Refresh for updates… Pioneering TV executive Jamie Tarses is being remembered in Hollywood today as a “fun, funny, brutally honest” and a “driving force” in some of the most beloved television series of a generation.“She changed my life,” tweeted Kristen Johnston, star of NBC’s 3rd Rock from the Sun who said Tarses was a “huger early network supporter” of the 1996-2001 sitcom, adding that the exec “became 1 of my dearest friends.
A trailblazer for women in the TV industry & an all-around beautiful, fun, brilliant person. Chances are, she was the driving force behind your favorite show.”Tarses died today from complications following a cardiac event last fall.
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