Discovery Health Channel

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Discovery Health
Launched	August 2, 1999
Owned by	Discovery Communications, Inc.
Headquarters	Silver Spring, Maryland
Sister channel(s)	Discovery Networks
Website	Discovery Health Channel (US)
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 279 Channel 1279 (VOD)
Dish Network	Channel 189
C-Band	AMC 11-Channel 613 (4DTV Digital)
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Check Local Listings for channels

Discovery Health Channel (or DHC), launched on August 2, 1999, is a soon to be defunct 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.

[edit] Programs

• A&E
• A Baby Story
• Adoption Stories
• Babies: Special Delivery
• Baby Baby
• Billy Bob Jo
• Birth Day
• Chicago Hope
• Cleanaholics
• Code Blue
• Diagnosis X
• Dr. G: Medical Examiner
• Dr. Know
• I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
• I Lost It!
• Impact: Stories Of Survival
• Jon & Kate Plus 8 (moved to TLC in 2008)
• Labor And Delivery
• Lifeline
• Make Room For Baby
• Maternity Ward
• Medical Incredible
• Medical Maverick
• Mystery Diagnosis
• Mystery ER
• National Body Challenge
• Paramedics
• Plastic Surgery: Before and After
• Plastic Surgery: Beverly Hills
• Rebuilt
• Rescue 911
• Yorkhill Hospital
• Runway Moms
• Strictly Dr. Drew
• Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew
• Super Surgery
• The Critical Hour
• The Dr. Joy Browne Show
• Trauma: Life In The E.R.
• Twins by surprise
• Untold Stories of the E.R.

[edit] OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network

Discovery Health is set to be discontinued in 2010 due to low viewership. In its place will be a new lifestyle network headed by television personality Oprah Winfrey, known as OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.^[1]

[edit] Logos

Discovery Health Channel's first logo

A later logo, used until 2008.

Discovery Health Channel's third logo, used from 2008 to 2010. A variation of the current logo for Discovery Channel.

[edit] References

[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