In the family room we see the same lovely dark floors that are featured in the rest of the downstairs and were digging the French doors that wrap the room to create a pleasantly porous barrier between the inside and outside. Jamie had such a true love for movies, television, theater, books and ideas that both transcended her work and absolutely inspired it, said Thomas. Hollywood executive was brought down by unvarnished sexism She was the ultimate fan.. Tarses blasted the door open for women to get to the traditionally male-dominated top TV executive ranks. When she left NBC we knew she would be missed but opportunity knocked at ABC., Jamie Tarses Remembered: Stars Of Happy Endings, 3rd Rock & More Honor TVs . When she left NBC we knew she would be missed but opportunity knocked at ABC.. Or why they would sell this house only 1 year after purchasing the place. At NBC she had served up a steady supply of hit sitcoms, including Mad About You, Frasier and Friends.. A superstar TV executive, Tarses was instrumental in developing such iconic shows as NBCs Friends and Frasier and reached the pinnacle of the network programming executive ladder by age 32, becoming president of ABC Entertainment. But as good as she was at anything, she was an even better friend, mother and person. The enormous pressure of the job and relentless media attention took a toll on her ABC tenure, which Tarses followed with a successful second career as a TV producer of such popular shows as ABCs Happy Endings, TBS My Boys, TNTs Franklin & Bash and Amazon Prime Videos The Wilds. She was followed by others, including current leading TV executives Burke, Salke and Dana Walden who each spent time as Head of Programming at a Big 4 broadcast network, the position Tarses once held at ABC. But she fizzles in epic fashion, brought down by corporate dysfunction, unvarnished sexism, self-sabotage, weaponized industry gossip and scalding news media scrutiny. Tarses Matthew Tarses never regained consciousness following her event and could not witness the breakout December debut and Season 2 renewal of The Wilds or the great pre-launch buzz for The Mysterious Benedict Society, solidified with the recent decision by Disney to move the series from Hulu to Disney+.