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| Headquarters | Silver Spring, Maryland |
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| Owner | Discovery Communications, Inc. |
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.
Programs
- A&E
- A Baby Story
- Adoption Stories
- 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 (new show)
- Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew
- Super Surgery
- The Critical Hour
- The Dr. Joy Browne Show
- Trauma: Life In The E.R.
- Twins by surprise
- Untold Stories of the E.R.
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Discovery Health is set to be discontinued in 2010 due to low viewership. In its place will be a new lifestyle network headed by television personality Oprah Winfrey, known as OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.[1]
Logos
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Discovery Health Channel's first logo
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A later logo, used until 2008. -
Discovery Health Channel's second logo, used from 2008 to 2010. A variation of the current logo for Discovery Channel.
References
- ^ Oprah Channel Delayed, New York Post, April 3, 2009
See also
- Discovery Channel
- Travel Channel previously owned by Discovery Communications, Inc.