Tana Nugent Jamieson is senior vice president of A+E Studios, the award-winning studio unit of the global media company A+E Networks, LLC. In this role, she develops original scripted programming for the A+E Networks portfolio, including Lifetime and HISTORY, as well as for external studios. Jamieson manages a diversified slate, which includes Project Blue Book from executive producer Robert Zemeckis, the number one new cable series of the 2018-2019 season, for HISTORY. She is also overseeing the upcoming drama series Reprisal for Hulu, the animated drama series The Liberator for Netflix, and The Lincoln Lawyer, a legal drama from creator David E. Kelley based on Michael Connelly’s series of bestselling novels, from A+E Studios, in association with CBS Television Studios for the CBS Network. Jamieson also spearheaded the hit series Six and Knightfall, from executive producer Jeremy Renner, for HISTORY; and the drama series American Princess from Jenji Kohan and Jamie Denbo for Lifetime, as well as the development of the critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated limited event series Roots, for HISTORY.
She is responsible for the studios’ overall deals with top-tier talent including Ross Fineman, Giovanni Orlando and Ron West, Chris Henze and J.B. Roberts’ Thruline Entertainment, and Swoon Reads.
Earlier, Jamieson was senior vice president, drama programming, at A&E Network. There, she oversaw the network’s development and production of all original scripted dramatic series, as well as limited series, movies and miniseries, including the Emmy-nominated A&E hit series Bates Motel, starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, from executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin.
updated 7.9.19