Sentence examples for showrunners from inspiring English sources

HBO has mostly bet on writers.In high-end television writers can aspire to a level of control, as "showrunners" and producers, that eludes them in cinema.

Fans of George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels on which the HBO series is based will have expected Arya to lose her sight, but the 18-year-old has now put an end to speculation about what showrunners will do.

Showrunners of Moffat and Mercurio's stature, while rare in British television, are almost the norm in the US.

Showrunners also have a big influence on casting.

The sixth season of the popular HBO TV series based on his books is scheduled to return in May and has already caught up with Martin's storylines, making it likely that showrunners will either go off on their own tangent or spoil The Winds of Winter for readers.

Liam Cunningham, who plays Ser Davos Seaworth in the hit fantasy drama, could not believe showrunners' plans when he learned of the new storylines.

Game of Thrones producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss have said they hope to continue the award-winning drama to eight seasons, with Martin having already shared the ending of the saga with the two showrunners.

Showrunners are usually tight-lipped about how they will end their shows, but Knight said he "very roughly" imagines it closing ""when the first air raid siren sounds at the start of the Second World War".

Harington and the showrunners have insisted numerous times that Jon Snow is "deader than dead" after he was stabbed by the Night's Watch in the dramatic season five finale but some fans still believe that Melisandre will bring him back to life and that famous curly-haired mop will return to our living rooms.

It's the biggest Game of Thrones mystery after "Is Jon Snow really dead?" but showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss are in on the truth after the author agreed to let them adapt his novels on one condition - that they guess the correct name.

"There are conversations taking place over here about 'What are showrunners?'; but you go to LA and the writer is king and queen over there.