15 Facts About Jamie Tarses

Sara James Tarses was an American television producer and television studio executive.

Jamie Tarses was the president of ABC Entertainment from 1996 to 1999, the first woman and one of the youngest people to hold such a post in an American broadcast network.

Jamie Tarses graduated from Williams College in 1985 with a degree in theater.

In September 1987, Jamie Tarses was hired by NBC Productions' Brandon Tartikoff as the manager of creative affairs.

Jamie Tarses climbed the corporate ladder at NBC until 1996.

Jamie Tarses left NBC in 1996 amidst a significant amount of press coverage.

Jamie Tarses resigned in August 1999 with two years remaining on her contract.

Jamie Tarses was the subject of what Bill Carter of The New York Times called an "unflattering profile" written by Lynn Hirschberg in The New York Times Magazine in July 1997, in which she "was portrayed as an embattled executive whose competence and professionalism was being questioned in Hollywood show business circles".

In 2005, Jamie Tarses partnered on a production company called Pariah Productions with producer Gavin Polone.

Jamie Tarses was co-producer of My Boys, a comedy about a female sports reporter starring Jordana Spiro, on TBS cable television network from November 28,2006, until September 14,2010.

Jamie Tarses married DreamWorks SKG television executive Dan McDermott in 1993.

Jamie Tarses dated Robert Morton, executive producer of Late Show with David Letterman.

Jamie Tarses had two children, Wyatt and Sloane, with her partner Paddy Aubrey, an executive chef and restaurant owner.

Jamie Tarses served on the board of directors and the advisory board of directors for Young Storytellers, an arts education nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles.

Jamie Tarses had a stroke in the fall of 2020, spent time in a coma, and then died in Los Angeles on February 1,2021, at age 56 from what a family spokesperson called "complications of a cardiac event".