Two people have overall creative control and management responsibility for American Gods (TV series).
American Gods (TV series) . The television series was developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for the premium cable network Starz . Fuller and Green are the showrunners for the series . In the parlance of the Hollywood television industry , a showrunner is a television series ' leading executive producer . A showrunner 's duties often combine those traditionally assigned to the head writer , executive producer , and script editor . In films , directors typically have creative control of a production -- but in television , the showrunner outranks the director .