Programming & Performance

Former Netflix Exec Tara Duncan Named Freeform President

She replaces Tom Ascheim, who left the network last month

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Tara Duncan, who just signed a Hulu producing deal last month, starts at Freeform on June 8.Rick Proctor
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By Jason Lynch

May 28, 2020

Freeform has found its new president, following Tom Ascheim’s departure last month.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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