This extends beyond even sports to fans of virtually anything.
Still there is seemingly one cultural medium that has historically proven impervious to this fandom number crunching: television.
Maybe its because TV shows have no box office results so we have nothing to compare their budgets to.
Whatever the reason weve just never been that interested or invested in knowing how much TV shows cost.
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Game of Throneshas changed things.
Another important thing to note is that all of these budgets are estimates.
Take each with a grain of salt but trust that the estimates are the best available we currently have.
Sense8 $9 million per episode.
Sense8presented an interesting case for Netflix.
Netflix then had an interesting, pop cultural case study-worthy decision to make.
Was $9 million per episode a fair cost to pay for a small but devoted fanbase?
Turns out it wasnt andSense8was granted only one more season plus a two-hour series finale to wrap things up.
Moreso than any other show on this list,Romeseems to be the show most doomed by its budget.
Friends (season 10) $10 million per episode
Look, I know this sounds absolutely insane.
Back in 2003,Friends10th andfinal season cost more moneyper episode thanSense8,Marco PoloorRome.
Most of this is of course due to the casts famously high pricetag.
Game of Thrones $10-14 million per episode (speculation)
Heres the show weve been waiting for!
The problem is we dont know the full budget for season 7 yet.
read more: Game of Thrones Season 8 Predictions and Theories
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If youve ever watchedBand of Brothers, that $125 million seems downright thrifty.
This is an impossibly epic and definitive war series.
The cast is expansive, everything is period-accurate and the action is legitimately terrifying.
This is truly the first step in TVs capacity to create a cinematic spectacle.
$13 million per episode
Man, NBC must have really been hurting in the late 90s/early00s.
ThenE.R.became a free agent and also just happened to be the most watched scripted show on television.
It also presents Netflix with its greatest chance to take home Golden Globes and Emmys for the foreseeable future.
Netflix is almost certainly willing to pay$130 million for 10 episodes for that.
Where does that $130 million go?
Absolutely wherever the show wants it.
This includes a recreation of Queen Elizabeths wedding dress that cost $35,000.
The Get Down $16 million per episode
Netflix has four TV shows in total on this list.
Netflix always knew that filmmaker Baz Luhrmanns vision of a hip hop period drama would be expensive.
They were anticipating spending $120 million total for 12 episodes.
That $11 million per episode mark would have been Netflixs second most expensive show ever afterThe Crown.
But then the budget kind of just got away from Luhrmann and Netflix.
To add insult to injury,The Get Downwas then poorly received and canceled after one season.
