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| Country | United States |
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| Broadcast area | United States International |
| Headquarters | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (Downgraded toletterboxed480i forSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (69%) Nexstar Media Group (31%) |
| Parent | Television Food Network, G.P. |
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| History | |
| Launched | August 21, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-21) |
| Former names | Fine Living Network (2002–2010) |
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| Website | www |
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| Service(s) | Philo,Sling TV,Hulu Live TV,Vidgo,DirecTV Stream |
Cooking Channel is an Americanbasic cable channel owned by and spin-off ofFood Network. Both are owned byTelevision Food Network, G.P., ajoint venture andgeneral partnership betweenWarner Bros. Discovery Networks (69%) andNexstar Media Group (31%). The channel broadcasts programming related to food and cooking. Cooking Channel is available via traditionalCable Television as well asDiscovery+ since January 2021.
As of November 2023[update], Cooking Channel is available to approximately 34,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2016 peak of 66,000,000 households. Along withAmerican Heroes Channel,Boomerang,Destination America,Discovery Family,Discovery Life, andScience Channel, Cooking Channel is among the less prevalent networks of Warner Bros. Discovery.[1]
In recent years, Cooking Channel has lost carriage with the growth of streaming alternatives including its parent company'sMax, and has generally been depreciated by Warner Bros. Discovery in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable and streaming providers.
The channel was announced byScripps in 2001 and launched the following year asFine Living (laterFine Living Network,FLN). The brand was positioned towards high-income viewers "who want guidance in helping spend their free time", and featured a mix of lifestyle- and leisure-themed programming dealing with topics such as travel and adventure, finance, real estate, "everyday pursuits", and technology. Scripps positioned Fine Living as a multi-platform brand, having launched a companion website, and purchasing a 49% stake in a free-circulation magazine that would be co-branded with the channel.[2][3][4] Scripps planned to invest $100 million in original programming for Fine Living.[5] The network was launched on August 21, 2002.
In 2007, Fine Living acquired primetime encores of the syndicated seriesThe Martha Stewart Show.[6] The network later addedWhatever, Martha!, a series featuring her daughterAlexis Stewart andJennifer Huttcomedically riffing over footage fromMartha Stewart Living.[7]
In October 2009, Scripps Networks Interactive announced that Fine Living would be relaunched asCooking Channel in 2010, after theGreat Recession and a severe decline in American personal income and spending effectively stunted Fine Living Network from any further ratings or programming expansion. The network would be a spin-off ofFood Network oriented towards instructional and personality-based programming, which had been largely displaced by the growth of Food Network's reality and competition programming.[8] The network airs both new series, and archived programming from Food Network. Cooking Channel launched on May 31, 2010 (coinciding with theMemorial Day holiday), pushed ahead from a planned launch later in the year.[9][8]
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Food Network starsEmeril Lagasse,Rachael Ray andBobby Flay were among the first to air new programs on the channel, entitledEmeril's Fresh Food Fast,Week In a Day, andBrunch @ Bobby's.
Original programming included theMo Rocca-hosted food education programFood(ography) and the combination reality TV series and cooking showExtra Virgin, featuring slice-of-life footage of actressDebi Mazar, her Italian chef husband Gabriele Cocoros, their two children, and assorted friends and family members. The weekly seriesRobert Earl's Be My Guest, which premiered in September 2014, features entrepreneur and restaurateurRobert Earl as he goes behind the velvet rope to share the best-of-the-best dining secrets and destinations. During February 2015, Cooking Channel premieredUnwrapped 2.0—a revival of the original Food Network seriesUnwrapped.[10] ActressHaylie Duff presentedThe Real Girl's Kitchen andHaylie's America on the channel.[11]
Other original series includeDinner at Tiffani's hosted byTiffani Thiessen,Man Fire Food hosted byRoger Mooking,Food: Fact or Fiction? hosted by Michael McKean,Tia Mowry at Home hosted byTia Mowry,Cheap Eats hosted byAli Khan,Carnival Eats hosted byNoah Cappe,Rev Run's Sunday Suppers hosted byRev Run,Unique Eats,Unique Sweets, andDonut Showdown.
Shows airing on the Cooking Channel that are first to air in the United States but have previously aired outside the country come predominantly from cooks inCanada andGreat Britain, such as Food Network Canada hostDavid Rocco, who hosts the self-titledDavid Rocco's Dolce Vita and Irish chefRachel Allen withRachel Allen: Bake!. The following Cooking Channel programs are either "first to air in the U.S." or reruns that come from theFood Network library:A Cook's Tour,Ace of Cakes,Bill's Food,Bitchin' Kitchen,Caribbean Food Made Easy,Chuck's Day Off,Chinese Food Made Easy,Cupcake Wars,Drink Up,Easy Chinese San Francisco by Ching He Huang,Everyday Exotic,Everyday Italian withGiada De Laurentiis,FoodCrafters,Food Jammers,French Food at Home,Good Eats,Indian Food Made Easy,Iron Chef (original Japanese version),Iron Chef America,MasterChef Canada,Spice Goddess,Two Fat Ladies, andTyler's Ultimate, in addition to various past programs hosted byJulia Child andNigella Lawson.
From September 3, 2004 to October 19, 2009, a Canadian version of FLN was broadcast under the nameFine Living. It was replaced by aCanadian version ofDIY Network.
In Europe,FLN launched in 2010, replacedZone Club, except Poland.
From March 26, 2014 to October 22, 2017, an Italian version of FLN was broadcast under the nameFine Living.
ACanadian version of Cooking Channel launched on December 12, 2016, replacing W Movies. It is operated byCorus Entertainment, who also operates the Canadian version of Food Network; Scripps Networks Interactive acquired a minority stake in the channel following its launch.[12][13] On January 1, 2025, Corus lost the rights to most WBD lifestyle and factual brands, causing the complete shutdown nationwide.Rogers Sports and Media took over all the rights, including Cooking Channel, moving its content toCitytv+.
On December 12, 2016, the Company sold a 19.8% interest in 7202377 Canada Inc. (the "Cooking Channel"), a subsidiary, to Scripps Network LLC for $7,500, the fair value at the date of the sale. Cash proceeds of $5,250 were received upon closing. Control of this subsidiary did not change, therefore a business combination did not occur
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