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{{Short description|US-based international cable and satellite TV channel}}
{{Other uses|History (disambiguation)#Television}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = History 
| logo            = History (2021).svg
| logo_size       = 150px
| launch_date     = {{Start date and age|1995|01|01}}
| closed_date     =
| logo_caption    = 
| owner           = [[A&E Networks]]
| country         = [[United States]]
| headquarters    = 235 E. 45th St., [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| area            = Nationwide
| picture_format  = {{plainlist|
* [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
* {{small|Downgraded to [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterboxed]] [[480i]] for [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed}}}}
| former_names    = <!--The History Channel<br>{{small|(1995–2008)}}-->
| sister_channels = {{plainlist|
* [[Military History (TV channel)|Military History]]
* [[History en Español]]
* [[History TV18]]
}}
| website         = {{URL|www.history.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Service(s)
| online_chan_1   = [[Philo (company)|Philo]], [[Frndly TV]], [[Sling TV]], [[DirecTV Stream]], [[Hulu|Hulu + Live TV]], [[Vidgo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://support.history.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500004654261-I-don-t-have-a-TV-package-Can-I-subscribe-directly-to-HISTORY-|title=I don't have a TV package. Can I subscribe directly to HISTORY? – HISTORY|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204161901/https://support.history.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500004654261-I-don-t-have-a-TV-package-Can-I-subscribe-directly-to-HISTORY-|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''History''' (formerly and commonly known as the '''History Channel''') is an American [[pay television]] [[television broadcaster|network]] and the [[flagship channel]] of [[A&E Networks]], a [[joint venture]] between [[Hearst Communications]] and the [[Disney General Entertainment Content|General Entertainment Content]] division of [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s [[Disney Entertainment]] segment.

The network was originally focused on history-based, social/science documentaries as well as the news. During the late 2000s, the History Channel pivoted into [[reality television]] programming. In addition to this change in format, the network has been criticized by many scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting [[pseudo-documentaries]] and [[pseudoscientific]], unsubstantiated, sensational investigative programming.

{{As of|2023|11}}, the History Channel is available to approximately 63,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wrestlenomics.com/u-s-cable-network-households-universe-1990-2023-nielsen-data/|title=U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023|website=wrestlenomics.com|date=May 14, 2024|access-date=July 28, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=December 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231073226/https://wrestlenomics.com/u-s-cable-network-households-universe-1990-2023-nielsen-data/}}</ref> International localized versions of the History Channel are available, in various forms, in India, Canada, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.