Fox’s “The Orville” will not have a new episode this week, instead there will be a rerun of an old episode.  This decision on behalf of Fox not to release an episode has prompted discussion about why this occurred.  Fox has not directly explained the reasoning for pulling the episode, but many speculate that they would not be able to compete with playoff baseball, particularly with the New York Yankees doing so well.  There was also another speculation on television gossip sites that the show is canceled, but this also did not come directly from fox.  The show is likely not canceled, but just taking a week off to prevent another big ratings slump.  It will be interesting, however, to see how this strategy plays out as World Series programming is scheduled to start next week. With the Yankees possibly in the World Series, that is bound to be the most watched program of those nights.