Showrunners helps production companies, brands and creators develop repeatable, fundable, audience-first formats.
We bridge the gap between development, creators and brand partners - so ideas don’t get stuck, they get made.
Our work sits across two core offers: Showrunners B.E. and Showrunners Repilot.
Brands want cultural relevance.
Production companies want to get great ideas on screen.
Audiences crave stories they actually want to watch.
Showrunners B.E. brings these worlds together.
Help production companies develop format-driven ideas that are attractive to brands and platforms.
Identify and approach aligned brands and partners.
Package projects for brand funding, including decks, treatment development and value propositions.
Ensure brand involvement genuinely enhances - not interrupts - the story.
Support negotiations and partnership structures.
Connect producers with trusted creators and talent where relevant.
We don’t produce the shows ourselves.
We don’t take IP.
We don’t behave like an ad agency.
We enable, accelerate and de-risk production companies’ branded entertainment ambitions.
Production companies developing formats suited to brand funding.
Brands seeking long-form or episodic content that builds audience loyalty.
Platforms looking for culturally relevant entertainment.
Development teams create brilliant ideas that often never reach screen - not because they’re bad ideas, but because commissioners are risk-averse, over-stretched or shifting priorities.
Meanwhile, creators have huge audiences but rarely have access to structured formats.
Showrunners Repilot connects the two.
Review uncommissioned formats and identify which ideas can succeed on YouTube, TikTok, streaming or FAST channels.
Pair production companies with creators whose audience, tone and style fit the format.
Adapt TV-ready ideas into digital-native ideas without losing their core engine.
Support pilot creation, channel strategy and sustainable ongoing production.
Help structure ownership so producers retain the IP and everyone shares in the success.
Production companies with strong but unsold development slates.
Creators wanting to evolve from one-offs into series.
Platforms and channels looking for ready-to-test formats.
1. Discovery
We review your development slate, brand objectives or creator channels to identify the strongest format opportunities.
2. Format refinement
We sharpen the idea: the engine, mechanics, talent, tone and audience promise.
3. Partnership packaging
We build the materials needed for creators, brands or platforms - treatments, decks, story worlds, IP positioning.
4. Connections & funding
We introduce the right partners: brands, creators, talent, platforms, distributors or other production collaborators.
5. Pilot & pathway
We support pilot creation, iteration and long-term sustainability.
Showrunners doesn’t replace development teams - we make them more powerful.