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# Severance was more expensive to produce than Game of Thrones
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/severance-was-more-expensive-to-produce-than-game-of-thrones/
- Published: 2024-07-24T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-24T14:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Lucas Shaw for Bloomberg: [Apple Tries to Rein In Hollywood Spending After Years of Losses](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-21/apple-tries-to-rein-in-hollywood-spending-after-years-of-losses?ref=birchtree.me)

> All told, the cost of\[Severance\] ballooned to more than $20 million an episode, making it one of the most expensive projects on TV.

Severance costing way more per episode than the [famously expensive](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/house-of-the-dragon-budget-episode-cost-1235238285/?ref=birchtree.me) final season of Game of Thrones was not on my bingo card.