HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PRODUCE AN EPISODE OF DS9?
Deep Space Nine is rumored to have around $2,000,000/episode budget. The 1/11/93 issue of Broadcasting Magazine reported that Paramount has budgeted $1.5 million per episode on production of DS9. The two-hour premiere cost them either $12 million or $20 million, depending on which reports you listen to (but they will no doubt re-use a lot of the footage in later episodes). The 23 August 1993 issue of Broadcasting & Cable states that the annual budget for TNG and DS9 is about the same: $30 million-$35 million for a 22-episode order”.
