A showrunner is the leading producer of a television series. They are
credited in the United States as an executive producer and in other
countries, such as Canada or Britain, simply as a producer.[citation
needed] A showrunner has creative and management responsibility of a
television series production through combining the responsibilities of
employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also character creator,
head writer, and script editor. In films, the director has creative
control of a production, but in television, the showrunner outranks
the episodic directors.Traditionally, the executive producer of a
television program was the chief executive, responsible for the show's
creative direction and production. Over time, the title of executive
producer was applied to a wider range of rolesâ€"from someone who
arranges financing to an "angel" who holds the title as an honorific
with no management duties in return for providing backing capital. The
term showrunner was created to identify the producer who holds
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 [their] production
company). The boss. Usually a writer."Los Angeles Times columnist
Scott Collins describes showrunners as:Shane Brennan, the showrunner
for NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, stated in an interview that: Showrunner Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter