EXHIBIT 99(a)


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



     In connection with the Quarterly Report of ABC Family Worldwide,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Robert
A. Iger,  President  of the Company (and in such  capacity  the chief  executive
officer of the Company), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the  requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d),
     as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



/s/ Robert A. Iger
Robert A. Iger
President
August 12, 2002