Showrun

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To act as a showrunner for (a television show). rare, transitive

    "But she dreams of having, and show-running, her own television program. In May, she’ll perform two nights as her character at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn — a neighborhood that character would probably struggle to find."

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"But she dreams of having, and show-running, her own television program. In May, she’ll perform two nights as her character at Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn — a neighborhood that character would probably struggle to find."

Etymology

Back-formation from showrunner.

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