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Jamie Tarses

  • Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Birthday: November 30, 1963

At age 32, Tarses became the youngest person and the first woman to preside over a network entertainment division. As President of ABC Entertainment, she reported to division Chairman Ted Harbert, who held her job before being promoted. This personal triumph followed an exceedingly eventful year at NBC Entertainment where she had spent the better part of a decade climbing swiftly up the corporate ladder. The daughter of celebrated sitcom producer, writer and director Jay Tarses ("The Bob Newhart Show", "Buffalo Bill", "…more

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Producer

Career Milestones

  • 1999

    Resigned from ABC in August

  • 1996

    Allegedly asked to be released from her two-year contract with NBC citing sexual harassment by her NBC superior, West Coast President, Don Ohlemeyer; refused to comment on rumor due to confidentiality agreement with NBC; NBC execs and other sources denied story

  • 1996

    Moved to ABC in June as President, ABC Entertainment becoming both the youngest person and the first woman to hold such a position; reported to Ted Harbert, chairman, ABC Entertainment until Harbert's resignation in February 1997

  • 1996

    NBC announced in February that Tarses (then McDermott) would be on hiatus until June while she considered a job offer from ABC

  • 1996

    Reportedly approached by Walt Disney Company president Michael Ovitz in February to succeed Ted Harbert as president of NBC Entertainment

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