Shari Rosenblum Exits 20th Television Publicity Post on Early Retirement
Rosenblum, who led publicity for 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, accepted a voluntary early retirement offer Disney extended to longtime staff.
Shari Rosenblum is leaving her role as SVP and Head of Publicity for Disney Television Studios' 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, Deadline reported on November 5, 2026. Her departure follows her acceptance of a voluntary early retirement offer Disney extended to qualifying longtime employees two months earlier.
Rosenblum is expected to take some time off before deciding on her next move.
She has spent more than 25 years at the company, first at 20th Century Fox and then at Disney after the Fox acquisition. For the past two decades she worked at 20th Television and its predecessor 20th Century Fox Television, rising to SVP in 2017 and taking over the studio's publicity team in 2022.
She joined 20th Century Fox 26 years ago in consumer products and home entertainment before being recruited by then co-heads of 20th Century Fox Television Dana Walden and Gary Newman.
Rosenblum was a member of the Local 600 International Cinematographers & Publicists Guild from 2005 to 2022 and received the Maxwell Weinberg Showmanship Award for Television for her work on Homeland.
Quick answers
Who is leaving 20th Television?
Shari Rosenblum, SVP and Head of Publicity for 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, is departing.
Why is Shari Rosenblum leaving?
She accepted a voluntary early retirement offer Disney extended to qualifying longtime employees two months before her departure was reported.