How Much Does It Cost To Make A Season Of Game Of Thrones And Big Little Lies?

Television isn't necessarily cheap. While TV shows don't often cost the same high rates as some big screen movies, it cost a lot of money to make upwards of eight to ten hours of television. Sometimes more, sometimes less, obviously. Sure enough, Game of Thrones is certainly a very expensive show to make, with the study posted above claiming that the average episode costs £11.8 million per episode, which is roughly $14.5 million. While it is not surprising that the show costs that much per episode (if anything, some people might expect it to cost more than that), it is surprising to know that the budget of Big Little Lies per episode is nearly the same. How does it mathematically make sense that the two shows cost roughly the same?