Hub to unveil live-action series, characters at upfront

'Kaijudo: Rise from the Duel Masters'Kidvid cabler the Hub is adding three new toon series to the programming selection, in addition to reruns of vintage sitcoms "The Details of Existence," "Mork & Mindy" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."At its upfront presentation on Thursday, the Hub, a partnership of Discovery Communications and Hasbro, will even unveil the live-action series "Spooksville," in line with the popular tween book series from author Christopher Pike. Jane Startz is placed to create.InchCelebration of 5Inch thesp Scott Wolf will lend his voice to animated series "Kaijudo: Rise from the Duel Masters," from Hasbro Galleries. Set to produce within the summer time, "Kaijudo" is really a fantasy series that follows the adventures of the youthful hero having the ability to befriend and duel fantastical animals from the parallel dimension.Other original toon series coming this season are "Care Bears: Thanks for visiting Care-a-Lot" and "Smallest Pet Shop.""We are creating a slate of programs for that 2012-13 season that continues our means of showing series according to well-known names and beloved qualities," stated Hub prexy Margaret Loesch. "We are confident this selection will further define us because the entertainment place to go for kids as well as their families."Searching to broaden its live-action slate, Hub will offer you repeats of family-friendly sitcoms "The Details of Existence," "Mork & Mindy" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" within the second quarter of the season.Altogether, internet has nine series and special offers coming back, incorporated its top-ranked "Transformers Prime" and "My Little Pony Friendship Is Miracle."The Hub, which bowed in October 2010, still faces a constant climb in competing against dominant kidvid shops Disney Funnel and Nickelodeon. Rankings for that Hub increased 10% this year in comparison to 2010 among kids 2-11 for total programming day, however it still averaged only 33,000 audiences. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com