TLC

TLC (formerly The Learning Channel) is an American television network featuring rednecks, psychics, dwarves, polygamists, religious fundamentalists with giant families, and anyone who lives differently than the majority of the American population. Ironically, it was founded by NASA and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as an educational channel in 1972 (as the Appalachian Community Service Network). It became "The Learning Channel" after being privatized in 1980. Well.

Like other similar channels (the History Channel, Discovery Channel and National Geographic in lesser degree), its educational programming gradually was replaced by more profitable stuff, focused on entertainment, such as various "reality TV" shows, usually with a very tenuous relation to reality. The owners had the decency to drop the "learning" from the brand around the beginning of the 2000's and nowadays the channel is known simply as "TLC".

Sensationalism, pseudoscience and woo
Some of the shows on TLC promote sensationalism and pseudoscience. In particular, the show  promotes the idea that people can communicate with the dead. The star of the show, Theresa Caputo, has been widely criticized as a con artist.

Stereotyping for fun and profit
The channel often features stereotypes about particular groups of people that are obvious exaggerations. The channel's portrayal of Southerners, for example, has been criticized. Ironically, the show All American Muslim was made to combat Muslim stereotypes, but it was canceled due to negative press by people who think that Muslims and terrorists are no different from each other, such as Bill O'Reilly and

Giving a platform to the worst people
TLC has a demonstrable track record of attracting scandal by giving a platform to some of the worst people imaginable.  a show about child beauty pageant families, was widely criticized for sexualizing young children. A scene from the show where a four year old girl swaggered onto the stage smoking a fake cigarette attracted wide condemnation. The patriarch of the TLC show  was arrested on four counts of child rape in 2016. The awful  was canceled after reports surfaced that a cast member was associating with a convicted child molester and registered sex offender.  a show following a group of cheerleaders from Arkansas, was canceled after a woman featured on the show was arrested on charges relating to rape of a 13-year-old boy. The long running 19 Kids and Counting and its spinoffs were finally removed after the family's golden boy Josh Duggar was convicted for downloading material depicting the sexual abuse of children to a laptop at his car dealership.