How to Use showrunner in a Sentence

showrunner

noun
  • Just be showrunner; don't act in it.
    — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • John Wirth serves as showrunner.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Your job is to write what the showrunner thinks is funny.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • My job was to service the showrunner and write in their voice.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
  • And what have the cast and showrunners said about its return?
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And what have the cast and showrunners said about its return?
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Weir serves as showrunner on the series.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But the film isn’t a swan song for the 81-year-old showrunner.
    — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Leight will also serve as showrunner.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kapoor and Levine Hall will serve as co-showrunners.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Sadler serves as writer and showrunner.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • Miller serves as the program’s showrunner.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The showrunners, though, were adamant that the survivors weren't dead the whole time.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • The smartest thing a writer and showrunner can do is bring the right artists in to do that.
    — Ashley Lan, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2022
  • One Piece is a show that requires two showrunners.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Star and Schulner will write and serve as co-showrunners.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Levy also serves as showrunner.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Philippa Goslett has since been hired to step in as the showrunner.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2021
  • The star thanked showrunner John Wells, her costars and her team.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The plan is to attach a showrunner and take the project to market soon.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 June 2026
  • Ben Watkins serves as writer and showrunner.
    — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Bronstein will write and direct and serve as showrunner.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
  • And those are good people, the showrunners, to keep involved in the process.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The showrunner showed him a picture of himself.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
  • Woolfe created the show and served as showrunner.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Jennifer Yale will serve as showrunner.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Fuchs, who wrote the teleplay for the first episode, and Kane serve as co-showrunners.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Now the showrunner had to figure out who would work as the older couple.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Ashley Edens served as showrunner.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The 450th is your first milestone episode as showrunner.
    — Max Gao, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025

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