday and Friday night at 20 : 45 CET in Paris . A standard EuroMillions ticket costs € 2.50 , £ 2.50 or CHF 3.50 per line played , depending on the local currency . An option called Plus is currently available only in Ireland , adds € 1.00 per line ; as of February 2014 , a non-optional addition called `` My Million '' in France adds € 0.50 per line , while in Portugal it 's called `` M1lhão '' and represents € 0.30 of the whole € 2.50 bet . The cost of playing in the UK increased from £ 1.50 to £ 2.00 per line on 7 November 2009 , due to the combination of the EUR / GBP exchange rate , and an automatic entry in its Millionaire Raffle . From 24 September 2016 the cost per line increased from £ 2.00 to £ 2.50 in the UK . From September 24 , 2016 the amount of lucky stars changed from a pool of 11 to a pool of 12 numbers . Decreasing the jackpot winning odds from 1 : 117million to 1 : 140million . From September 24 , 2016 the cost of entry in Ireland and Spain rose to € 2.50 per line . All prizes , including the jackpot , are tax - free ( except in Switzerland , Spain and Portugal since 2013 ) and are paid as a lump sum . Contents ( hide ) 1 Play 2 Eligibility 3 Prize structure 4 EuroMillions Trust 5 Super Draws and Event draws 6 Distribution of revenue 7 Email scams making use of EuroMillions brand name 8 EuroMillions Plus ( Ireland only ) 9 UK Millionaire Maker 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Play ( edit ) The player selects five main numbers which can be any number from 1 to 50 . The player selects two different lucky star numbers from a pool of 12 numbers . Draws take place at 20 : 45 every Tuesday and Friday in Paris . The results are published shortly after the draw on associated and independent websites around 23 : 00 hours . To participate in the EuroMillions Lotto , tickets can be purchased from many outlets , namely at licensed stores and online websites . The gameplay changed on Tuesday 10 May 2011 with a second weekly draw and the number of `` lucky stars '' in the Pacquerette machine increasing from 9 to 11 . A prize for matching two main numbers and no lucky stars was also introduced on the same date . On Saturday 24 September 2016 the number of `` lucky stars '' increased again , from 11 to 12 . Eligibility ( edit ) According to the Euromillions rules page , no restriction on nationality of buyer exists . Tourists / Non-residents are eligible to participate in the EuroMillions lottery as long as they aged 18 or over . The minimum age differs in some countries , e.g. it is 16 years in the UK . The game is currently available to players in Andorra , Austria , Belgium , France ( including overseas regions and collectivities ) , Ireland , the Isle of Man , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , Monaco , Portugal , Spain , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . Prize structure ( edit ) As of 24 September 2016 the structure of the draw was changed , with the Lucky Star being drawn from a pool of 12 numbers instead of the old 11 . The prize structure as of Tuesday 27 September 2016 is as follows : Main numbers Lucky stars Probability of winning ( a ) % of prize fund ( b ) Expected winnings ( € ) Expected winnings ( £ ) Fraction % 0 1 in 22 4.57 % 18.25 % € 4 £ 3.30 1 in 49 2.03 % 14.85 % € 8 £ 6.00 1 in 188 0.53 % 4.95 % € 10 £ 7.60 0 1 in 314 0.32 % 3.50 % € 12 £ 9.00 1 in 706 0.14 % 1.85 % € 14 £ 10.70 1 in 985 0.10 % 1.75 % € 19 £ 14.20 0 1 in 13,811 0.0072 % 0.38 % € 58 £ 43.30 1 in 14,125 0.0071 % 0.67 % € 104 £ 78.00 1 in 31,075 0.0032 % 0.48 % € 164 £ 123.00 1 in 621,503 0.00016 % 0.45 % € 3,076 £ 2,307.30 5 0 1 in 3,107,515 0.000032 % 0.92 % € 31,448 £ 23,586.00 5 1 in 6,991,908 0.000014 % 3.95 % € 303,798 £ 227,848.80 5 1 in 139,838,160 0.00000072 % 43.2 % or 27 % ( X ) Jackpot Jackpot Booster fund 4.8 % or 21 % ( X ) Overall 1 in 13 7.71 % 100 % € 14 £ 10.70 The booster fund is available to contribute to the jackpot , for example to boost the initial jackpot in a sequence of growing jackpots . The amount utilized each week is determined in advance by the participating lotteries . ( a ) per entry ( b ) prize fund = 50 % of sales main draw ( b ) sales main draw = € 2.20 in pounds sterling per entry ( exchange rate ! ) times number of entries ( X ) draw 1 to 6 : 43.2 % + 4.8 % & draw 7 ( or higher ) : 27 % + 21 % expected winnings ( £ ) exchange rate : € 1.00 = £ 0.75 The odds of winning any prize at all are 1 in 13 The odds of getting none of the 50 main balls but getting both lucky stars is approximately 1 in 115 . This means that it is less likely than getting 2 main balls and one lucky star ( 1 in 49 ) . However , there is no prize for only getting 2 lucky stars . The figures for the estimated prize are just a guide , and the actual amount varies according to the total in the prize fund and the number of winners for each prize . ( Estimated prizes as per reverse of UK playslip ) If the Jackpot is not won , it rolls over to the next draw . Effective 7 November 2009 new rules were put in place regarding rollovers . The new rules introduce the Jackpot Pool Cap . The jackpot will continue to rollover until the Jackpot reaches or exceeds € 185,000,000 , the Jackpot will remain at € 185,000,000 and any additional prize money rolled over will be added to the jackpot pool for the next lower prize level containing at least one winner ( 5 main numbers + 1 Lucky Star or possibly even just five main numbers ) . After winning the Jackpot with a Jackpot Pool Cap , the Jackpot Pool Cap grows by € 5,000,000 . ( In other words , after the capped Jackpot of € 185,000,000 is won , the next Jackpot Pool Cap is € 190,000,000 , then the next time € 195,000,000 etc . ) If the € 190,000,000 Jackpot is still not won , the Jackpot will continue to be € 190,000,000 for the next draw if it is won , and again any additional prize money will be added to the jackpot pool for the next lower prize level containing at least one winner . A new rule change of 12 January 2012 locks the Jackpot cap at € 190,000,000 permanently and if the jackpot is not won after two draws , the prize money will be distributed amongst the winners at the next level . A new rule change of 24 September 2016 : if the jackpot is not won after five draws , the prize money will be distributed amongst the winners at the next level . EuroMillions trust ( edit ) The participating national lotteries in the EuroMillions game have each established a EuroMillions Trust account . This is used for the settlement of all amounts due and for holding amounts in respect of future prizes . This trust arrangement protects the participating lotteries between them from a default from one of the national companies and ultimately the players ' interests . EuroMillions is the largest euro lottery , its history of creation is dated back to the distant year of 1994 when several EU countries first had the idea of launching a multi-European lottery . Super draws and event draws ( edit ) Super Draws and Event draws are special drawings when the Jackpot is set to a guaranteed amount - often € 100,000,000 . The difference being that a Super Draw jackpot will roll over to the next drawing if not won but an Event Draw jackpot will be distributed amongst the winners in the next lower tier ( i.e. match 5 + 1 ) . So far there has not been an event draw , until now , jackpots in a Super Draw have rolled over to the next drawing if not won The first Super draw of 2011 took place on Tuesday 10 May to mark the introduction of the second weekly Euromillions draw and changes to the game format ( 11 lucky stars instead of 9 and a new `` match 2 main numbers and no lucky stars '' prize tier ) . The first Super draw of 2016 took place on Friday 30 September to introduce the change to the game format ( 12 lucky stars instead of 11 and increased price ) . Super draws have been held to date on 9 February 2007 ( € 100 million ) ; 28 September 2007 ( € 130 million ) ; 8 February 2008 ( € 130 million ) ; 26 September 2008 ( € 130 million ) ; 6 March 2009 ( € 100 million ) ; 18 September 2009 ( € 100 million ) ; 5 February 2010 ( € 100 million ) ; 1 October 2010 ( € 100 million ) ; 10 May 2011 ( € 100 million ) ; 4 October 2011 ( € 100 million ) ; 28 September 2012 ( € 100 million ) ; 22 March 2013 ( € 100 million ) ; 7 June 2013 ( € 100 million ) ; 15 November 2013 ( € 100 million ) ; 7 March 2014 ( € 100 million ) ; 3 October 2014 ( € 100 million ) ; 6 March 2015 ( € 100 million ) ; 5 June 2015 ( € 100 million ) ; 6 November 2015 ( € 100 million ) ; 30 September 2016 ( € 130 million ) ; 30 June 2017 ( € 100 million ) ; 15 September 2017 ( € 130 million ) . 20 April 2018 ( € 130 million ) . ( A € 100,000,000 Super draw was planned for 6 June 2014 but was cancelled when the jackpot rolled over to € 105,000,000 ) . ( This is a change to the game rules as of 4 April 2011 when the Event Draw was added . ) Distribution of revenue ( edit ) In the UK , the total EuroMillions revenue is broken down as follows : Breakdown of UK EuroMillions revenue 0.5 % in profit to Camelot 4.5 % in operating costs 5 % in commission to the retailers . 12 % to the UK Government ( Lottery Duty ) 28 % for the `` Good Causes '' 50 % to winners Email scams making Use of EuroMillions brand name ( edit ) When Chris and Colin Weir , one couple who won the EuroMillions , pledged to donate their prize money to good causes , cyber criminals started using the couple 's name in their email scams to fool the general public and ultimately cheat them of money . EuroMillions Plus ( Ireland only ) ( edit ) In June 2007 , with the success of the main EuroMillions game , the Irish National Lottery launched EuroMillions Plus . For an extra € 1 per line , players could enter the additional draw with the top prize each week of € 500,000 . Sales of the main EuroMillions in Ireland for 2006 were over € 145 million ; this success led to the introduction of ' Plus ' . UK Millionaire Maker ( edit ) Since November 2009 at least one UK player every week has won a guaranteed £ 1,000,000 . With the introduction of the Tuesday EuroMillions Draw on Tuesday 10 May 2011 there were 2 Millionaire Raffle winners each week . The latest changes to Euromillions in September 2016 now mean that two guaranteed Millionaire Raffle winners are made per draw , or 4 per week across the two draws . According to the Euromillions website , the chances of winning the UK Millionaire Maker game on a Tuesday can be estimated as 1 in 1,900,000 but can shrink to 1 in 2,250,000 in the events of rollovers . On a Friday , it can be calculated as 1 in 2,950,000 but again the odds can fall to 1 in 3,400,000 in the events of a 4 times rollover . Winning in this game depends entirely on the number of the playslips sold so the odds fluctuate . The odds may also fluctuate during a super draw or a special event in the UK Millionaire Raffle . Prices per line in the UK increased by 50p to £ 2.00 . The 50p was added due to weak exchange rates between the pound and the euro and to cover the expense of the new Millionaire Maker . On 24 September 2016 the price per line in the UK was increased by an additional 50p to £ 2.50 . See also ( edit ) Eurojackpot - a similar transnational lottery in Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , Germany , Hungary , Iceland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , the Netherlands , Norway , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain and Sweden . Lottery Vikinglotto - a similar transnational lottery in Denmark , Sweden , Norway , Finland , Iceland , Latvia , Lithuania , Estonia and Slovenia . References ( edit ) Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Paragraph 7.1 ( Translation : `` The draws for the Euro Millions game take place on Tuesday and Friday evenings at the time specified by the organisers of the game , which is around 21 : 45 ( CET ) , Paris time . '' ) Jump up ^ `` Home '' . The National Lottery. 11 September 2012 . Archived from the original on 22 September 2012 . Retrieved 22 September 2012 . Jump up ^ `` Players ' Guide to EuroMillions '' . National Lottery . Archived from the original on 4 September 2012 . Retrieved 22 September 2012 . Jump up ^ `` EuroMillions Interactive Game Procedures '' . The National Lottery. 27 February 2012 . Archived from the original on 3 September 2012 . Retrieved 22 September 2012 . Jump up ^ `` EuroMillions draw : lottery postponed after jackpot naturally passes € 100 million mark after rollovers and strong ticket sales '' . The Independent . 5 June 2014 . Archived from the original on 11 May 2015 . Jump up ^ `` EuroMillions Game Procedures '' . The National Lottery. 27 February 2012 . Retrieved 22 September 2012 . Jump up ^ Correspondence with help at national-lottery.co.uk , 8 November 2007 . Jump up ^ `` BBC News - Lottery win : Euromillions couple are ' tickled pink ' '' . BBC News . 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 4 June 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Slay Hoax : Chris and Colin Weir Email Scam '' . Retrieved 4 June 2014 . Jump up ^ `` Internet fraudsters pose as lotto millionaires Colin and Chris Weir - Daily Record '' . Retrieved 4 June 2014 . External links ( edit ) UK National Lottery Irish National Lottery Belgium National Lottery Portugal National Lottery Spain National Lottery Swiss Lottery Austrian National Lottery Luxembourg National Lottery French National Lottery Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EuroMillions&oldid=837709139 '' Categories : Lottery games Mega Ball lottery games Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from November 2015 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Español Esperanto Français Galego 한국어 Hrvatski Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Română Русский Svenska 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 22 April 2018 , at 14 : 52 . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply . By using this site , you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . 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