eOne’s Global Unscripted TV President Tara Long Exits, Set To Strike Deal With John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios

Peter White
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EXCLUSIVE: Tara Long, eOne’s President, Global Unscripted Television, is leaving the company after ten years.

Long’s departure comes after Lionsgate acquired the company from Hasbro.

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Deadline understands that she is now in the process of setting up her own shop and is set to strike a deal with her former eOne boss John Morayniss and his Blink49 Studios.

Long joined eOne in 2012 and has shepherded unscripted series such as WE tv’s Growing Up Hip Hop franchise, MTV’s Ex On The Beach and Siesta Key, E!’s LadyGang, BET’s Hustle in Brooklyn, Death Row Chronicles and Emmy-nominated LA Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later, A&E’s Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. and GSN’s America Says.

Earlier this month, it emerged that Lionsgate was cutting eOne’s workforce by about 10% after the deal closed in August.

Morayniss, who ran eOne’s television business between 2008 and 2018, set up Blink49 Studios in 2021 with Patrice Theroux, Jeff Lynas and Nelson Kuo-Lee and backing from Fifth Season, then known as Endeavor Content.

It has deals with the likes of Lilly Singh and invested in Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment.

The company also set up a non-scripted division with two former eOne execs; Toby Dormer, who is EVP, Unscripted Television and Allison Brough as VP, Unscripted Television.

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