DIY Network is an American multinational basic cable network owned by Discovery, Inc. in 1999, The network is a spin-off of HGTV; while it originally focused on instructional programming related to "do it yourself" activities, DIY Network has since focused on personality-based, documentary-style reality series related to home repair and renovation. As of February 2015, DIY Network is available to approximately 60,942,000 pay-TV households in the United States.
Programming
The shows carried over the network cover the gamut of different activities which are capable of being performed by amateurs at home. The current programming focuses on:
The network also carries reruns of the series This Old House, originally a PBS series about families who had their homes remodeled or rehabilitated, and as recently as late-2009, some older HGTV archive programming, including the Carol Duvall Show.
History
DIY was the second network to be launched by Scripps, following the success of HGTV, with the network's first two years adapting HGTV's program library into programs for certain DIY niches as Scripps filmed new original content for the new network. The network offered a large amount of broadband content to create demand for and help cable operators launch and justify their cable broadband services. DIY says they target a more male audience than HGTV, although both channels have offerings which appeal to both. The channel announced that it would launch in high definition on May 1, 2010, on "two prominent distributors", adding 200 new original programs by year's end. One of the "prominent distributors" turned out to be Dish Network, which launched DIY HD on May 12, 2010. DirecTV added DIY HD on September 19, 2012. In November 2018, Chip and Joanna Gaines of the former HGTV series Fixer Upper announced on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, that they were in early talks to form a "lifestyle focused media network" with Discovery via their personal company Magnolia. In April 2019, Discovery officially announced their new venture, and that its linear television component would launch some time in 2020, replacing DIY Network. Discovery announced on January 16, 2020 that it would launch on October 4. The launch was then delayed indefinitely on April 21, as the coronavirus pandemic will severely affect the ability to coordinate and film the network's debut programming.
