Discovery Health Channel
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- This article is about the US television channel. For the Canadian version, see Discovery Health Channel (Canada).
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<tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:Discovery Health US.gif</th></tr> <tr><th>Launched</th><td>August 2, 1999</td></tr><tr><th>Owned by</th><td>Discovery Communications, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th>Sister channel(s)</th><td>Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Travel Channel, Discovery Times, Discovery Kids, The Science Channel, Discovery Home, Military Channel, Discovery en Español, Discovery HD Theater</td></tr><tr><th>Website</th><td>Discovery Health Channel (US)</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #BFDFFF; font-size: 110%;" align="center" colspan="2">Availability </th></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #d0e5f5;" align="center" colspan="2">Satellite</th></tr><tr><th>DirecTV</th><td>Channel 279</td></tr><tr><th>Dish Network</th><td>Channel 189</td></tr><tr><th style="background-color: #d0e5f5;" align="center" colspan="2">Cable</th></tr><tr><th>Verizon FiOS</th><td>Channel 131</td></tr><tr><th>Comcast</th><td>Channels May Vary</td></tr><tr><th>Time Warner Cable</th><td>Channels May Vary</td></tr><tr><th>Charter</th><td>Channels May Vary</td></tr><tr><th>Cox Cable</th><td>Channels May Vary</td></tr><tr><th>Cablevision</th><td>Channels May Vary</td></tr><tr><th>Bright House Networks</th><td>Channels May Vary</td></tr> |
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, Animal Planet, and the Travel Channel.
A version of DHC has been set up in Canada as well; Discovery Health Channel (Canada) is a joint venture between Canadian media giant Alliance Atlantis and Discovery Communications Inc. Another version of the channel in Great Britain has since been renamed Discovery Home & Health Channel.
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.
[edit] Programs
- Adoption Stories
- Babies: Special Delivery
- Baby Baby
- Birth Day
- Chicago Hope
- The Critical Hour
- Dr. G: Medical Examiner
- The Dr. Joy Browne Show
- Dr. Know
- I Lost It!
- Impact: Stories Of Survival
- Labor And Delivery
- Lifeline
- Make Room For Baby
- Maternity Ward
- Medical Incredible
- Medical Maverick
- Mystery Diagnosis
- National Body Challenge
- Paramedics
- Plastic Surgery: Before And After
- Plastic Surgery: Beverly Hills
- Rebuilt
- Rescue 911
- Runway Moms
- Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew
- Strictly Dr. Drew (new show)
- Super Surgery
- Trauma: Life In The E.R.
