Jamie Tarses: A Complicated Tenure at ABC, But a Network TV Trailblazer
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variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIt’s hard to believe now, but it took until 1996 for the broadcast networks to finally hire their first-ever female entertainment president, when ABC recruited Jamie Tarses away from NBC to take the job.
There had been a handful of other women in powerful slots, including Lucie Salhany, who was briefly chair of the Fox Broadcasting Co.
before launching UPN. But until streaming upended the business, “entertainment president” was the most visible, and arguably the most important, leadership job at a network.
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