Here we are putting the kibosh on all your reasons for not knowing what a showrunner does all day…and night (weekends too). Knowledge is power, remember?
Even a casual TV fan has seen the word “showrunner” thrown around. But what does it really mean, and what is a showrunner in charge of?
When it comes to the making of a TV show, the showrunner is the top of the food chain.
If you really want to alienate your viewers and readers, you can always go the sarcasm route. But in the meantime:
As “insult comic” Don Rickles might have said before he shuffled off to Snark Central, “We kid. This video packs a lot of great advice into its 21ish minute lifespan.
Last week, purely by accident, we learned of Storywriter’s demise (as well as Storybuilder’s) in what probably is the lowest key way possible, via a new Amazon Studios FAQ that feeds us this very disappointed info between “What is Amazon Studios” and a question about what visitors can do to support Amazon Studios now that it no longer is making any newbie product:
Which headline below do you suppose more captures the essence of the late Alvin Sargent, who died last week?
Yes, we think it’s worth thinking about even if you have no idea who he was and are wondering why the hell TVWriter™ isn’t telling you:
And now, here’s who Mr. Sargent was, from another source, Robert D. McFadden in the NY Times:
Boy, talk about a tough audience:
The showrunners said they didn’t need full, 10-episode installments for seasons 7 and 8, but the breakneck pace ‘Thrones’ has taken is a clear departure from years past and comes with disheartening side effects