Margaret Ann Loesch ( Interview with X-Men: TAS Showrunner/Writers Eric Lewald and Julia Lewald ; born March 28, 1946) is an American television executive and producer. She is the former president and CEO of Discovery Communications and Hasbro, Inc's joint venture television network Hub Network. She stepped down from her position in 2014.
Early life Margaret Ann Loesch was born to Margaret M. Loesch and Brig. Gen. L. Fred Loesch (USAF). She attended undergraduate school at the University of Southern Mississippi, studying political science, and graduate school at Louisiana State University in New Orleans.
Career In 1971, Loesch started her entertainment career with television programming and production positions at ABC, then in 1979 with NBC. In 1979 she moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions as vice president for children's programming, moving up to executive vice president. In 1984, she joined Marvel Productions as president and chief executive officer and remained in this position up until 1990. Loesch then ran Fox Kids from 1990 until 1997. During this time she bought X-Men: The Animated Series and the Power Rangers franchise (both would prove to be wildly popular) for the network.
For most of 1998, Loesch was President of the Jim Henson Television Group, where she was involved in the Odyssey Channel agreement with Hallmark Entertainment and National Interfaith Cable Coalition. She moved to Odyssey in November 1998 as president and chief executive officer. With Hallmark taking over a majority ownership in Odyssey, Loesch led a re-branding of Odyssey to the Hallmark Channel in 1999. In 2003, Loesch and Bruce Stein formed The Hatchery, a family entertainment and consumer product company. She was hired as Hub Network chief executive officer position in July 2009 until the end of 2014. In March 2015, Loesch was named to Genius Brands' international board of directors to replace Jeff Weiss, the president and chief operations officer of American Greetings.
Filmography Years Title Notes 1981 Superfriends Executive In Charge of Production Trollkins Executive In Charge of Production 1981–1983 The Smurfs Executive In Charge of Production/Supervising Executive 1982–1983 Pac-Man Executive In Charge of Production 1983–1984 Pac-Man Supervising Executive The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show Supervising Executive The Biskitts Supervising Executive Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show Supervising Executive Producer 1984–1985 Challenge of the GoBots Executive In Charge of Production 1985–1986 Paw Paws Executive In Charge of Production The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians Executive In Charge of Production 1985 The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo Executive In Charge of Production 1988 Dino-Riders Executive Producer 1990–1995 Tiny Toon Adventures Executive In Charge of Production 1991–1995 Taz-Mania Executive Producer 1992–1995 Batman: The Animated Series Executive Producer 1992 The Plucky Duck Show Executive In Charge of Production 1993–1998 Animaniacs Executive In Charge of Production 1995–1999 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Executive Producer 1995–1997 Freakazoid! Executive In Charge of Production 1995–1998 Pinky and the Brain Executive In Charge of Production 1996–2000 Superman: The Animated Series Executive Producer 1996–1997 Road Rovers Executive In Charge of Production Waynehead Executive In Charge of Production 1997–1999 The New Batman Adventures Executive Producer 1998–2000 Histeria! Executive In Charge of Production 1998–1999 Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Executive In Charge of Production 1999–2001 Batman Beyond Executive Producer 1999–2000 Detention Executive Producer 2000–2002 Static Shock Executive Producer 2001–2002 The Zeta Project Executive Producer Justice League Executive Producer
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