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FROM Des Doyle
Showrunners These days, some of the biggest names in television aren't the actors and actresses on the screen, but the men and women behind the camera: Shonda Rhimes, Matthew Weiner, J.J. Abrams, and Joss Whedon, just to name a few. It would seem that the "golden age of television" has given rise to the celebrity showrunner. A new documentary looks at the changing role of the toughest job in television.
Showrunners These days, some of the biggest names in television aren’t the actors and actresses on the screen, but the men and women behind the camera: Shonda Rhimes, Matthew Weiner, J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, just to name a few. It would seem that the “golden age of television” has given rise to the celebrity showrunner. A new documentary looks at the changing role of the toughest job in television.
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