Shari Rosenblum, Publicity Chief at 20th Television, Is Leaving After Nearly Three Decades
Shari Rosenblum is leaving 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, the studio behind many of the shows you may have watched on TV, after nearly three decades there.
Candice Ashton, publicity executive vice president at Disney Entertainment Television, announced the departure in a note to staff. Variety obtained a copy of the note and reported the news on 5 November 2026.
Rosenblum most recently held the title of senior vice president and head of publicity. In that job she ran the team that handles press coverage, interviews and public promotion for the studio's television series and its animated programmes. She took on the role in 2022. Before that, she had been promoted to senior vice president of publicity in 2017, when the company was still called 20th Century Fox Television.
Her path into the business was not the usual one. She started her career in literary public relations, working for books and authors. Before she joined the studio, she worked on consumer products campaigns, including licensing programmes for Ice Age, Planet of the Apes and The Simpsons. Licensing means selling the right to put a film or show's characters on other products, such as toys and clothing.
Over her years at the studio she worked under Dana Walden and Gary Newman, two of the most senior executives in the company's television operation. She received the Maxwell Weinberg Showmanship Award for Television for her work on Homeland. The award recognises publicity and promotional work on a television series. She has also sat on the board of P.S. Arts, a Los Angeles nonprofit that works with children in arts education, since 2019.
Publicity may sound like a background job, but it decides how a show reaches its audience. Press tours, interviews and premiere events are how many series are first introduced to viewers, and the people who plan them often work for years on the same shows.
Studio staff changes like this one often come with a handover period. For now, the news is simple: one of the longest-serving publicity leaders at the studio is moving on.
