TLC (TV network)

This article is about the TV channel in the United States and Canada. For other uses, see TLC.

TLC is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. First started in 1980 as The Learning Channel, it focused on educational and teaching programming. By the late 1990s, after being bought by the owners of Discovery Channel earlier in the decade, the network began to move towards reality television programming—predominantly focusing on programming involving lifestyles and personal stories—to the point that the previous name of "The Learning Channel" was stopped.

TLC

Country	United States
Broadcast area	United States Canada
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Programming
Language(s)	English Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery
Parent	Warner Bros. Discovery Networks
Sister channels	List Adult Swim American Heroes Channel Animal Planet Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito Cinemax CNN Cooking Channel The CW Destination America Discovery Channel Discovery Familia Discovery Family Discovery Life Food Network HBO HGTV Investigation Discovery Magnolia Network Oprah Winfrey Network Science Channel TBS TNT Travel Channel TruTV Turner Classic Movies
History
Launched	October 1980; 44 years ago (1980-10)
Former names	ACSN – The Learning Channel (1980–1983) The Learning Channel (1984–1998)
Links
Website	www.tlc.com
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)	Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Vidgo

As of February 2015, TLC is available to watch in about 95 million American households (81.6% of households with cable television) in the United States.^[1]