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Fine Living Network was an American
United States
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 specialty television network
Television network
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 owned by Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive is an American media company formed on July 1, 2008 as a spin out of the E.W. Scripps Company. Since launching HGTV in 1994, Scripps has become a leader in lifestyle media, developing relevant content for television, the Internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and...

. Founded in 2002 in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, it was announced in October 2005 that its headquarters
Headquarters
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 would move to Knoxville, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 to be with sister network
Sister station
In broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels are radio and/or television stations operated by the same ownership....

 HGTV
HGTV
HGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...

.

Canadian Version

From September 3, 2004 to October 19, 2009, a Canadian version of FLN was broadcast under the name Fine Living. It was replaced by a Canadian version
DIY Network (Canada)
DIY Network is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel with programming focusing on do it yourself home improvement projects. The channel is a joint venture between Shaw Media and Scripps Networks Interactive.-History:...

 of DIY Network
DIY Network
DIY Network is a channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive that focuses on do it yourself projects at home.Television stations air local versions with local hosts with segments produced by the network. Branded DIY Network programming is also broadcast in Japan and the Philippines...

.

Change to Cooking Channel

In October 2009, it was announced that Fine Living Network would be re-branded as Cooking Channel, with content similar to sister channel Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....

. The original plan was to implement the change in the fall of 2010, but it was later announced that the switch was being moved up to happen on May 31, 2010 to coincide with Memorial Day
Memorial Day
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.

Fine Living Network signed off for the last time on May 31, 2010 at 5:00am ET
Eastern Standard Time
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 (4:00am CT). The last thing shown was a throwback of one of the network's launch promos depicting the Grim Reaper walking to a house's front door, holding a piece of paper with the Fine Living Network logo on it, and ringing the doorbell before a cut to black.

Shows Broadcast by Fine Living Network

  • All-Girl Getaways
  • All That's Fit
  • American Shopper
  • The Art of the Party
  • Any Given Latitude
  • Back to Basics
  • The Best Of
  • Big City Broker
  • The Biggest Loser
    The Biggest Loser
    The Biggest Loser is an American reality game show that debuted on NBC October 19, 2004. The show features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight....

  • Born American
    Born American
    Born American is a 1986 film directed by Renny Harlin. It was a feature length action movie about three Americans vacationing in Finland who cross the border into the Soviet Union...

  • Breathing Room
    Breathing Room
    Breathing Room is a 2008 horror film written and directed by John Suits and Gabriel Cowan.The film is said to be "Low on camp and high on suspense", with a plot that resembles the 2006 French cult film 13 Tzameti and House of 9.-Plot:Gabriel Hui is tossed naked into a room with thirteen strangers...

  • Bulging Brides
    Bulging Brides
    Bulging Brides is a Canadian television series produced by Slice, and shown on Slice and Discovery Health Channel in Canada and the WE: Women's Entertainment network in the US....

  • Buy Me
    Buy Me
    Buy Me is a television program that is currently aired on HGTV in the U.S. , and on HGTV Canada , where it is that cable network's most popular show. It is also seen in Belgium and South Africa, either dubbed or with subtitles...

  • A CARography
  • Collector Car Auction
  • Cool Kids' Parties
  • Dating the Enemy
    Dating the Enemy
    Dating The Enemy is an Australian comedy about a boyfriend and girlfriend who swap bodies and have to live as each other.-Plot:One Valentine's evening a group of single, dateless friends get together to play Trivial Pursuit. Brett , a friend of the host from Melbourne, has just landed a job as...

  • Deconstructed
  • Design Inc.
    Design Inc.
    Design Inc. is a Canadian television series, which airs on HGTV in Canada and Fine Living in the United States. The show also airs in SIC Mulher in Portugal....

  • Dinner Date
  • Dream Drives
  • Dwell
  • Emeril Live
    Emeril Live
    Emeril Live is a program on The Cooking Channel hosted by Emeril Lagasse. It formerly aired on Food Network and Fine Living.Emeril Live features many of the same elements as Emeril's other program, Essence of Emeril, and often has a Creole theme...

  • The Fix
  • Follow That Food
  • Food Finds
  • From the Ground Up
    From the Ground Up
    From the Ground Up is an acoustic EP by Collective Soul, released on May 24, 2005. The EP peaked #129 on the Billboard 200. There is a hidden track after Satellite that plays at 4:15, about a minute after the song finishes.-Track listing:...

  • The Genuine Article
    The Genuine Article
    The Genuine Article is the debut album by American Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper Remedy. Production was handled by Remedy himself, except for one track, "Warning", which was produced by fellow Wu-Tang Clan affiliate 4th Disciple.-Track listing:...

  • The Great Adventure
    The Great Adventure (TV series)
    The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, hosted each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented each week a one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important...

  • Great Cocktails
  • Glutton for Punishment
    Glutton for Punishment
    Glutton for Punishment is a program on Food Network hosted by Bob Blumer and produced by Paperny Films. The show features the host in various food-related challenges. He is given five days to become proficient enough in the episode's featured specialty. His newly acquired skills are then put to...

  • Groomed
    Groomed
    Groomed is a Canadian W Network makeover reality television series produced by Chocolate Box Entertainment and distributed by Picture Box Distribution that aired Mondays at 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 9 p.m. It is hosted by butler Paul Hogan, who is famous for his appearances on the reality TV...

  • Haunted Homes
    Haunted Homes
    Haunted Homes is a British reality television series made by September Films Productions. The show began with a pilot in 2004 which aired on ITV and a 'fictitious' episode of an Ouija Board...

  • Iron Chef
    Iron Chef
    is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...

     Japan
  • I Want Your Job
  • I Want That!
    I Want That!
    I Want That! is a TV series on the Fine Living network showcasing innovations for the home. The show is hosted by Kendis Gibson....

  • I Want That! Baths
  • I Want That! Kitchens
  • I Want That! Tech Toys
  • The Last 10 Pounds Boot Camp
  • Life in the Fast Lane With Steve Natt
  • Lulu's House
  • Made to Order
  • Mail Order Makeover
  • The Manual
  • Martha
    Martha (TV series)
    Martha, also known as The Martha Stewart Show, is an American, weekday one-hour talk show hosted by Martha Stewart. Previously airing in first-run syndication, the show began exclusively airing on cable network Hallmark Channel since September 13, 2010.-History:The program originally debuted on...

  • Me vs. Me
  • Mission Organization
  • Mixing With the Best
  • Molto Mario
  • NapaStyle
  • Newlywed, Nearly Dead?
  • Pack Your Toothbrush
  • Pairings with Andrea
  • Plastic Makes Perfect
  • Queer Eye
    Queer Eye
    Queer Eye is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network in July 2003. The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content...

  • Radical Sabbatical
  • Real Estate Confidential
  • The Right Fit
  • Road and Track
  • Room Service
    Room Service (TV series)
    Room Service is the first of four home renovation television series hosted by Canadian designer Sarah Richardson. In each episode, Richardson remakes one room of a person's house. It aired on HGTV in both the United States and in Canada.-External links:...

  • Shiela Bridges: Designer Living
  • The Shopping Bags
    The Shopping Bags
    The Shopping Bags was a Canadian television series that aired on the W Network in Canada and on Fine Living in the United States. Launched in 2002, the series focused on consumer affairs and better shopping. Each week the program looked at several goods and services to discover which one was the best...

  • The Shopping Detective
  • Shopping With Chefs
  • Simply Wine with Andrea Immer
  • The Thirsty Traveler
    The Thirsty Traveler
    The Thirsty Traveler, hosted by Kevin Brauch, is a weekly journey into the heart of the world's greatest wine, beer, and spirit producing regions...

  • Three Sheets
  • Time Makeover
  • Tricks of the Trade
  • The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal
    The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....

     Weekend
  • Wedding SOS
    Wedding SOS
    Wedding SOS is a Canadian television series shown on the Slice Network in Canada, the Fine Living network in the US, Sky Real Lives in the UK and The Style Network in Australia....

  • Whatever, Martha
  • What You Get for the Money?
  • Wolfgang Puck
    Wolfgang Puck
    Wolfgang Johannes Puck is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, businessman and occasional actor. Wolfgang Puck restaurants, catering services, cookbooks and licensed products are run by Wolfgang Puck Companies, with three divisions...

  • Wingman
    Wingman
    A wingman is a pilot who supports another in a potentially dangerous flying environment. Wingman was originally a term referring to the plane flying beside and slightly behind the lead plane in an aircraft formation....

  • Work That Room with Christopher Lowell
  • Your Private Island
  • Your Reality Checked

Slogans

  • Live Like You Mean It (2002-2006)
  • Do More With Your Time and Money (2006-2009)
  • Design for Life (2009-2010)
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