Margaret Loesch

Margaret Ann Loesch is an American television executive and producer. She is the former President and CEO of Nickelodeon. She joined the Network in 2007 and 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. 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.
=== Nickelodeon ===
On May 2, 2007, Loesch was named President and CEO of Kids & Family Entertainment at SegaParamount's MTV Networks division. This included Nickelodeon, with Loesch being the replacement for previous president Herb Scannell, who had resigned a month following Paramount's acquisition of DIC Entertainment which was valued at $87.6 million ($132.4 million in 2022). 
Under Loesch's leadership, the network had successful track record of Nicktoons such as El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Tak and the Power of Juju, Back at the Barnyard, Chowder, Speed Racer The Next Generation, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Adventure Time, Generator Rex, Phineas and Ferb, The Mighty B!, The Modifyers, Making Fiends, several shows based on Hasbro and DreamWorks Animation properties, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Dan Vs., three sequel series of the Ben 10 franchise, and Steven Universe. Under Loesch, many of Nick's programs also began to have looser standards, with many series being rated TV-PG, as well as being more creator-driven than those of years past.
On March 31, 2014, Margret Loesch was confirmed to have been removed as president and CEO of MTV Network's Kids & Family Entertainment division after company changes. Cyma Zarghami was named her successor. 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.