DIC, Lee to bring superheroes to kids' TV

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Kids’ TV syndicator DIC Entertainment Corp. and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment have
formed a joint venture to develop kids’ TV shows, said Lee and Andy Heyward,
DIC’s CEO and chairman.

The first project slated is Stan Lee’s The Secret of the Super Six, an
animated-superhero series that features Lee as the main character.

Lee is famous for creating such comic-book characters and American cultural
icons as Spider-Man, X-Men, Daredevil and The Hulk, all of which have been
converted into blockbuster Hollywood movies.

Some of the kids’ shows DIC produces include Sailor Moon,
Strawberry Shortcake, Super Duper Sumos, Madeline,
Liberty’s Kids and Sabrina’s Secret Life.

POW! is a partnership between Lee, POW! chief operating officer Gill Champion and business
strategist Arthur Lieberman.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.