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A showrunner is a person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television seriesalthough usually such persons are credited as executive producers.〔Writers Guild of America: (Writing Episodic TV, Chapter Four Executive Producers (PDF; 37kb). )〕 The showrunner is at the opposite end of the staff hierarchy from runners, who are the most junior members of the production team, although showrunners are sometimes (often humorously) called ''runners'' for short. A showrunner's duties often combine those traditionally assigned to the head writer, executive producer and script editor. Unlike films, where directors are in creative control of a production, in episodic television, the showrunner outranks the director. ==History== Traditionally, the executive producer of a television program was the ''chief executive'', responsible for the show's production. Over time, the title of executive producer became applied to a wider range of roles, from those responsible for arranging financing to an honorific without any management duties. The term ''showrunner'' was created to identify the producer who held ultimate management and creative authority for the program. The blog and book ''Crafty Screenwriting'' defines a showrunner as "the person responsible for all creative aspects of the show and responsible only to the network (and production company, if it's not () production company). The boss. Usually a writer."〔(Complications Ensue: The Crafty TV and Screenwriting Blog )〕 ''Los Angeles Times'' columnist Scott Collins describes showrunners as:〔(Showrunners run the show ), a November 23, 2007 "Channel Island" column from the ''Los Angeles Times''〕 An interview with Shane Brennan, the showrunner for ''NCIS'' and ''NCIS: Los Angeles'', states that: Typically, the showrunner is the creator or co-creator of the series, but this is not always the case. In long-running shows, often the creator of the show moves on, and day-to-day responsibilities of showrunning fall to other writers or writing teams. ''Law & Order'', ''ER'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The West Wing'', ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''NYPD Blue'', and ''Supernatural'' are all examples of long-running shows that went through multiple showrunners. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Showrunner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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