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TLC

U.S. basic cable TV channel

Also known as The Learning Channel · Appalachian Community Service Network

Instance of: cable channel
Country: United States
Founded: October 1980
Website: tlc.com

Overview

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TLC is an American premium multinational cable and satellite television network owned by the Television division of Skydance Corporation. First established in 1980 as The Learning Channel, it initially focused on educational and instructional programming. By the late 1990s, after an acquisition by Discovery, Inc. earlier in the decade, the network began to pivot towards reality television programming—predominantly focusing on programming involving lifestyles and personal stories—to the point that the previous name with "The Learning Channel" spelled out was phased out in favor of its initialism.

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28 statements · 14% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Owned by: Warner Bros. Discovery
Headquarters: Silver Spring
Motto text: Everyone needs a little TLC(since 2014) language: English
Social media followers: 8,380,000(August 2, 2025) youtube channel id: UCqf2gzmKtH3PaAbt-qgFFsw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-08-02
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675,928(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 21313855
7,830,000(June 8, 2024) youtube channel id: UCqf2gzmKtH3PaAbt-qgFFsw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-06-08
View statement on Wikidata ↗
7,350,000(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCqf2gzmKtH3PaAbt-qgFFsw
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-03-22
View statement on Wikidata ↗
669,026(February 25, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 21313855
6,790,000(January 12, 2022) youtube channel id: UCqf2gzmKtH3PaAbt-qgFFsw
Language used: English
Spanish

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