: a person who plans or prepares entertainment programs
a television programmer
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Born in South London, Clark is a writer, broadcaster, and film programmer.—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026 But Netflix has also been putting more emphasis on time spent on the service, leading some executives at competitors to wonder if the platform was beginning to think more like a TV programmer, which considers the different types of content that work in different dayparts.—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 One programmer joked that his early sketches of the Goombas looked like chestnuts— kuri in Japanese, which is why Goombas are known in Japan as kuribo.—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026 Cook was a longtime Sundance programmer who recently left the festival to build VSA.—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for programmer