This is how senior bishop runs a TV programme (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'tv programme' is the definition.
(type of TV programme)
'this is how senior bishop runs a' is the wordplay.
'this is how' becomes 'so' (as in 'like so').
'senior bishop' becomes 'a pope' (the Pope is the Bishop of Rome).
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'so'+'apope'+'r'+'a'='SOAP-OPERA'
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "TV serial such as Coronation Street" , "addictive programme?" , "TV or radio series of everyday events" , "Regularly broadcast series" , "Sentimental TV serial, sounds clean" .)