re: The Last Of Us Might Just Be HBO's Most Expensive Show Ever

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Expect no more than two seasons, then. Carnivale and Rome know what time it is.

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Exactly. Pay big money to the writers...story is what drives good shows. Throw some decent budget at the rest and it should fall into place. But just because something is expensive has very little bearing on if it's good.

And HBO has a tendency to throw too much money at even good shows to the point where they have to abandon them despite their quality. You went with Carnivale and Rome as your examples...I was coming to post Carnivale and Deadwood. Great shows that were cut short because of budgets.