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showrunner

  • /ˈʃoʊˌɹʌnɚ/ US

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From show + runner.

noun showrunners

  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.

    Similar: helmer

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@misc{showrunner_2026,
  title = {showrunner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/showrunner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}