10 TV Shows Where You Could Literally See the Budget Run Out

A superhero whose villains ended up hiding behind a black curtain. A car chase show that started jumping a toy. And one of the biggest kids' shows of the 90s, which ran out of footage of its most popular hero and had to take his powers away. Every show on this list ran low on money, and you could see it happen right there on your TV screen. From Batman's bare-bones third season to the Twilight Zone's videotape experiment, from the Dukes of Hazzard's miniature General Lee to the X-Files episode that turned a budget crisis into a classic, these are the moments when the money ran out and the audience could tell. Plus how The Incredible Hulk ended up with footage from a Steven Spielberg movie, why Charmed froze one of its stars for half a season, and the Hanna-Barbera trick that kept Scooby-Doo running down the same hallway forever. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:18 #10 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 2:47 #9 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! 4:10 #8 Space Ghost Coast to Coast 5:38 #7 The Twilight Zone 6:13 #6 Charmed 8:41 #5 The Dukes of Hazzard 10:12 #4 The X-Files, "Ice" 12:00 #3 The Incredible Hulk 13:35 #2 Batman (1966) 15:10 #1 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 17:06 Outro 📺 MORE FROM THIS CHANNEL They Built These Shows - Then They Quit, and It All Fell Apart →    • They Built These Shows - Then They Quit, a...   10 Beloved Sitcoms That Went Completely Off the Rails in Their Final Seasons →    • 10 Beloved Sitcoms That Went Completely Of...   13 TV Spin-Offs That Completely Changed Genres (And Confused Everyone) →    • 13 TV Spin-Offs That Completely Changed Ge...   10 Single Episodes That Broke Their Own Show →    • 10 Single Episodes That Broke Their Own Show   🔔 If you grew up on these shows, subscribe to Throwback Network for more behind-the-scenes stories from the TV you remember.