I think the CFC only counts the part of the budget going to crew and vendors and whatnot so that 5m per episode isn't counting writers, directors, actors, etc..Hmmm. I read somewhere that The Orville cost 7 mil a pop. Maybe that was season 1? Still. off the approved project tax break list? Curious, but not unexpected.
And based on the CFC numbers season 1 of Orville was about 3.3m per episode.