TLC (TV network)

TLC is an American multinational <a href="/facts/Cable_television/GzXa4pbW">cable</a> and <a href="/facts/Satellite_television/UxytxnPW">satellite</a> <a href="/facts/Television_network/xq32nKxz">television network</a> owned by the <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Discovery_Networks/sHQb6Sf0">Networks</a> division of <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Discovery/0rV6EadW">Warner Bros. Discovery</a>. First established in 1980 as The Learning Channel, it initially focused on educational and instructional programming. By the late 1990s, after an acquisition by <a href="/facts/Discovery%2c_Inc./6y0aeRqm">Discovery, Inc.</a> earlier in the decade, the network began to pivot towards <a href="/facts/Reality_television/B0RFLdsB">reality television</a> programming—predominantly focusing on programming involving <a href="/facts/Lifestyle_(social_sciences)/XVb7A8lN">lifestyles</a> and personal stories—to the point that the previous name with "The Learning Channel" spelled out was <a href="/facts/Orphaned_initialism/nlHK7aRt">phased out</a> in favor of its <a href="/facts/Initialism/nlHK7aRt">initialism</a>.
As of November 2023<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TLC_(TV_network)&action=edit">[update]</a>, with its programming primarily dedicated to the nine-series <a href="/facts/90_Day_Fianc%25C3%25A9/tIXaPFv4">90 Day Fiancé</a> universe, comprising 31% of the shows carried by the channel, TLC is available to approximately 71,000,000 pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households.

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