As President, Global Unscripted Television for Entertainment One, Tara Long oversees all aspects of eOne’s unscripted business on a global basis with a focus on further developing, growing and diversifying its pipeline, relationships, and scope. Long has cultivated more than 100 hours of new, unscripted content leading both the U.S. and U.K. markets, with successful series spanning a plethora of unscripted genres — including cooking, dating, true crime, premium documentary, competition, music, horror, and live event programming — and airing on nearly every major streamer and network.

Under Tara Long’s leadership, eOne boasts an extremely deep and broad slate that includes Play-Doh Squished, hosted by Sarah Hyland for Amazon Freevee, and Easy-Bake Battle, hosted by Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski for Netflix, as well as a series based on Lincoln Logs for Roku, a documentary feature on Dungeons &  Dragons with Joe Manganiello and Kyle Newman directing and The Impact: Atlanta for BET+, Siesta Key and Ex on the Beach for MTV, and the Growing Up Hip Hop franchise for WEtv. Upcoming projects include The Love Experiment: The Ultimate Dating Experience for MTV, Order of the Exorcist with Eli Roth for Travel Channel, and multiple projects based on so-called “crypto couple” Heather Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, in partnership with Forbes Entertainment.   

Since establishing eOne’s U.S. Unscripted Programming division in 2012, Long has helped the company expand globally establishing a significant presence in the U.K. and opening a London office. Long hasoverseen U.K. programming including  the last several BAFTA broadcasts, and ushered the acquisitions of unscripted producers Blackfin, Whizz Kid Entertainment, and nonfiction television and event programming leader Daisybeck Studios.

Speaking on: Global Visions, International Insights