first-run
adjective
: available for public viewing for the first time
first-run movies
also
: exhibiting first-run movies
first-run theaters
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Scheib won the penultimate GS of the season Saturday after first-run leader Camille Rast skied out early in her final run.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
The audience levels needed to generate enough ad revenue to support first-run programming in daytime no longer exists.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The move is expected to result in layoffs, both in terms of crew of the sunsetted shows and NBCU first-run executives.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
In first-run syndication, producers such as NBCUniversal sell TV shows to stations on a market-by-market basis rather than distributing them across a single network platform.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
The audience levels needed to generate enough ad revenue to support first-run programming in daytime no longer exists.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The move is expected to result in layoffs, both in terms of crew of the sunsetted shows and NBCU first-run executives.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
In first-run syndication, producers such as NBCUniversal sell TV shows to stations on a market-by-market basis rather than distributing them across a single network platform.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
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“First-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-run. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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