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Jamie Tarses, trailblazing TV executive, dead at 56

Jamie Tarses, trailblazing TV executive, dead at 56
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Updated: 1:44 PM CST Feb 1, 2021
By Brian Lowry, CNN
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Jamie Tarses attends Women In Film 2018 Crystal + Lucy Award at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on June 13, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Updated: 1:44 PM CST Feb 1, 2021
By Brian Lowry, CNN
Jamie Tarses, who became the first woman to head a major network entertainment division during a tumultuous run in the 1990s at ABC, died Monday of complications from a cardiac event last fall, according to multiple reports citing her family.She was 56.CNN has reached out to her family for comment.Tarses became president of ABC Entertainment in 1996, following a successful run as a comedy development executive at NBC, where she participated in the launch of "Friends," "Frasier" and other popular sitcoms during the network's "Must-See TV" heyday.At ABC, she ran into a political minefield — the network had recently been acquired by Disney — and left the job after three years.Only 32 when she was recruited by then-Disney executive Michael Ovitz in a move that angered executives at NBC, Tarses received inordinate media attention, including a New York Times magazine profile in which she surprised her bosses by allowing the reporter, Lynn Hirschberg, to unknowingly listen in on her calls with them.When she left ABC following another management shift in 1999, Tarses sounded relieved to be moving on, telling the Los Angeles Times regarding the constant speculation and rumors about behind-the-scenes friction, "I just don't want to play anymore. The work is a blast. The rest of this nonsense I don't need."Since then, Tarses had been active as a producer, serving as an executive producer on the series "Primeval," "My Boys" and "Happy Endings."Tarses came from a show-business family. Her father is veteran TV producer Jay Tarses, who created such shows as "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd." Her brother, Matt, is also a writer-producer.After graduating from Williams College, she became an assistant casting executive on "Saturday Night Live" before joining Lorimar Television. The legendary NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff hired her in 1987, and she worked her way up through various creative positions to oversee comedy development.The network executive played by Amanda Peet in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," a short-lived 2006 NBC series from writer-producer Aaron Sorkin, was loosely modeled on Tarses, who served as a consultant.In a statement, 20th Television president Karey Burke said, "Jamie was a trailblazer in the truest sense of the word. She shattered stereotypes and ideas about what a female executive could achieve, and paved the way for others, at a cost to herself. She was a mentor and friend, and many of us owe so much to her."Tarses was involved in various charitable organizations, including Young Storytellers, which reaches out to youths by promoting the power of storytelling. Survivors include her partner, Paddy Aubrey, and their two children.

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Jamie Tarses, Pioneering Television Executive, Dies at 56

Jamie Tarses
She served as president of ABC Entertainment from 1996-99 after helping develop hits like 'Friends,' 'Mad About You' and 'Frasier' at NBC.
Jamie Tarses, the producer and groundbreaking TV executive who as president of ABC Entertainment from 1996-99 became the first woman to serve as head a network entertainment division, died Monday. She was 56.
Tarses died in Los Angeles of complications from a cardiac event suffered last fall, according to her family.
Survivors include her father, Jay Tarses, an Emmy winner who created such innovative TV shows as
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and her brother, Matt Tarses, who has produced series including

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Jamie Tarses dead: First woman to head a broadcast network dies at 56

Wings, among others.
ABC's decision to hire the young Turk was met with enormous scrutiny, which included a scathing and sexist article by Lynn Hirschberg for the
New York Times
Magazine. The long profile began with a commentary about the car she drove — a Range Rover — and a reference to her hair, which Hirschberg described as "a mass of curls that falls past her shoulders, is piled up on her head like a corona. A tendril has come loose and Tarses is fussing with it, tugging at the stray hair, distracted by it and by other things." The not-so-subtle digs at her youth and femininity stood out more than any mention of her talents, and dogged Tarses for years.

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Jamie Tarses dead: Pioneering female TV executive was 56

Twenty-five years before Peak TV, there was “Must See TV.”
During Tarses’ tenure at ABC, the network’s successes included hit sitcom “Dharma & Greg,” writer-producer Aaron Sorkin’s “Sports Night,” “The Practice” from David E. Kelley and “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place,” which introduced actor Ryan Reynolds.
Tarses left ABC in 1999 and went on to become an independent TV producer for a number of networks, turning out such shows as “Happy Endings,” “Franklin & Bash” and “My Boys.” She had a project in production for Disney+ called “The Mysterious Benedict Society.” She also produced “The Wilds” for Amazon Prime.

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