Season One
Airdate: September 1959 to September 1960
Day/Time: Saturday, 7:30-8:30 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $110,052 (excluding pilot)
Season Two
Airdate: September 1960 to September 1961
Day/Time: Saturday, 7:30-8:30 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $107,151
Season Three
Airdate: September 1961 to September 1962
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $109,400
Season Four
Airdate: September 1962 to September 1963
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $119,800
Season Five
Airdate: September 1963 to September 1964
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $128,300
Season Six
Airdate: September 1964 to September 1965
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $133,500
Season Seven
Airdate: September 1965 to September 1966
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $149,500
Season Eight
Airdate: September 1966 to September 1967
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $163,000
Season Nine
Airdate: September 1967 to September 1968
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $181,600
Season Ten
Airdate: September 1968 to September 1969
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $188,900
Season Eleven
Airdate: September 1969 to September 1970
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $211,500
Season Twelve
Airdate: September 1970 to September 1971
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $200,000.
Season Thirteen
Airdate: September 1971 to September 1972
Day/Time: Sunday, 9:00-10:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $220,000.
Season Fourteen
Airdate: September 1972 to January 1973
Day/Time: Tuesday, 8:00-9:00 PM
Production Cost Per Episode: $225,000.
Note: These budget costs are all averages, still accurate though. With RCA's sponsorship, the budget rose all the way to a weekly average of $250,000 per week/episode, after final costs, as seen above.
Seasons Nine through Eleven
Airdate: May 1972 to August 1972
Day/Time: Tuesday, 7:30-8:30 PM
These episodes were titled "Ponderosa" and were run just after Dan
Blocker passed away, from May to August, 1972.
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