Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show (2014) is a documentary you can watch online on iFILM — the first feature-length film to go inside the job that built modern American television.

Directed by Des Doyle, the film spent time with over twenty of TV's most influential creator-producers: Joss Whedon, J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Ronald D. Moore, Kurt Sutter, Jonathan Nolan, and more. A showrunner writes, produces, and has final creative say on everything — and the film tracks what that combination actually costs. Network pressure, budget ceilings, writer's rooms at 3 a.m. The title alone is a job description.

If you've ever wondered why some shows run a decade and others collapse mid-season, the answers are in this room. Stream Showrunners (2014) online on iFILM.