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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The hit comedy film spawned a sitcom of the same name, which aired on ABC from 1982 to 1983, and in first-run syndication from 1986 to 1988.
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Michaela Zee, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
My part in that is helping chart our Alternative Content strategy — basically, anything that isn’t a major first-run release.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
In addition to first-run movies, be sure to take advantage of retro movie nights.
—The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
With its own bar and lounges, baby grand piano, cabaret space, work studios and meeting rooms, a screening room playing first-run films and documentaries, and a music and podcast studio, the space is an opulent full-service facility for the members of the creative industries that roost here.
—Sunset Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
The Action Comics version that sold this week is part of a collection known as the Kansas City Pedigree that emerged in the late 1960s and which consists of almost 250 first-run issues published from 1937 into the 1940s.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
In this landscape, Amazon distinguishes itself as the sole major streamer amplifying its original commissioning for first-run TV.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
To see free first-run movies, sign up with Gofobo or check out Advance Screenings, says filmmaker Neil Chase.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In addition to a vast collection of shorts, documentaries and first-run features there’s the annual onstage presentation of the fest’s Maverick Spirit Award.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Michaela Zee, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
My part in that is helping chart our Alternative Content strategy — basically, anything that isn’t a major first-run release.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
In addition to first-run movies, be sure to take advantage of retro movie nights.
—The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
With its own bar and lounges, baby grand piano, cabaret space, work studios and meeting rooms, a screening room playing first-run films and documentaries, and a music and podcast studio, the space is an opulent full-service facility for the members of the creative industries that roost here.
—Sunset Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
The Action Comics version that sold this week is part of a collection known as the Kansas City Pedigree that emerged in the late 1960s and which consists of almost 250 first-run issues published from 1937 into the 1940s.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2024
In this landscape, Amazon distinguishes itself as the sole major streamer amplifying its original commissioning for first-run TV.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
To see free first-run movies, sign up with Gofobo or check out Advance Screenings, says filmmaker Neil Chase.
—Laura Daily, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
Related Articles In addition to a vast collection of shorts, documentaries and first-run features there’s the annual onstage presentation of the fest’s Maverick Spirit Award.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
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