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- noun television A person in charge of running a show, especially a
reality show where there is plot coordination without a fixed script
Etymologies
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The term showrunner came about because it succinctly describes the duties of the position. i.e. the showrunner is the person who runs the show.
Staffing: Jargon Watch Rogers 2008
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The term showrunner came about because it succinctly describes the duties of the position. i.e. the showrunner is the person who runs the show.
Archive 2008-03-16 Rogers 2008
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The term showrunner came about because it succinctly describes the duties of the position. i.e. the showrunner is the person who runs the show.
Lessons from the Script Pile Rogers 2008
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As always with Grey's, we won't know for sure what's happened to Izzie and George until the show — as in showrunner Shonda Rhimes — wants us to.
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As much as I love the idea of Law & Order: London, I fear for the direction of Torchwood if a new showrunner is brought in.
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A writer who creates a show often becomes what is called in Hollywood a "showrunner" - the one who puts together all the elements needed to bring the vision of a series to the screen.
Claremont.org 2009
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Not to mention the showrunner is a talentless, overly sensitive tool.
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Depending on what circles you hang in, John Wells may be best known to you as the producer/head writer/"showrunner" of such TV series as ER, Third Watch, The West Wing, China Beach, and The Evidence.
John Wells likes it Jeff Massie 2008
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Depending on what circles you hang in, John Wells may be best known to you as the producer/head writer/"showrunner" of such TV series as ER, Third Watch, The West Wing, China Beach, and The Evidence.
Archive 2008-01-01 Steve Hulett 2008
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Was it really only a year ago that I marveled at terms like "showrunner" and "leave behind?"
TVBizwire 2009
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