Discovery Health Channel
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| Discovery Health | |
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| Launched | August 2, 1999 |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications, Inc. |
| Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Sister channel(s) | Discovery Networks |
| Website | http://health.discovery.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 279 Channel 1279 (VOD) |
| Dish Network | Channel 189 |
| C-Band | AMC 11-Channel 613 (4DTV Digital) |
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| Available on most cable systems | Check Local Listings for channels |
Discovery Health Channel (or DHC), launched on August 2, 1999, is a soon to be defunct U.S. cable television network dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of health and wellness (and unwellness as well). The network is a media property of Discovery Communications Inc., the parent company of other popular cable TV networks such as Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet.
A version of DHC has been set up in Canada as well; Discovery Health Canada is a joint venture between Canadian media giant CW Media and Discovery Communications Inc. Another version of the channel in the United Kingdom has since been renamed Discovery Home & Health.
In the beginning, DHC started out rerunning material from other Discovery Communications entities, most notably the medical-based reality show programming from TLC. As the network matured, it began producing its own programming in the reality show genre, mostly dealing with babies (Babies: Special Delivery, Birth Day), bodies (Plastic Surgery: Before and After, National Body Challenge), and blood (The Critical Hour, Dr. G: Medical Examiner). DHC also shows episodes of the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope on a semi-regular basis.
DHC won its first Daytime Emmy in 2004 for its original series about adoptive families, Adoption Stories. Most of DHC's fitness-related programming has since been spun off to its sister network FitTV, though some of it remains, such as the annual National Body Challenge series.
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[edit] Programs
- 18 Kids and Counting
- A&E
- A Baby Story
- A Lyon in the Kitchen
- Adoption Stories
- Anatomy of Sex
- Babies: Special Delivery
- Baby Baby
- Billy Bob Jo
- Birth Day
- Chicago Hope
- Cleanaholics
- Code Blue
- Diagnosis X
- Dr. G: Medical Examiner
- Dr. Know
- I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
- I Lost It!
- Impact: Stories Of Survival
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 (moved to TLC in 2008)
- Labor and Delivery
- Lifeline
- Make Room for Baby
- Maternity Ward
- Medical Incredible
- Medical Maverick
- Mystery Diagnosis
- Mystery ER
- National Body Challenge
- Paramedics
- Plastic Surgery: Before and After
- Plastic Surgery: Beverly Hills
- Rebuilt
- Rescue 911
- Yorkhill Hospital
- Runway Moms
- Strictly Dr. Drew
- Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew
- Super Surgery
- The Critical Hour
- The Dr. Joy Browne Show
- Trauma: Life In The E.R.
- Untold Stories of the E.R.
[edit] OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Discovery Health will be discontinued in January 2011 due to low viewership. It will be replaced by a new lifestyle network headed by television personality Oprah Winfrey, known as OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Oprah Channel Delayed, New York Post, April 3, 2009
- ^ Statement From OWN: THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK Regarding Today's Announcement, PR Newswire, November 20, 2009
[edit] See also
- Discovery Channel
- Travel Channel previously owned by Discovery Communications, Inc.
