CGI looks expensive because of the nature of how it is billed: one big cost to a CGI studio. But in television a much greater expensive is on-location shoots.

CGI looks expensive because of the nature of how it is billed: one big cost to a CGI studio. But in television a much greater expensive is on-location shoots. A few thousand or tens of thousands for a CGI sequence is nothing compared to keeping a hundred people fed and working at a remote location.