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.
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 as directly 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).
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.
Because the channel’s content was so education-orientated, many people apparently associated it as a channel meant for students and children, and perceived it as "dry" and "dull."According to TLC chief executive Roger Marmet "People always had this connotation that it was a children's channel, and that was one of our biggest pieces of baggage".
In 1991, The LearningChannel was purchased by its rival The Discovery Channel.
TLC produced a great deal of original, and commonly regarded to be high-quality, documentaries, miniseries, and series during late '80s and early-to-late '90s, many of which are co-productions with broadcasters in the United Kingdom.
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