Dictionary

showrunner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃoʊˌɹʌnɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From show + runner.

Meanings

1. The person in overall charge of the production of a television series.
   • Those so-called showrunners, the thousand or so people who share both writing and managerial duties on television shows, have already been squeezed by conflicting demands from guild leaders and company employers. 2007 November 3, Brooks Barnes, “With Resolution Unlikely, Writers Guild Sets Strike for Monday”, in New York Times:
   • The person at the apex of the production triangle is the showrunner: in short, the boss. 2013, Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli, Directors Tell the Story: Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing, →ISBN, page 66:

Forms

Synonyms

helmer

Translations (11)

fi showrunner (person in charge of a television series) · fr show runner (person in charge of a television series) · de Showrunner (person in charge of a television series) · es autor-productor (person in charge of a television series) · es showrunner (person in charge of a television series) · fr auteur-producteur (person in charge of a television series) · hu producer (person in charge of a television series) · de Serienverantwortlicher (person in charge of a television series) · cmn 監製人 /监制人 (person in charge of a television series) · cmn 總製片人 /总制片人 (person in charge of a television series) · fi sarjan päällikkö (person in charge of a television series)