Serials and TV Shows don’t have the budget as big as movies but they do have huge budgets as a well neat storyline to go along with them. In order to make such grand and eye-popping TV show and series to attract audiences in the masses, the produces definitely has to shell out a few bucks. Take a look at the most costliest TV series. 10. Sea Patrol [caption id="attachment_4222" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] The Australian TV series 'Sea Patrol earns about $1 million per episode! It had a successful run for five seasons featuring the fictional Royal Australian patrol boat and its crew. The story revolves around legal issues faced by the Australian navy in its waters, including illegal fishing, asylum seekers, and criminal engagements. 9. Father Of The Pride [caption id="attachment_4224" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] This story about a family of lions with a Las Vegas show for a living didn’t just click with the viewers. A total of 1.6 million USD was spent on each episode of this show which eventually flopped. 8. ER [caption id="attachment_4226" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] Michael Crichton had the ER plot in his head since his medical residency days in the seventies. After, collaborating with Steven Spielberg in Jurassic Park that the story was fleshed out. A total of $2 million is spent on every episode. 7. X Factor USA [caption id="attachment_4296" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] Ever notice Simon Cowell being a little edgier in X-Factor than in American Idol? To make the show a little different, the X features aspiring solo and group music artists. He created X following his success, or his newfound fame, mainly thanks to his sharp commentaries in Idol. $3.5 million was being shelled out per episode. 6. Terra Nova [caption id="attachment_4297" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] Terra follows a family that left a dying future earth to settle in past earth along with a handful of pioneer settlers. The series ran for one season, from September to December of 2011 and it cost $3.9 million to make an episode. 5. Lost [caption id="attachment_4299" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] The series set off a resurgent trend in the early 2000s towards sci-fi plots reminiscent of Buck Rogers and Space 1999 mixed with a Twilight Zone flavor. The series produced 121 episodes or six seasons costing them up to $4 million per episode. It was so popular and was the inspiration behind similar thematic series including Flashforward and The Event. 4. Deadwood [caption id="attachment_4300" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] The western is back and gone again. Deadwood had a critically acclaimed successful three seasons from March 2004 to August 2006. The plot took us back to the nineteenth-century Dakota Territory and weaved together fictional and historical figures like Seth Bullock, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane. This cost for making each episode is $4.5 million per episode. 3. Game of Thrones [caption id="attachment_4302" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] It has the making of a fully fledged film. Based on George R.R. Martin’s trilogy, with 275 actors, an elaborate medieval set, weaponry and costumes, and a pan-European on-location shooting sites, such as in Croatia, Ireland and Malta, Game of Thrones easily made it to the top three most expensive TV series ever costing $6 million per episode. 2. Rome [caption id="attachment_4303" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] The tale of Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo is told with the Roman Empire as a backdrop. The show gained huge positive reviews and ratings, which caused the studio bosses to talk about a movie version in 2008. We’re still waiting for the rise of Rome once more. 1. Friends [caption id="attachment_4304" align="alignnone" width="800"] via[/caption] The riot group of city buddies Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross carried the day, or to be exact, ten years of successful Friends season runs (and until now, reruns) from September 1994 to May 2004. It’s a critical darling, a resounding commercial success, and a cultural icon of its time. There you go, guys. Those were the most expensive Tv Shows ever made. Have you watched at least some of them? Anyways regardless of the price, it takes to make them they sure do entertain us a lot and keep the audience engaged and satisfied. You guys must surely miss a few series from your childhood which are no more. Well, have a look at these 90's shows which will bring back childhood memories.