By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV Producer and former Netflix and AMC executive Tara Duncan is joining Freeform as President.
Starting her new role on June 8, she will oversee strategic planning, brand development, content strategy, original programming, production, scheduling, finance, research, marketing and communications for Disney’s young adult cable network, reporting to Dana Walden, chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment.
Duncan succeeds Tom Ascheim who exited last month for a job at Warner Bros. Duncan comes from within the Disney family. Just last month, she struck an overall producing deal with Disney-controlled Hulu, setting up a adaptation of Zakiya Dalila Harris’ acclaimed novel The Other Black Girl
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