By Elaine Low Senior TV Writer Following the news last month that Tom Ascheim would depart as head of Freeform to lead Warner Bros.’ kids and young adults division, the young adult cabler has named Tara Duncan as its new president.
She will step into the role on June 8, overseeing strategic planning, brand development, content strategy, original programming, production, scheduling, finance, research, marketing and communications.
Duncan most recently had an overall deal at Hulu, where she was developing an adaptation of the Zakiya Dalila Harris novel, “The Other Black Girl.” Prior to that, she was a senior creative executive at Netflix until 2018, overseeing “Orange Is the New Black” and “Narcos.” She also produced the “Bosch” pilot for
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