Top 10 Most Expensive TV Shows Per Episode
Some of these are based on estimates, since TV networks don’t necessarily publish the budgets for their shows. Here are the top 10 highest budgets for TV shows, whether cable,…
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Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live nation EntertainmentSome of these are based on estimates, since TV networks don't necessarily publish the budgets for their shows. Here are the top 10 highest budgets for TV shows, whether cable, network or streaming.
#10 Sense8 - This is a Netflix series that cost $9 million per episode.
#9 Marco Polo - Another Netflix series that cost $9 million per episode.
#8 Rome - $9.7 million HBO series
#7 Friends - Season 10 cost $10 million per episode
#6 Game of Thrones - $10-14 million per episode on HBO, but this is based on speculation.
#5 Band of Brothers - Another HBO series, this one cost $12.5 million per episode
#4 E.R. - $13 million per episode
#3 The Crown - Yet another Netflix series, $13 million per episode
#2 The Get Down - Netflix...bet you never heard of this one! It cost $16 million per episode
#1 The Pacific - Another HBO series at a whopping $20 million per episode
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