Thinking of some of the shows I watched: Star Trek seems to have done a good job with whatever budget they had. Part of the charm of Red Dwarf is the cheaper sets, on the other hand, the later seasons with the bigger budgets where still good. Bonanza was a big Western for the time, but what if it had had the budget of Yellowstone?
Did you have a favorite show that you think was handicapped by its low budget?
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Babylon 5
Beast wars / machines
ALF
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
Beetleborgs
Hercules the Legendary Journeys
Xena the Warrior Princess
Goosebumps
Space 1999
If TV wasn’t so low resolution the wires would have been always visible.
Star Trek for one
Space: Above and Beyond
Only got one season but I had really enjoyed it.
Brisco County Jr
Sliders
Big budgets can be a detriment. When working on a shoestring, artists are often forced to come up with creative solutions which make the end product better. For example, in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, the joke about clacking coconuts together for the horses came about because they simply didn’t have the budget for real horses. It is an iconic part of the movie that simply wouldn’t exist if they had more money.
And look at how much better Tim Burton’s films were before he had unlimited resources.
Tales from the Darkside and Friday the 13th the series. The storytelling was awesome but the acting and FX were pretty cringe worthy. I still enjoyed the shows anyways but they could have been better.
Reboot
Firefly