Browsing: Showrunners

While it isn’t rare for a showrunner to be removed from a TV series, it’s slightly less common for a showrunner to get fired from a show they created, yet hit shows from “Community” to “Rick and Morty” have all experienced this phenomenon. The reason for the firing can range from not running the show…

The 1990s were a transitional era for television. The decade after would see the rise of so-called “Prestige TV,” with the 2000s sometimes referred to as a “golden age” of television. That couldn’t have happened without the foundations the ’90s established, however, or without the showrunners behind many of the best TV shows of the ’90s.

Crime dramas offer the perfect blend of suspense, puzzling investigations, and psychological intrigue. A good showrunner will amp the stakes from start to finish, leading audiences to root both for detectives piecing the clues together and the antiheroes driving the narrative.