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Article: Old, new together as ABC leaders Entertainment team denies reports of friction with Disney bosses; Quotes From TV-Land "I was just at the Olympics I didn't even tell you this yet but Charles Barkley wants to (do a guest shot) on the show. Charles Barkley, like, was smoking a big cigar at (Atlanta's) House of Blues. . . . So he's, like, drinking and smoking a big cigar, and he's walking around, and he goes, `Hey, when are you going to put me on the show?' And I go, `You want to be on the show?' He goes, `Yeah.' And I go, `Well, you're on, buddy.' So I already promised him." Drew Carey, star of ABC's "Drew Carey Show," to Executive Producer Bruce Helford.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 27, 1996
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Making lemonade out of lemons, ABC got appreciative laughter from
critics Friday by introducing its new entertainment president
alongside the man she replaced to the strains of "Happy Together."
Jamie Tarses, who started at ABC in June, and Ted Harbert, whose
new title is entertainment chairman, sat onstage in identical
leather armchairs. In matching dark suits, they might have been
sister and older brother.
But they're not corporate siblings. Though Harbert is now Tarses'
boss, Tarses, formerly a programming star at NBC, was brought in by
Disney President Michael Ovitz and, by all reports, has the more
important job.
Harbert appeared at times supportive, at times amused as Tarses ...
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... ... Before the epic media event when Jamie Tarses, the beleaguered president of ABC Entertainment ... Paula, have you ever met Jamie Tarses?'' someone asked. The room exploded ... crowd, Paula, because of this Jamie Tarses thing.' And I said, `who is Jamie ...
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