showrunner

English

Etymology

show +‎ runner

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊˌɹʌnɚ/

Noun

showrunner (plural showrunners)

1. (television) The person in overall charge of the production of a television series.

   Synonym: (US) helmer

   • 2007 November 3, Brooks Barnes, “With Resolution Unlikely, Writers Guild Sets Strike for Monday”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2013, Bethany Rooney, Mary Lou Belli, Directors Tell the Story: Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing, →ISBN, page 66:

     The person at the apex of the production triangle is the showrunner: in short, the boss.

Translations

person in charge of a television series

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: sarjan päällikkö, showrunner
• French: show runner (fr) m, auteur-producteur
• German: Showrunner m, Serienverantwortlicher m (rare)
• Hungarian: producer (hu)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Spanish

Noun

showrunner m or f by sense (plural showrunners or showrunner)

1. showrunner