Discovery Health Channel
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- This article is about the US television channel. For the Canadian version, see Discovery Health (Canada).
| Discovery Health Channel | |
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| Launched | August 2, 1999 |
| Owned by | Discovery Communications, Inc. |
| Sister channel(s) | Discovery Networks |
| Website | Discovery Health Channel (US) |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 279 |
| Dish Network | Channel 189 |
| C-Band | AMC 11-Channel 613 (4DTV Digital) |
| SKY Latin America | Channel 210 |
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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 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
- Chicago Hope
- Dr. G: Medical Examiner
- Dr. Know
- Impact: Stories Of Survival
- Jon & Kate Plus 8
- Lifeline
- Mystery Diagnosis
- Paramedics
- Plastic Surgery: Before and After
- Rescue 911
- Runway Moms
- Strictly Dr. Drew (new show)
- Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew
- The Critical Hour
- Trauma: Life In The E.R.
- Code Blue
- Adoption Stories
- A Baby Story
- Babies: Special Delivery
- Baby Baby
- Birth Day
- I Lost It!
- Labor And Delivery
- Make Room For Baby
- Maternity Ward
- Medical Incredible
- Medical Maverick
- National Body Challenge
- Plastic Surgery: Beverly Hills
- Rebuilt
- Super Surgery
- The Dr. Joy Browne Show
- Mystery Diagnosis
- Diagnosis X
- Yorkhill Hospital
- A&E
- Cleanaholics
- Untold Stories of the ER
- Mystery ER
- Billy Bob Jo
[edit] OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
In 2009 Discovery Communications will cease the broadcasting of the Discovery Health Channel and replace it with OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.[1] According to Discovery, DHC was selected to be dropped due to its low viewer ratings.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Oprah Gets Her Own Cable Network, Launching in '09, USA Today, January 16, 2008
- ^ Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications to Form New Joint Venture: "OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network", Discovery Communications, January 15, 2008
[edit] See also
- Discovery Channel
- Travel Channel previously owned by Discovery Communications, Inc.
[edit] External links
- Discovery Health Channel (US)
- Discovery Health Channel (Canada)
- Dr. Pearlman Hicks, as seen on Discovery health
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