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.

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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