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Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a semiweekly series where bad businesses go to die. We will discuss any and everything from bad charities, terrible CEOs, and businesses that have a lot to hide.

TLC, also known as ‘The Learning Channel’ is notorious for exploiting its guests. It features minors on its programs but doesn’t seem to treat them with any kind of care or concern, instead, creating infamous figures like HoneyBooBoo. Does TLC condone forms of child abuse?


00:00 Intro
01:56 Background
05:45 Exploitation Honey BooBoo
12:35 Exploitation Mental health
20:18 AD
23:13 It Gets Worse
28:15 Final Thoughts
29:30 Outro

They are not the only network that engages in this kind of reprehensible programming. Streamers like Netflix have also exploited kids recently for lowbrow entertainment.

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Today, TLC is one of the worst channels on television, but the story of its decay into exploitative, brain-rotting content is one of the worst in the history of cable TV. Once upon a time, you could really educate yourself by watching the Learning Channel.


00:00- Intro
3:32 -NASA Educational TV
7:37 -Discovery Buys TLC
11:00 -TLC KIDS: Ready Set Learn
15:30 -TLC's Loss of an Identity
19:18 -The Fall of Jon & Kate Plus 8