Talk:Show runner

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Is it showrunner or show runner. If it is actually showrunner, then the rediect should go in that direction. I assume that this is an absolute thing, I am sure there is an official spelling controlled by a union or something.

There is not an official spelling, AFAIK, but I believe showrunner to be more common. jengod 23:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

I only remember seeing the phrase pop up in media coverage in the past few years. Does anyone have an idea of when it started to be in common use in the industry? Also sometimes who the showrunner is reflects creative issues--the creator of Brothers & Sisters left during development and Greg Berlanti came aboard to showrun. (Dgabbard 21:55, 5 September 2007 (UTC)).

[edit] Examples

This list is way too long and longer than the article itself. Outside of a couple of examples, this serves no purpose and its length does nothing to increase the value of the article.--Crossmr 17:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes it was but can I put Russell T Davies back in? As he is the person being talked about in one of the references we are using. --GracieLizzie 19:40, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Gene Rodenberry's involvement with the animated Trek was very minimal--D.C. Fontana handled the day to day production/story editing. Should that be corrected? (Dgabbard 22:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC))

I removed the list there is really no reason for it. Mention examples in the prose of the article not in an endless list of names. Ridernyc (talk) 03:47, 19 December 2007 (UTC)