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21 TV Shows with Female Showrunners

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Inequality in leadership roles in Hollywood (and other industries) is still a huge issue, but thankfully, there are some women calling the shots in entertainment. Here are 21 shows with female showrunners.

1

UnReal

Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

2

Fresh Off the Boat

Nahnatchka Khan

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3

Marvel's Jessica Jones

Melissa Rosenberg

4

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Maurissa Tancharoen

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5

Supergirl

Jessica Queller

6

Grey's Anatomy

Shonda Rhimes

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7

How to Get Away With Murder

Shonda Rhimes

8

Orange Is the New Black

Jenji Kohan

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9

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna

10

Transparent

Jill Soloway

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11

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tina Fey

12

Great News

Tina Fey

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13

Queen Sugar

Ava DuVernay

14

Westworld

Lisa Joy

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15

Jane the Virgin

Jennie Snyder Urman

16

Power

Courtney Kemp

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17

Famous in Love

I. Marlene King

18

Criminal Minds

Erica Messer

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19

Empire

Ilene Chaiken

20

Insecure

Issa Rae

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