Film & Television vocabulary · Television Formats and Series

Rundown

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCommon term

In film & television, rundown means: An ordered plan of a television programme's items, with timings and production cues.

In Turkish: yayın akış çizelgesi

How it is used

Live television teams update the rundown as items change or timings slip.

Example sentences

  1. The producer moved the weather report earlier in the rundown.

    The change alters the order of programme items.

  2. Our rundown leaves thirty seconds for the closing announcement.

    A specific duration is reserved for the final item.

Common collocations

  • update the rundown
  • live rundown

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