and you will pledge your allegiance to
me or suffer for it understand that you
bearded fool as TV slowly ventures
further into big-budget productions it’s
only natural that a few fall flat
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most expensive TV flops ever
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
if you liked this video then you’ll love
the original content over at our sister
channel mismo Jo your source for all
things pop culture celebrity and
entertainment for this list we’re
discussing some of the biggest flops in
television history and ranking them
based on the severity of their failures
now we’re not saying these shows are bad
in fact many of them are quite good
we’re only stating that they failed to
find a mainstream audience and were
swiftly cancelled losing their studios a
number 10 Kings Kings was set to be
NBC’s great drama it was based on a
biblical story it starred the incredible
ian mcshane fresh off his revolutionary
performance as Al Swearengen on Deadwood
and the studio reportedly put up a
whopping ten million dollars for its
pilot the subsequent episodes weren’t
much cheaper most of them coming in with
a four million dollar bill judging by
those numbers we can assume that the 13
episodes of Kings including its two-part
pilot cost well over 50 million dollars
to produce however the show received
middling reviews and viewers quickly
dropped off after the first couple of
episodes resulting in King’s Swift
cancellation talk about a short reign
it’s treason what you’ve done
number 9 Battlestar Galactica before
getting a new and enduring lease on life
in the 2000s the Battlestar Galactica
franchise kicked off with a TV series in
the late 1970s that road the sci-fi
popularity wave of the first Star Wars
[Music]
and like most convincing science fiction
it wasn’t cheap to produce each episode
cost about a million dollars to produce
or just under four million in today’s
dollars
and while Battlestar Galactica initially
saw success it quickly sunk in the
ratings when CBS moved its hit show all
in the family to the same timeslot ABC
canceled the show after one season
leading to protests and unfortunately
the suicide of one fan number eight cop
Rock cop shows were big business in the
80s and 90s series like Hill Street
Blues and NYPD Blue
both garnered critical acclaim and
devoted audiences cop rock a musical cop
drama yep you heard that right
unfortunately didn’t fare as well it’s
often considered one of the worst dramas
of all time and it unsurprisingly didn’t
garner much of an audience
what kind of
do we live in
each episode cost almost two million
dollars to produce or just under 4
million today but despite its lavish
production values its bizarre concept
was just too much to handle ABC
cancelled the show after just 11
episodes and cop Rock was deemed one of
the biggest TV failures of the decade
number 7 the get-down
sorry netflix they can’t all be winners
the get-down was a massive production
from Baz Luhrmann the artistic visionary
behind gorgeous productions like Romeo
and Juliet Moulin Rouge and the great
gatsby Netflix originally planned for
the show to cost 11 million dollars per
episode or about 120 million for the
season but the budget ended up
ballooning as high as 16 million in
episode the final budget was estimated
to be somewhere between 180 and 200
million dollars about as much as a
Marvel production unfortunately the
gamble didn’t pay off and Netflix was
forced to cancel the show after one
season due to its low viewership and
exorbitant costs number six vivillon
vivillon was an ambitious project from
CBS Hugh Jackman starred and served as
executive producer and the pilot episode
alone cost nearly seven million dollars
to produce however the show was
absolutely roasted by critics with one
writer from the New York Times
questioning whether it could possibly be
a contender for the worst show of all
time that’s rough the viewers seem to
agree as the show was quickly canceled
and we mean quickly the show received
the axe after just two episodes leaving
five produced episodes unaired now
that’s what we call a bomb don’t ever
number five Bionic Woman the Bionic
Woman was a hit in the 70s so naturally
it was bound to get the remake treatment
the reboot debuted on NBC in 2007 but
the critics absolutely despise it
and despite respectable viewership
numbers the writers strike of 2007 put
an end to the show’s production after
just eight episodes this spelled
disaster for NBC as each episode of the
show reportedly cost around six million
dollars to produce and the network spent
fifteen million dollars on marketing
judging by those numbers NBC spent
around sixty million dollars on a show
that was canceled after just eight
episodes not exactly a good return on
investment
you really have x-ray vision yeah yeah I
do number four
Camelot Camelot was another Starz
attempt at a sword and sandal drama
after Spartacus proved to be a big hit
Spartacus this was not shut up the show
was run by Torchwood and the tutors
alums Chris Chibnall and Michael Hurst
respectively and it starred Joseph
Fiennes and Ava Greene if you think this
sounds expensive
it was each episode cost around seven
million dollars to produce and with ten
aired episodes it’s assumed that stars
pumped about seventy million dollars
into Camelot however the show was
criticized for being dull and silly and
despite the premiere being the highest
rated pilot in Stars history it was
canceled after 10 episodes due to
number three super train super train is
known for being one of the biggest
laughs in television history and
unfortunately it wasn’t a comedy it’s
often ranked in worst TV show lists and
it was a massive commercial failure the
likes of which had never yet been seen
while exact numbers are hard to come by
super train is considered the most
expensive American show ever produced at
the time and NBC put a massive amount of
money behind its marketing
[Music]
however the show’s poor quality resulted
in low viewership and it was canceled
after just three months and nine
episodes NBC wasn’t able to recover its
enormous losses and the network nearly
number two Terranova science fiction is
always tricky to produce it costs a lot
of money to make convincingly and many
sci-fi shows end up with a niche
audience at best terra nova received
great initial reviews with many critics
praising its ambition and dazzling
while the quality tended to vary it was
a relatively solid season of television
however these ambitions came with a
price
the pilot ended up costing the network
around 14 million dollars with each
subsequent episode tallying around 4
million and while the show averaged
around 7 million viewers in episode this
wasn’t enough for Fox who ended the
series after just 13 episodes it’s me
Scott sky number 1 Marco Polo Marco Polo
served as a huge shock to Netflix
subscribers the network was known for
its relatively small-scale dramas
including house of cards and oranges the
new black yet here was a massive
production on par with HBO in fact
Netflix picked up the series for 90
million dollars making it the world’s
second most expensive show at the time
behind game of Thrones you should be
cuted the Mongolian ways of the host
however the show received scathing
reviews and failed to catch on despite
Netflix’s admirable attempts to
revitalize it they cancelled the show
after just two seasons making it one of
Netflix’s and TV’s biggest bombs to the
estimated tune of a 200 million dollar
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day [Music]
me or suffer for it understand that you
bearded fool as TV slowly ventures
further into big-budget productions it’s
only natural that a few fall flat
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
most expensive TV flops ever
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
if you liked this video then you’ll love
the original content over at our sister
channel mismo Jo your source for all
things pop culture celebrity and
entertainment for this list we’re
discussing some of the biggest flops in
television history and ranking them
based on the severity of their failures
now we’re not saying these shows are bad
in fact many of them are quite good
we’re only stating that they failed to
find a mainstream audience and were
swiftly cancelled losing their studios a
number 10 Kings Kings was set to be
NBC’s great drama it was based on a
biblical story it starred the incredible
ian mcshane fresh off his revolutionary
performance as Al Swearengen on Deadwood
and the studio reportedly put up a
whopping ten million dollars for its
pilot the subsequent episodes weren’t
much cheaper most of them coming in with
a four million dollar bill judging by
those numbers we can assume that the 13
episodes of Kings including its two-part
pilot cost well over 50 million dollars
to produce however the show received
middling reviews and viewers quickly
dropped off after the first couple of
episodes resulting in King’s Swift
cancellation talk about a short reign
it’s treason what you’ve done
number 9 Battlestar Galactica before
getting a new and enduring lease on life
in the 2000s the Battlestar Galactica
franchise kicked off with a TV series in
the late 1970s that road the sci-fi
popularity wave of the first Star Wars
[Music]
and like most convincing science fiction
it wasn’t cheap to produce each episode
cost about a million dollars to produce
or just under four million in today’s
dollars
and while Battlestar Galactica initially
saw success it quickly sunk in the
ratings when CBS moved its hit show all
in the family to the same timeslot ABC
canceled the show after one season
leading to protests and unfortunately
the suicide of one fan number eight cop
Rock cop shows were big business in the
80s and 90s series like Hill Street
Blues and NYPD Blue
both garnered critical acclaim and
devoted audiences cop rock a musical cop
drama yep you heard that right
unfortunately didn’t fare as well it’s
often considered one of the worst dramas
of all time and it unsurprisingly didn’t
garner much of an audience
what kind of
do we live in
each episode cost almost two million
dollars to produce or just under 4
million today but despite its lavish
production values its bizarre concept
was just too much to handle ABC
cancelled the show after just 11
episodes and cop Rock was deemed one of
the biggest TV failures of the decade
number 7 the get-down
sorry netflix they can’t all be winners
the get-down was a massive production
from Baz Luhrmann the artistic visionary
behind gorgeous productions like Romeo
and Juliet Moulin Rouge and the great
gatsby Netflix originally planned for
the show to cost 11 million dollars per
episode or about 120 million for the
season but the budget ended up
ballooning as high as 16 million in
episode the final budget was estimated
to be somewhere between 180 and 200
million dollars about as much as a
Marvel production unfortunately the
gamble didn’t pay off and Netflix was
forced to cancel the show after one
season due to its low viewership and
exorbitant costs number six vivillon
vivillon was an ambitious project from
CBS Hugh Jackman starred and served as
executive producer and the pilot episode
alone cost nearly seven million dollars
to produce however the show was
absolutely roasted by critics with one
writer from the New York Times
questioning whether it could possibly be
a contender for the worst show of all
time that’s rough the viewers seem to
agree as the show was quickly canceled
and we mean quickly the show received
the axe after just two episodes leaving
five produced episodes unaired now
that’s what we call a bomb don’t ever
number five Bionic Woman the Bionic
Woman was a hit in the 70s so naturally
it was bound to get the remake treatment
the reboot debuted on NBC in 2007 but
the critics absolutely despise it
and despite respectable viewership
numbers the writers strike of 2007 put
an end to the show’s production after
just eight episodes this spelled
disaster for NBC as each episode of the
show reportedly cost around six million
dollars to produce and the network spent
fifteen million dollars on marketing
judging by those numbers NBC spent
around sixty million dollars on a show
that was canceled after just eight
episodes not exactly a good return on
investment
you really have x-ray vision yeah yeah I
do number four
Camelot Camelot was another Starz
attempt at a sword and sandal drama
after Spartacus proved to be a big hit
Spartacus this was not shut up the show
was run by Torchwood and the tutors
alums Chris Chibnall and Michael Hurst
respectively and it starred Joseph
Fiennes and Ava Greene if you think this
sounds expensive
it was each episode cost around seven
million dollars to produce and with ten
aired episodes it’s assumed that stars
pumped about seventy million dollars
into Camelot however the show was
criticized for being dull and silly and
despite the premiere being the highest
rated pilot in Stars history it was
canceled after 10 episodes due to
number three super train super train is
known for being one of the biggest
laughs in television history and
unfortunately it wasn’t a comedy it’s
often ranked in worst TV show lists and
it was a massive commercial failure the
likes of which had never yet been seen
while exact numbers are hard to come by
super train is considered the most
expensive American show ever produced at
the time and NBC put a massive amount of
money behind its marketing
[Music]
however the show’s poor quality resulted
in low viewership and it was canceled
after just three months and nine
episodes NBC wasn’t able to recover its
enormous losses and the network nearly
number two Terranova science fiction is
always tricky to produce it costs a lot
of money to make convincingly and many
sci-fi shows end up with a niche
audience at best terra nova received
great initial reviews with many critics
praising its ambition and dazzling
while the quality tended to vary it was
a relatively solid season of television
however these ambitions came with a
price
the pilot ended up costing the network
around 14 million dollars with each
subsequent episode tallying around 4
million and while the show averaged
around 7 million viewers in episode this
wasn’t enough for Fox who ended the
series after just 13 episodes it’s me
Scott sky number 1 Marco Polo Marco Polo
served as a huge shock to Netflix
subscribers the network was known for
its relatively small-scale dramas
including house of cards and oranges the
new black yet here was a massive
production on par with HBO in fact
Netflix picked up the series for 90
million dollars making it the world’s
second most expensive show at the time
behind game of Thrones you should be
cuted the Mongolian ways of the host
however the show received scathing
reviews and failed to catch on despite
Netflix’s admirable attempts to
revitalize it they cancelled the show
after just two seasons making it one of
Netflix’s and TV’s biggest bombs to the
estimated tune of a 200 million dollar
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day [Music]
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