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    [OC] Die teuersten Fernsehsendungen aller Zeiten

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    1. MapPanda on

      This graph shows the most expensive TV shows ever produced based on average cost per episode. Budget figures reflect verified production costs from trade publications including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Forbes, (with some cross referencing from Wikipedia) calculated across all seasons to provide true per-episode averages rather than inflated first-season costs.

      Amazon Prime has the top two most expensive shows ever made with Citadel at $50M per episode and The Rings of Power at $47.8M per episode. Disney+ has four of the top ten (Secret Invasion, Andor, The Acolyte, WandaVision).

      Streaming platforms occupy eight of the ten spots, with only HBO’s The Pacific and House of the Dragon representing traditional television.

      Stranger Things – having the most episodes – has the biggest total budget at nearly a billion dollars, followed by The Rings of Power and Andor.

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    2. ContrlAltCreate on

      I have never heard of Citadel, how heavily was/is it marketed if its the most expensive per episode?

    4. roodootootootoo on

      I remember seeing a promo for Citadel, then just forgot about it. How did they outspend LOTR, Marvel, and Star Wars?!

    5. breakfasteveryday on

      Most expensive ever or on Prime? Also it is mind-boggling how many of these are shitty or mid.

    6. timmeh87 on

      this kind of thing really only makes sense if it is adjusted for inflation… is it?

      edit nvm a list is here and it ~~contradicts the graph~~ someone points out its by individual season

      [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_television_series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_television_series)

      Second edit holy hell i didn’t realize LOTR (5 season commitment) cost a billion dollars. jesus its like 10 individual movies

    7. lRainZz on

      Damn I’ve only seen Stranger Things out of the bunch, are the others worth it or just marketing hype?

    9. adamcmorrison on

      Just goes to show that more money doesn’t always equal better product.

    10. warlocktx on

      The $$ for Secret Invasion must have been for Samuel Jackson’s salary, because it certainly wasn’t spent on the script or the SFX

    11. stephenBB81 on

      I like this graphic.

      Friends and I were talking about something similar a couple of weeks ago though we were wondering what the most expensive TV show per viewer was. ( although none of us wanted to do the leg work to figure it out)

      Like did Rings of power get double the viewership of house of the Dragon? is so the value is close to the same, but if not, well makes sense for it not continuing kind of thing.

    12. Urban_Heretic on

      Yeah, but Discovery Channels‘ 2006 show, „Ocean’s Deadliest“ cost us Steve Irwin, so that’s my #1.

    13. Revolutionary-Farm55 on

      Why the hell is Citadel. Got to sting that no one has even heard of it…

    16. kayl_breinhar on

      There were parts of *Masters of the Air* that I liked, but with how CGI-heavy it was, I’m having a hard time believing it was expensive.

      What wasn’t CGI was just „stuff happening in rooms.“

    18. vincenzodelavegas on

      Andor is truly worth it, if you don’t like the Star Wars world, this TV show is for you.

    19. Popka_Akoola on

      I am proud to say I have not seen a single episode of any of these tv shows

    24. Kapot_ei on

      Excellent visualisation why budget doesn’t equal quality. Half of these suck.

    25. brooke360 on

      I thought Three Body was like 20mil an episode? Shouldn’t that be top of the list?

    26. Uptons_BJs on

      One thing to consider is that traditionally, a major stream of income for actors on successful TV shows was endless residuals once your show ended up on syndication. Traditionally speaking, your show needs 100 episodes to get to syndication.

      Thus, a lot of actors were gladly willing to take much lower upfront salaries to ensure that the show succeeds, and to have the budget to make more episodes. Streamers on the other hand, don’t typically pay residuals, thus, it costs a lot more in up front budget for them to make shows.

      Based on what I can find, the core cast of Friends were making $20 million/year each, while the core cast of the Big Bang Theory makes $10 million/year each. Obviously, TV actors were willing to accept the deal for less up front pay, on the tradeoff that if the show succeeds they will receive millions a year in residuals for the rest of their life.

    29. coarse_glass on

      Having grown up in the 80’s I remembered Airwolf having a massive budget for the era. I was curious how it stacked up when adjusted for inflation. Comes up at a paltry $3.5-$4 million per episode. Crazy how much more money is thrown at shows now

    30. Hyperion1144 on

      I’ve only watched two of those. I’ve never even heard of Citadel. It must have been terrible.

    31. Karash770 on

      Where did all of that budget for Stranger Things go? The show is not super heavy on CGI and the actors weren’t particularly Hollywood’s A-Tier.

      I’m surprised One Piece isn’t up there, thought I heard someone calling it the most expensive show Netflix ever produced.

    35. TooSmalley on

      The flop to success ratio here is wild.

      Also lol @ Citadel. I hope that show gets reviled to be a money laundering scheme because their has to be an explanation for why something so expensive is ass.

    36. MedonSirius on

      Andor ❤️ so sad that it has to end. Everyone who watched Rouge One knows that, but man what an awesome series!

    37. keepthafuckout on

      So much money spent on rings of power and still one of the worst fuck ups…

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