pattern budget

English

Noun

pattern budget (plural pattern budgets)

1. (television) The cost of producing a typical episode of a television series.
   • 2013, Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli, Directors Tell the Story: Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing, →ISBN, page 68:

     The main order of business will be to discuss how to meet the requirements of the script that are beyond the pattern budget, which is the cost of a typical episode. The pattern will dictate what the usual demands are […]