Shawn Ryan (Writer)

Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show

“Showrunners” is the first ever feature length documentary film to explore the fascinating world of US television showrunners and the creative forces aligned around them. These are the people responsible for creating, writing and overseeing every element of production on one of the United State’s biggest exports – television drama and comedy series. Often described as the most complex job in the entertainment business, a showrunner is the chief writer / producer on a TV series and, in most instances, the show’s creator. Battling daily between art and commerce, showrunners manage every aspect of a TV show’s development and production: creative, financial and logistical.

Release Date2014-10-17

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Vote Count48

The Shield: Wrap Day

Documentary of the final day of production on the second season finale of FX's "The Shield", which took place on March 14, 2003.

Release Date2006-06-09

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S.W.A.T.

A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.

Release Date2017-11-02

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JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1483

The Shield

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

Release Date2002-03-12

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JobWriter

Episode Count18

Vote Count777

Angel

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Release Date1999-10-05

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Episode Count5

Vote Count933

The Unit

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

Release Date2006-03-07

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Episode Count1

Vote Count197

Timeless

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?

Release Date2016-10-03

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Episode Count1

Vote Count738

The Night Agent

Brought together by a midnight phone call, an FBI agent and a cybersecurity expert must unravel an ever-growing web of political conspiracies.

Release Date2023-03-23

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JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count20

Vote Count930

Life with Louie

The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood, an old Rambler and a huge goldfish, and you have the background for Life with Louie. Each episode is a portrait of humor and warmth drawn from Louie Anderson's real-life experience as a child in the Midwest.

Release Date1994-12-24

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JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count77

Nash Bridges

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor and charm. Joe Dominguez comes out of retirement to become Bridges' wisecracking yet more rule-abiding partner.

Release Date1996-03-29

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Episode Count9

Vote Count103

Last Resort

When the crew of the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado refuse to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan without confirmation of the orders, they are fired upon and declared rogue enemies of their own country.

Release Date2012-09-27

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JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count170

Terriers

Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department.

Release Date2010-09-08

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Episode Count2

Vote Count95

Mad Dogs

When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.

Release Date2015-01-15

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JobCreator

Vote Count87

The Chicago Code

The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose political corruption within the city.

Release Date2011-02-07

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Episode Count3

Vote Count59

Beverly Hills Cop

Aaron Foley, Axel Foley's blue-collar police officer son, helps take down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills while trying to escape the shadow of his larger-than-life father. CBS passed on the pilot and it was eventually leaked in December 2022.

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

American Hostage

A psychological thriller anthology series focusing on a different hostage case every season.

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count1

1MMs

1MMs is a series of minature movies designed to grab the audience's attention during NBC's commercial breaks.

Release Date2003-09-25

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JobWriter

Episode Count1

Welcome to Hollywood

A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...

Release Date1998-10-01

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Vote Count11