Shelley Ross Explained

Shelley Ross is an American television executive producer, former writer and editor at the National Enquirer,[1] former executive producer of ABC News Good Morning America,[2] [3] [4] and former executive producer at CBS News The Early Show.[5] [6] [7]

Career

Ross was a segment producer of The Tomorrow Show in 1981. In 2016, she accused her boss, Roger Ailes, of sexual harassment shortly after she was hired in 1981.[8]

Ross was a producer for ABC News.[9] For her work on prime time, in 2005, she won a shared Gerald Loeb Award for Television Deadline.[10] Ross was a producer of The Early Show.[11] [12]

In September 2021, she accused her previous employee, Chris Cuomo, of sexually harassing her in 2005 during an employee's farewell party at a bar in Manhattan.[13] [14] [15] Stopping short of asking him to be fired from CNN, she said she would "like to see him journalistically repent." Cuomo admitted to the incident and apologized in a statement: "As Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature. It happened 16 years ago in a public setting when she was a top executive at ABC. I apologized to her then, and I meant it."[16]

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Notes and References

  1. Auletta . Ken . Ken Auletta . The Dawn Patrol . 27 September 2021 . . 1 August 2005.
  2. News: Maynard . John . ABC Sends 'GMA' Producer to Prime Time . 27 September 2021 . Washington Post . 15 April 2004.
  3. News: Robertson . Lori . Making Their Moves . 27 September 2021 . . November 1999 . ABC and CBS, also-rans in the morning TV battle for the last four years, take aim at NBC's reigning champion, 'Today.'.
  4. News: Steinberg . Brian . Chris Cuomo Alleged to Have Touched Former ABC News Producer Inappropriately . 27 September 2021 . Variety . 24 September 2021.
  5. News: Gough . Paul J. . Ross fired from CBS' 'Early Show' . 27 September 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter . AP . 7 March 2008.
  6. News: CBS axes controversial 'Early Show' producer . 27 September 2021 . Reuters . 7 March 2008 . en.
  7. News: In Defense of 'Early Show' Producer Shelley Ross . 27 September 2021 . . en-us.
  8. Web site: Khatchatourian. Maane. 2016-08-08. Veteran TV Producer Shelley Ross Accuses Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment. 2021-09-24. Variety. en-US.
  9. News: Mullin. Benjamin. 2021-09-24. CNN's Chris Cuomo Accused of Sexually Harassing a Former ABC News Producer. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-09-24. 0099-9660.
  10. Web site: 2005 Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20051216115915/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x8826.xml. December 16, 2005. UCLA Anderson School of Management. Internet Archive. May 22, 2010.
  11. News: Carter. Bill. 2008-03-01. Producer May Leave 'Early Show'. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-09-24. 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: March 6, 2008. In Defense of 'Early Show' Producer Shelley Ross. 2021-09-24. Intelligencer. en-us.
  13. Blistein. Jon. 2021-09-24. TV Producer Says Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Her, Apologized to Her Husband First. 2021-09-24. Rolling Stone. en-US.
  14. News: Ross . Shelley . Opinion: Chris Cuomo Sexually Harassed Me. I Hope He'll Use His Power to Make Change. . 27 September 2021 . The New York Times . 24 September 2021.
  15. Web site: Shelley Ross . HuffPost . 27 September 2021 . en.
  16. Web site: 2021-09-24. Chris Cuomo's Former Boss Accuses Him of Grabbing Her Butt, Offering Bizarre Email Apology Afterwards. 2021-09-24. Mediaite. en.

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