A Love Letter To Saturday Morning

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 The Architect of Childhood - Margaret Loesch on  Saturday Mornings , X-Men, Power Rangers, and the Fox Kids Revolution

Margaret Loesch didn’t just give us shows. She gave us identity.

Before the MCU, before the streaming wars, Margaret Loesch was the driving force behind the greatest Saturday Morning and syndicated children's programming of the 1980s and 1990s. 

As the President of Marvel Productions (Dungeons & Dragons, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Jem) and under her leadership at Fox Kids came (X-Men: The Animated Series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), her non-negotiable vision was to give kids serialized, emotional, and complex stories.

In this powerful, feature-length conversation, Margaret walks us through her entire career:

• The Origin Story: Her early years at ABC/NBC and what she learned about the potential of children's programming.

• The Dream Factory: Pushing for deeper narratives at Hanna-Barbera.

• The Marvel Years: Why she believed kids were ready for the deeper stories and the tragedy of Optimus Prime’s death in The Transformers: The Movie.

• Her Thoughts on Pryde Of The X-Men 

• The Revolution: Building Fox Kids from the ground up, fighting for X-Men '92 (tackling prejudice, trauma, and identity), and the biggest gamble that paid off: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

• A Love Letter: What she wants the millions of adults who grew up on her worlds to know today.

This is an essential history lesson, a vibrant homage, and a deeply moving thank you to the woman who shaped millions of imaginations.

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