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Why wasn't it on tonight?


They skipped a week?

Mub

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Network didn't want it opposite World Series. It will be on this coming Thursday.

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The World Series doesn't start until Tuesday.

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My bad.
"FOX hasn’t given an official reason why The Orville isn’t airing tonight, but many fans think it’s because FOX doesn’t want the show to compete with baseball, possibly hurting its ratings. The Dodgers and the Cubs are facing off tonight at the same time... Even though the World Series is next week, The Orville will still be airing a new episode anyway. This is likely because the show won’t actually be competing with the World Series, which doesn’t have a game on Thursday, October 26."
https://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/10/the-orville-rerun-tonight-when-return-episode-7/

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Thanks, all. That link sums it up well.

I rarely watch TV, and didn't even know the series is coming up.

Mub

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Sorry, I guess I'm a little bitter. I'm a die-hard Cub fan who was hoping the Cubs would repeat. So I knew all too well that the game I was watching that night was not a World Series game ... and I probably won't be watching the World Series now that my Cubbies did not beat the Dodgers.

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