>I don't know if you've ever said, but just "approximately," how much did
>each Crusade episode cost to produce?
>
>IIRC, B5 was around $1 million per episode. I guess the Crusade cost was
>about the same as B5??? Farscape was supposedly around $1.4 million per
>episode, and new Trek is around $2 million per episode.

Yes, Crusade was about the same as B5, a tick under $1M per episode. We did it
by long-term planning and having scripts well ahead of time, the same thing
that has helped put Jeremiah under-budget in its first season.

jms

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