List of most expensive television series

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This is a list of most expensive television series.

Cost per episode

Over US $20 million

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Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref.
Unadjusted 2025 inflation
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 1) 2022 58 64 [1][2]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (season 2) 2024 57.275 59 [3]
Citadel 2023 50 53 [4]
Stranger Things (season 5) 2025 50 50 [5]
Secret Invasion 2023 35.3 37 [6]
Stranger Things (season 4) 2022 30 33 [7]
WandaVision 2021 25 30 [6]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021 25 30 [6]
Loki (season 1) 2021 25 30 [8]
Hawkeye 2021 25 30 [6]
Ms. Marvel 2022 25 28 [6]
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022 25 28 [6]
Andor (season 2) 2025 24.2 24.2 [9]
Moon Knight 2022 24 27 [6]
Loki (season 2) 2023 23.5 25 [10]
The Acolyte 2024 22.5 30 [6]
1923 2022–2025 22 24 [11]
Andor (season 1) 2022 20 23 [12]
The Pacific 2010 20 30 [4]
House of the Dragon 2022–2024 20 22 [4]
3 Body Problem 2024 20 21 [13]
Severance (season 2) 2025 20 20 [14][15]
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Over US $10 million

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Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref.
Unadjusted 2025 inflation
One Piece (season 1) 2023 17.27–18 19 [16][17]
The Wheel of Time (season 1 and 2) 2021–2023 16.2 17 [4]
The Mandalorian 2019–2023 15 19 [6]
See 2019–2022 15 19 [4]
Game of Thrones (season 8) 2019 15 19 [18]
The Book of Boba Fett 2021 15 18 [6]
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022 15 17 [6]
The Sandman (season 1) 2022 15 17 [16]
Ahsoka (season 1) 2023 15 16 [6]
Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 1) 2024 15 15 [13]
The Crown (season 6) 2023 14.4 15 [19]
The Crown (season 5) 2022 14.3 16 [20]
Arcane 2021–2024 13.8 15 [4]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (season 1) 2023 13.5 14 [21]
ER (seasons 6 and 7) 1999–2001 13 30 [22]
Pachinko (season 1) 2022 13 14 [4]
Band of Brothers 2001 12.5 23 [4]
The Boys 2019–2024 11 11 [4]
The Crown (season 4) 2020 10.9 14 [20]
Game of Thrones (season 6) 2016 10 13 [23]
Game of Thrones (season 7) 2017 10 13 [24]
The Crown (season 3) 2019 10 13 [20]
His Dark Materials 2019–2022 10 13 [4]
The Witcher 2019–2023 10 13 [4]
Stranger Things (season 3) 2019 10 13 [25]
The Last of Us (season 1) 2023 10 11 [26]
Halo 2022–2024 10 10 [4]
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Over US$1 million

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Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Ref.
Unadjusted 2025 inflation
Sense8 2015–2018 9 12 [4]
Doctor Who (2023 specials, series 14 and 15) 2023–2025 8.5–11.3 9–12 [27]
The Crown (season 2) 2017 8.2 11 [20]
Stranger Things (season 2) 2017 8 11 [16]
Ted (season 1) 2024 8 8 [28]
The Crown (season 1) 2016 7 9 [20]
Watership Down 2018 6.7 9 [29]
Game of Thrones (season 2) 2012 6 8 [30]
Stranger Things (season 1) 2016 6 8 [16]
Tulsa King (season 2) 2024 6 6 [31]
The Night Manager (season 1) 2016 5 7 [32]
Boardwalk Empire (season 1) 2010 5 7 [30]
House of Cards (season 1) 2013 4.5 6 [33]
House of Cards (seasons 2 and 3) 2014–2015 4.23 6 [34]
Nashville 2012–2018 4.1 8 [35]
Hemlock Grove (season 1) 2013 4 6 [36]
Orange Is the New Black (season 1) 2013 4 6 [36]
Seinfeld (season 9) 1997–1998 9 18 [37]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (season 1) 2008–2009 2.65 4 [38]
Now and Again 1999–2000 2.4 4 [39]
Cheers (season 10) 1991–1992 2.2 5 [40]
Nash Bridges (seasons 3 to 6) 1996–2001 2 4 [41][42]
Miami Vice (season 2) 1985–1986 2 6 [43]
Stargate SG-1 (season 10) 2006–2007 2 3 [44]
Stargate SG-1 (season 8) 2004–2005 1.7 3 [45]
Walking with Dinosaurs 1999 1.6 3 [46]
The Flash 1990–1991 1.6 4 [47]
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (season 1) 1992 1.5 3 [48]
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 1) 1993 1.5 3 [48]
The Untouchables (season 1) 1993 1.5 3 [48]
Stargate Atlantis (season 1) 2004–2005 1.5 3 [45]
The Simpsons (season 7) 1995–1996 1.5 3 [49]
Stargate SG-1 (season 1) 1997–1998 1.3 2 [50]
Dallas 1978–1991 1.2 3 [51]
Dynasty (season 9) 1988–1989 1.2 3 [51]
Falcon Crest (season 6) 1986–1987 1 3 [52]
Farscape 1999–2003 1 2 [53]
Afro Samurai 2007 1 2 [54]
Da Vinci's Inquest (season 4) 2001–2002 1 2 [55]
Space: Above and Beyond 1995–1996 1 2 [41]
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Total cost

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Title Year(s) Est. costs (million US$) Network Ref.
Unadjusted 2025 inflation
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 2022–present 1,000 1,057 Amazon Prime Video [56]
Stranger Things 2016–2025 870–950 968–1,050 Netflix [25]
Andor 2022–2025 650 650 Disney+ [57]
The Crown 2016–2023 648 685 Netflix [19]
Game of Thrones 2011–2019 630 793 HBO [58]
See 2019–2022 360 453 Apple TV+ [4]
The Mandalorian 2019–2023 360 453 Disney+ [6]
House of the Dragon 2022–present 360 396 HBO [4]
The Boys 2019–2024 352 361 Amazon Prime Video [4]
The Sopranos 1999–2007 301 467 HBO [4]
Citadel 2023–present 300 317 Amazon Prime Video [59]
The Wheel of Time (seasons 1 and 2) 2021–2023 261 276 Amazon Prime Video [4]
The Morning Show (season 1) 2019 250 315 Apple TV+ [58]
Arcane 2021–2024 248 262 Netflix [4]
The Witcher 2019–2023 240 302 Netflix [4]
His Dark Materials 2019–2022 230 290 BBC One, HBO [4]
The Acolyte 2024 230 236 Disney+ [60]
WandaVision 2021 225 267 Disney+ [6]
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 2022 225 248 Disney+ [6]
Sense8 2015–2018 216 277 Netflix [4]
Secret Invasion 2023 212 224 Disney+ [6]
1923 (season 1) 2022 200 220 Paramount+ [61]
The Pacific 2010 200 295 HBO [62]
Marco Polo 2014–2016 200 268 Netflix [19]
Doctor Who (2023 specials, series 14 and 15) 2023–2025 178.5–238 189–251 BBC One, Disney+ [27]
Halo 2022–2024 170 174 Paramount+ [4]
Bridgerton 2020–2024 168 172 Netflix [19]
Euphoria (season 1) 2019 165 208 HBO [63]
The Sandman 2022 165 182 Netflix [16]
3 Body Problem 2024 160 164 Netflix [13]
Fallout (season 1) 2024 153 162 Amazon Prime Video [64]
1923 (season 2) 2025 150 165 Paramount+ [11]
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021 150 178 Disney+ [6]
Hawkeye 2021 150 178 Disney+ [6]
Ms. Marvel 2022 150 165 Disney+ [6]
Moon Knight 2022 147 162 Disney+ [6]
One Piece 2023 144 152 Netflix [16]
Band of Brothers 2001 125 227 HBO [4]
The Get Down 2016 120 161 Netflix [19]
Ahsoka 2023 120 127 Disney+ [6]
Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024 120 123 Netflix [13]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 2023 108 114 Disney+ [21]
The Book of Boba Fett 2021 105 125 Disney+ [6]
Pachinko (season 1) 2022 104 114 Apple TV+ [4]
The Last of Us (season 1) 2023 100 106 HBO [65]
Beast Games 2024–2025 100 103 Amazon Prime Video [66]
Succession (seasons 1–2) 2018–2019 90 113 HBO [58]
Obi-Wan Kenobi 2022 90 99 Disney+ [6]
Y: Marshals 2026 52 52 CBS [67]
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992–1996 27 62 ABC [68]
Watership Down 2018 27 35 BBC One, Netflix [29]
Amazon 1999–2000 26 50 Syndication [69]
Tiny Toon Adventures (season 1) 1990–1991 25 59 CBS [70]
BraveStarr 1987–1988 20 59 Syndication [71]
Water Rats (season 1) 1996–2001 16 33 Nine Network [72]
ThunderCats (season 1) 1985 15 45 Syndication [73]
The Puzzle Place (season 1) 1995 10.3 22 PBS Kids [74]
Walking with Dinosaurs 1999 9.9 19 BBC One [46]
Atomic Betty (season 1) 2004–2005 9 15 Teletoon, M6 [75]
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980–1981 8.2 29 PBS [74]
WMAC Masters (season 1) 1995–1997 5.5 12 Syndication [76]
Van-Pires 1997 5.2 10 Syndication [77]
Cubix 2001–2004 4.5 8 SBS [78]
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