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Rob Sharenow

Rob Sharenow

Producer, also writer

Primetime Emmy winner

Rob Sharenow was named President of Programming at A+E Networks® in July 2017. In his role, Sharenow is responsible for overseeing all content for A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY® Channel and the entire A+E Networks® channel portfolio, streamlining the creative structure. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, A&E® and Lifetime® where he oversaw all strategic planning and activities for both networks, including programming, marketing, publicity and brand development. He joined Lifetime® in March 2011 as its Executive Vice President of Programming before being elevated to Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lifetime® in June 2013. Under his leadership, the network enjoyed two consecutive years of record Emmy® nominations, culminating in 2014 with 17 nominations over eight separate programs. Lifetime® doubled its original content, growing its scripted offerings to include the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy® Award-nominated UnREAL®, the critically acclaimed Mary Kills PeopleTM and the upcoming series YOUTM and American PrincessTM. Lifetime®'s reality slate includes the Emmy®-nominated series Project Runway® and the hit docuseries Dance Moms®, The Rap GameTM, the Little Women® franchise and Bring It!, Lifetime®'s fastest-growing series ever. With Lifetime® as a leader in long-form, the films Flowers in the Attic, Aaliyah: Princess of R&B, The Gabby Douglas Story, Petals on the Wind and Lizzie Borden Took an Ax ranked as 2014's top five movie telecasts in cable among key demographics, while Whitney and Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart were ad-supported cable's top original movies of 2015 and 2016, respectively. In 2017, Lifetime® had three of the top four movies in ad-supported cable with Beaches, Love by the 10th Date and Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland. Sharenow is also leading the network's expansion into features with Lifetime® Films' The Last of Robin Hood, Lila and Eve and Paris Can Wait. At A&E®, Sharenow is responsible for overseeing the network's industry-leading slate of nonfiction programming that has been the cornerstone of the network's success, including the Emmy® Award-winning series Born This WayTM and Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, the number one unscripted crime series on cable Live PD®, 60 Days In®, Storage Wars®, Intervention® and The First 48®. Other hit series under Sharenow included Duck Dynasty® and Bates Motel, an A&E® original scripted drama series. At The HISTORY® Channel, Sharenow is responsible for oversight of the #1 TV network in brand index, buzz and quality (YouGov Brand Index). The HISTORY® Channel has been the leader in factual programming the best historical drama series in cable, including the hit series VikingsTM, the military drama SIXTM and Knightfall®, the Knights Templar series from Executive Producer Jeremy Renner. Sharenow is now overseeing HISTORY®'s next original scripted series, Project Blue BookTM from Executive Producer Robert Zemeckis. Before joining Lifetime®, Sharenow was Senior Vice President of Non-Fiction & Alternative Programming at A&E®, where he was responsible for supervising the development and creation of all of its nonfiction programming, including its signature real-life series, justice franchises, critically acclaimed documentary series, A&E IndieFilms®, lifestyle programming and marquee specials. During his tenure at A&E®, he developed and/or served as executive producer on several critically acclaimed and hit real-life series including Intervention®, Storage Wars®, HoardersTM, Beyond Scared Straight, Dog the Bounty Hunter®, Criss Angel Mindfreak®, Gene Simmons Family JewelsTM, The First 48®, ManhuntersTM and Growing Up Gotti. Under his leadership, A&E IndieFilms® produced and released several theatrical documentary features, including The September Issue, The Tillman Story and Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer. Prior to joining A&E®, Sharenow served as Executive Producer of The HISTORY® Channel's award-winning weekly series, This Week in History. While there, he also co-created and launched the series Extreme History with Roger Daltrey. In addition, he served as senior producer of a special commemorating the anniversary of 9/11, Relics from the Rubble. Additional television writing credits include Michael Moore's Emmy® Award-winning TV Nation and the Emmy®Award-winning children's series Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? Also an accomplished author, Sharenow's first novel, My Mother the Cheerleader, was named one of the Best Books of the Year by the American Library Association, School Library Journal and the New York Public Library. His second novel, The Berlin Boxing Club, won the Sydney Taylor Book Award and was a finalist for the Walden Award. His third book, The Girl in the Torch, was published by HarperCollins in 2015. Sharenow is a graduate of Brandeis University. He received his master's degree from New York University, where he held a fellowship in the American Studies department.

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Works as
Producer, also writer
Titles
33 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

What are Rob Sharenow's films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
30%
Society
23%
Bonds
14%
Morality
12%
Survival
9%
Ideas
8%
Power
4%
Community14 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 7 · Charged 4 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Contemplative
17
Hopeful
11
Warm
9
Melancholic
10
Other
22

How their films linger

Thought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet14
  • Ambiguous14
  • Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rob Sharenow's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rob Sharenow's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

33 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

Across their 33 MovieCove titles from 2005 to 2020.

Biggest box office

Paris Can Wait (2016)

$13M worldwide

Highest rated

I Survived... (2008)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Intervention (2005)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 33: 1 only writing, 0 with another roleProducing32 of 33: 32 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score55th

By decade

2000s13 · crew2010s19 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a Primetime Emmy from 6 major nominations, 2008–2014.

WinNomination
  1. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
  2. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
  3. 2012
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
  4. 2011
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality Program
  5. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Reality Program
  6. 2008
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Reality Program

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Rob Sharenow's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic7
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition (2012)

97th percentile spread · 58% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

I Survived... (2008)

Midcredits 95th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 57/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rob Sharenow's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Rob Sharenow work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rob Sharenow's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Molly Thompson shares the most, 12.

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles