TLC is a television channel broadcasting to several countries in Latin America. It was originally known as Discovery Travel & Adventure Channel and featured more adventure-related programmes. On February 1, 2005, the channel changed its name to Discovery Travel & Living and changed to lifestyle programming about travel, food, design, architecture and luxury. On November 1, 2011, it was relaunched as "TLC: Travel & Living Channel" as part of the international roll-out of the
TLC
TLC may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Television
* ''TLC'' (TV series), a 2002 British situational comedy television series that aired on BBC2
* TLC (TV network), formerly the Learning Channel, an American cable TV network
** TLC (Asia), an A ...
brand and the premiere of additional programming. In late 2012, "Travel & Living Channel" was dropped from the channel's name and replaced with the
Discovery
Discovery may refer to:
* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discovery ...
logo on the channel's logo.
Operating channels
* ''TLC Latin America'' (Spanish Audio, with English SAP in some areas)
* ''TLC Brazil'' (dedicated feed for Brazil, with Portuguese audio or subtitles and local advertisements, adjusted for the local time zone, but with basically the same programming as its Spanish-language counterpart)
* ''TLC HD'' (instead of being a full simulcast of TLC, the all-HD channel features programming from TLC and Discovery Home & Health, with a single feed to the entire region, with separate audio and subtitle channels in Spanish and Portuguese. However, on March 16, 2015, the Brazilian version of TLC HD merged in full simulcast with TLC Brazil and the former TLC HD was replaced by a new all-HD channel called
Discovery World
Discovery World is a science and technology museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum is dedicated to inspiring the next generation of STEM majors through curiosity and creativity.
Focus
Mission
"Discovery World provides fun and educationa ...
, which maintained the same programming of the old channel)
Programming
Programmes broadcast on the channel include:
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''Anthony Bourdain: Sin Reservas''
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''Comidas Exoticas con Andrew Zimmern''
* ''Top 5: Latino America'' (Original Latin American Production)
* ''Mas que una fiesta'' (Original Latin American Production)
* ''Los Coctel Boys''
* ''Kylie Kwong: Pura Magia''
* ''Asia: sabor y Cultura''
* ''Destino: Luna de miel''
* ''
Sobreviví un Desafio Japonés''
* ''
Trotamundos''
* ''Ciudades y Copas'' (Original Latin American Production)
* ''La vuelta al mundo en 80 sabores'' (Original Latin American Production)
* ''1000 lugares que ver antes de morir''
* ''
Cake Boss
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Cupcake Wars
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Hell's Kitchen U.S.''
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MasterChef Australia
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* ''
MasterChef Peru
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* ''
Junior MasterChef Australia
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Miami Ink
''Miami Ink'' was an American reality show that ran on TLC from 2005–2008 and follows the events that took place at a tattoo shop in Miami Beach, Florida. The show led to several spin-offs, including the shows ''LA Ink'', ''London Ink'', ''N ...
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LA Ink
''LA Ink'' is an American reality television show on TLC that follows the events of the High Voltage Tattoo (and, later in the series, American Electric) tattoo studios in Los Angeles, California. The spin-off of TLC's ''Miami Ink'', premiered ...
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* ''
NY Ink
''NY Ink'' is an American reality documentary television series that debuted June 2, 2011 on TLC. TLC renewed the series for a second season in August 2011, also noting that the series' first season averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode. Film ...
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Sarah Palin's Alaska
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Earthtripping''
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Mitos Culinarios''
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Kitchen Boss
''Kitchen Boss'' is an American television series that airs on TLC, hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of ''Cake Boss''. The weekday series debuted January 25, 2011, with a second season debuting January 31, 2012.
Unlike the documentary series '' ...
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Chef al rescate''
* ''
Maestros Cerveceros''
* ''
Getaway''
* ''
ROAM
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* ''
A la deriva con Cash Peters''
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Dynamo: Magician Impossible''
* ''
Kitchen Boss
''Kitchen Boss'' is an American television series that airs on TLC, hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of ''Cake Boss''. The weekday series debuted January 25, 2011, with a second season debuting January 31, 2012.
Unlike the documentary series '' ...
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* ''
Chopped Chopped can have the following meanings:
* Chopped and screwed
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My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding
''My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding'' is an American reality television series that debuted on the TLC in April 2012. It claims to revolve around the marriage customs of Romani-Americans ("Gypsies") – allegedly members of Romanichal clans, al ...
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The Great Food Truck Race
''The Great Food Truck Race'' is a reality television and cooking series that originally aired on August 15, 2010, on Food Network, with Tyler Florence as the host. Billed as a cross between Cannonball Run and Top Chef
''Top Chef'' is an Ame ...
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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
''Here Comes Honey Boo Boo'' was an American reality television series that aired on TLC featuring the family of child beauty pageant contestant Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson. The show premiered on August 8, 2012, and ended on August 14, 201 ...
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See also
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TLC (TV network)
TLC is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. First established in 1980 as The Learning Channel, it initially focused on educational and instructional programming. By the late 1990s, after an acquisition by the own ...
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Discovery Travel & Living
Discovery Travel & Living is a defunct channel brand from Discovery Communications. This name was used in countries of Europe, Latin America and Asia. In other parts of the world the channel is known as Travel and Living Channel. It features trav ...
References
External links
TLC website for Spanish-speaking countriesTLC website for Brazil
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Television networks in Brazil
Television networks in Mexico
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...