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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
At the end of ST:NG, it cost Paramount $4 million per episode, making it so they were unable to turn much of a profit. That was 1994 and everything, from casting to VFX to directors are far more expensive in 2016 for a program like Star Trek.
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I would actually be interested to know how much they spent on visual effects back then, and whether or not they could do more for less nowadays. Look at all the shows on TV now, from "GoT" to "Shannara" to "Flash". I would think 20+ years ago it cost much more money to do CGI and starfields and such. And how much of it at the end was for the salaries, as well; no one was a household name at first but by the end of the series they were all popular, especially Stewart.
(Don't get me wrong, I still think it would bomb, because I just don't see the interest for it. Whatever's left to be wrung out of Star Trek storylines is going to happen in the films anyway.)