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Cost per episode

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Over US $20 million

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Most expensive television series (cost per episode)
Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref.
Unadjusted 2024 inflation
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 1) 2022 58 62 [1][2]
Citadel 2023 50 52 [3]
Secret Invasion 2023 35.3 36 [4]
Stranger Things (season 4) 2022 30 32 [5]
The Acolyte 2024 29 29 [6]
WandaVision 2021 25 29 [4]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021 25 29 [4]
Loki (season 1) 2021 25 29 [7]
Hawkeye 2021 25 29 [4]
Ms. Marvel 2022 25 27 [4]
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022 25 27 [4]
Moon Knight 2022 24.5 26 [4]
Loki (season 2) 2023 23.5 24 [8]
Andor (season 1) 2022 20.8 22 [9]
The Pacific 2010 20 29 [3]
House of the Dragon 2022–2024 20 21 [3]
3 Body Problem 2024 20 20 [10]
Severance (season 2) 2025 20 20 [11][12]

Over US $10 million

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Most expensive television series (cost per episode)
Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref.
Unadjusted 2024 inflation
One Piece (season 1) 2023 18 19 [13]
The Wheel of Time (seasons 1 and 2) 2021–2023 16.2 17 [3]
The Mandalorian 2019–2023 15 18 [4]
See 2019–2022 15 18 [3]
Game of Thrones (season 8) 2019 15 18 [14]
The Book of Boba Fett 2021 15 17 [4]
The Sandman (season 1) 2022 15 16 [13]
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022 15 16 [4]
Ahsoka 2023 15 15 [4]
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024 15 15 [10]
The Crown (season 6) 2023 14.4 15 [15]
The Crown (season 5) 2022 14.3 15 [16]
Arcane 2021–2024 13.8 14 [3]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2023 13.5 14 [17]
ER (seasons 6 and 7) 1999–2001 13 29 [18]
Pachinko (season 1) 2022 13 14 [3]
Band of Brothers 2001 12.5 22 [3]
The Boys 2019–2024 11 11 [3]
The Crown (season 4) 2020 10.9 13 [16]
Game of Thrones (season 6) 2016 10 13 [19]
The Crown (season 3) 2019 10 12 [16]
His Dark Materials 2019–2022 10 12 [3]
The Witcher 2019–2023 10 12 [3]
The Last of Us (season 1) 2023 10 10 [20]
Halo 2022–2024 10 10 [3]

Over US$1 million

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Most expensive television series (cost per episode)
Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref.
Unadjusted 2024 inflation
Sense8 2015–2018 9 11 [3]
The Crown (season 2) 2017 8.2 11 [16]
Stranger Things (season 2) 2017 8 10 [13]
Ted (season 1) 2024 8 8 [21]
The Crown (season 1) 2016 7 9 [16]
Watership Down 2018 6.7 8 [22]
Game of Thrones (season 2) 2012 6 8 [23]
Stranger Things (season 1) 2016 6 8 [13]
The Night Manager (season 1) 2016 5 7 [24]
Boardwalk Empire (season 1) 2010 5 7 [23]
House of Cards (season 1) 2013 4.5 6 [25]
House of Cards (seasons 2 and 3) 2014–2015 4.23 6 [26]
Hemlock Grove (season 1) 2013 4 5 [27]
Orange Is the New Black (season 1) 2013 4 5 [27]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (season 1) 2008–2009 2.65 4 [28]
Now and Again 1999–2000 2.4 4 [29]
Cheers (season 10) 1991–1992 2.2 5 [30]
Nash Bridges (seasons 3 to 6) 1996–2001 2 4 [31][32]
Miami Vice (season 2) 1985–1986 2 6 [33]
Stargate SG-1 (season 10) 2006–2007 2 3 [34]
Stargate SG-1 (season 8) 2004–2005 1.7 3 [35]
Walking with Dinosaurs 1999 1.6 3 [36]
The Flash 1990–1991 1.6 4 [37]
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (season 1) 1992 1.5 3 [38]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 1) 1993 1.5 3 [38]
The Untouchables (season 1) 1993 1.5 3 [38]
Stargate Atlantis (season 1) 2004–2005 1.5 2 [35]
The Simpsons (season 7) 1995–1996 1.5 3 [39]
Stargate SG-1 (season 1) 1997–1998 1.3 2 [40]
Dallas 1978–1991 1.2 3 [41]
Dynasty (season 9) 1988–1989 1.2 3 [41]
Falcon Crest (season 6) 1986–1987 1 3 [42]
Farscape 1999–2003 1 2 [43]
Afro Samurai 2007 1 2 [44]
Da Vinci's Inquest (season 4) 2001–2002 1 2 [45]
Space: Above and Beyond 1995–1996 1 2 [31]

Total cost

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Most expensive television series (total cost)
Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Network Ref.
Unadjusted 2024 inflation
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 2022–present 1,000 1,032 Amazon Prime Video [46]
The Crown 2016–2023 648 669 Netflix [15]
Andor 2022–2025 645 645 Disney+ [47]
Game of Thrones 2011–2019 630 775 HBO [48]
Stranger Things 2016–2022 470 505 Netflix [13]
See 2019–2022 360 443 Apple TV+ [3]
The Mandalorian 2019–2023 360 443 Disney+ [4]
House of the Dragon 2022–2024 360 387 HBO [3]
The Boys 2019–2024 352 352 Amazon Prime Video [3]
The Sopranos 1999–2007 301 456 HBO [3]
Citadel 2023 300 310 Amazon Prime Video [49]
The Wheel of Time (seasons 1 and 2) 2021–2023 261 269 Amazon Prime Video [3]
The Morning Show (season 1) 2019 250 307 Apple TV+ [48]
Arcane 2021–2024 248 256 Netflix [3]
The Witcher 2019–2023 240 295 Netflix [3]
His Dark Materials 2019–2022 230 283 BBC One
HBO 		[3]
The Acolyte 2024 230 230 Disney+ [6]
WandaVision 2021 225 261 Disney+ [4]
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022 225 242 Disney+ [4]
Sense8 2015–2018 216 270 Netflix [3]
Secret Invasion 2023 212 219 Disney+ [4]
The Pacific 2010 200 288 HBO [50]
Marco Polo 2014–2016 200 262 Netflix [15]
Halo 2022–2024 170 170 Paramount+ [3]
Bridgerton 2020–2024 168 168 Netflix [15]
Euphoria (season 1) 2019 165 203 HBO [51]
The Sandman 2022 165 177 Netflix [13]
3 Body Problem 2024 160 160 Netflix [10]
Fallout (season 1) 2024 153 158 Amazon Prime Video [52]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021 150 174 Disney+ [4]
Hawkeye 2021 150 174 Disney+ [4]
Ms. Marvel 2022 150 161 Disney+ [4]
Moon Knight 2022 147 158 Disney+ [4]
One Piece 2023 144 149 Netflix [13]
Band of Brothers 2001 125 222 HBO [3]
The Get Down 2016 120 157 Netflix [15]
Ahsoka 2023 120 124 Disney+ [4]
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024 120 120 Netflix [10]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2023 108 111 Disney+ [17]
The Book of Boba Fett 2021 105 122 Disney+ [4]
Pachinko (season 1) 2022 104 112 Apple TV+ [3]
The Last of Us (season 1) 2023 100 103 HBO [53]
Beast Games 2024–2025 100 100 Amazon Prime Video [54]
Succession (seasons 1–2) 2018–2019 90 111 HBO [48]
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022 90 97 Disney+ [4]
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992–1996 27 60 ABC [55]
Watership Down 2018 27 34 BBC One
Netflix 		[22]
Amazon 1999–2000 26 49 Syndication [56]
Tiny Toon Adventures (season 1) 1990–1991 25 58 CBS [57]
BraveStarr 1987–1988 20 57 Syndication [58]
Water Rats (season 1) 1996–2001 16 32 Nine Network [59]
ThunderCats (season 1) 1985 15 44 Syndication [60]
The Puzzle Place (season 1) 1995 10.3 21 PBS Kids [61]
Walking with Dinosaurs 1999 9.9 19 BBC One [36]
Atomic Betty (season 1) 2004–2005 9 15 Teletoon
M6 		[62]
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980–1981 8.2 28 PBS [61]
WMAC Masters (season 1) 1995–1997 5.5 11 Syndication [63]
Van-Pires 1997 5.2 10 Syndication [64]
Cubix 2001–2004 4.5 8 SBS [65]

See also

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