US TV credits according to a rank system. EP credit is given to a wide range of people such as the director of the first episode, the showrunners, senior writing staff, authors of underlying materials, studio executives, network executives, prominent members of the cast and so on. It doesn’t necessarily confer authority over how the show is made, simply that these are people on the higher tier of pay, or contractual obligation to such credit.
US TV credits according to a rank system. EP credit is given to a wide range of people such as the director of the first episode, the showrunners, senior writing staff, authors of underlying materials, studio executives, network executives, prominent members of the cast and so on. It doesn’t necessarily confer authority over how the show is made, simply that these are people on the higher tier of pay, or contractual obligation to such credit.