TV watching peaked in 2010, with the average household watching more than eight hours and 55 minutes per day, according to Nielsen data.
The network has since spent even more on making shows like The Pacific and Game of Thrones.
To find out the 25 most expensive TV series of all time, our friends at Stacker conducted independent research via news reports and entertainment outlets and ranked the shows by budget.
As of 2019, households spent closer to seven hours and 50 minutes watching television each day, but that doesn’t take into account streaming services.