TLC Network is a cable TV network in the US that carries a variety of informational and reality-based programming. TLC is owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel. Image File history File links TLC Network logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government Official website of the United States government - Gateway to governmental sites White House - Official site of the US President Senate. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction, and featuring ordinary people over professional actors. ... Discovery Channel is an American cable TV network, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that has a variety of science programming, particularly documentaries and nature shows. ...

The letters "TLC" come from the original name "The Learning Channel," a moniker which has fallen by the wayside as the network's programming is not educational as it was in the past.

TLC imports a significant amount of programming material from the United Kingdom (such as Junkyard Wars), and also produces US versions of some shows (like What Not to Wear, originally a BBC production) as well as original programming (like Robotica). Scrapheap Challenge (known as Junkyard Wars in the United States) is a game show broadcast on Channel 4 and The Learning Channel. ... What Not to Wear is a reality makeover television show in both Britain and the United States. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Robotica Logo Robotica was a robot combat show produced for the American television cable TLC Network, a subsidiary of the Discovery Channel. ...

A British version of the channel was launched in the mid-1990s and was subsequently renamed Discovery Home and Leisure as part of Discovery's bouquet of themed channels. Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Bouquet can refer to: An arrangement of cut flowers A fragrance of something, e. ...

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• TLC Network