Jamie Tarses

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jamie Tarses (born 1964) was head of ABC's entertainment division from 1996 to 1999, the first woman and one of the youngest people to hold such a post in an American broadcast network. She is the daughter of television writer Jay Tarses.

Amanda Peet, who plays Jordan McDeere, the head of fictional network NBS on NBC show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, has said that her character was "loosely based" on Tarses.^[1] A rough draft of the script for Studio 60 had Amanda Peet's character named "Jamie". When Tarses was at ABC she went by her married name, Jamie McDermott, which is very similar to the name eventually used on Studio 60.

Jamie Tarses is a consultant for Studio 60. When she was senior vice president of primetime series for NBC, she had a major role in developing Friends and Wings, which starred Studio 60 actors Matthew Perry and Steven Weber, respectively.

Jamie Tarses is co-producer of My Boys, a comedy television show about a female sports reporter, which premiered on TBS cable television network on Tuesday, November 28, 2006.

[edit] References

1. ^ Amanda Peet segment, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 20 October 2006. Peet: "I'm the head of network … The role is loosely based on Jamie Tarses…".

[edit] External links

• Roush, Matt (18 October 2006). "The Back Nine: Any Other Keepers?". Roush Dispatch. TVGuide.com. Retrieved on 2006-10-21.