It Was The First Million Dollar Show
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Hill Street Blues was such an elaborate show, and costs added up quickly. With a vast regular cast and even larger recurring one, one episode of the show ended up costing NBC one million dollars.
That’s not a surprising number today. The pilot for LOST cost ABC $12 million. One season of Game of Thrones costs HBO over $100 million. In the 1980s no show ever dreamed of getting a budget so big. With 26 Emmys to its name, there was no show more worthy at the time to break the barrier!
