{
  "id": 1738223,
  "title": "Ascend Literary Management Signs ‘Average Joe’ Creator Robb Cullen (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ascend-literary-management-signs-average-joe-creator-robb-cullen",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/ascend-literary-management-robb-cullen-1236837126/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ascend Literary Management has signed Robb Cullen for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. Cullen continues to be repped by IAG and Jared Levine, Sabrina Padwa and Jonathan Leiter of Yorn Levine. Cullen most recently created the series “Average Joe.” The series originally launched on BET+ in 2023, while the second season will debut on Paramount+ […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}