The Best TV Shows on TLC

Every TLC Show Ranked From Best To Worst

TLC has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1996 and as recent as 2023. Discover the best of TLC with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for September 2026. Forensic Files and Trading Spaces represent the pinnacle of TLC’s programming, launching in 1996 and 2000.

  • Peep and the Big Wide World
    Peep and the Big Wide World (2004)8.5

    Peep is a newly hatched chicken who goes on daily adventures with his friends Chirp the robin and Quack the duck. The pals live a large urban park they call "the big wide world" and is the setting for all their lessons. Peep learns specific science concepts on his travels, while the series also incorporates real kids playing and experimenting in their own big wide worlds.

  • Untold Stories of the ER
    Untold Stories of the ER (2004)8.2

    Doctors recount the most memorable cases they’ve ever encountered. Unusual, touching, humorous or life-changing – no story is too big or too small when it comes to the ER.

  • Forensic Files
    Forensic Files (1996)7.9

    Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find previously undetectable evidence. Brilliant scientific work helps convict the guilty and free the innocent.

  • 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way
    90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (2019)7.8

    Americans move to a foreign country all in the name of love. Will uprooting their lives in the United States pay off, or will they be packing up and moving back to America brokenhearted?

  • Cake Boss
    Cake Boss (2009)7.4

    Follows the operations of Carlo's Bakery, a family-owned business in Hoboken, New Jersey owned and operated by siblings Buddy Valastro, Lisa Valastro, Maddalena Castano, Grace Faugno and Mary Sciarrone. The show focuses on how they make their cakes, and the interpersonal relationships among the various family members and other employees who work at the shop.

  • My Big Fat Fabulous Life
    My Big Fat Fabulous Life (2015)7.4

    Dancing her way through the haters, Whitney Way Thore is embracing her body in a world that judges people by their size. She navigates both career challenges and relationship snafus with her vivacious personality, a sense of humor and an abundance of courage. This series follows Whitney who was diagnosed with an endocrine system disorder called polyscystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) which caused her, a slender dancer at the time, to gain more than 200 pounds in one year at college. Feeling trapped in a big body, she struggled with self-doubt and negative stereotypes. Now 380 pounds and eager to continue sharing her passion for dance, Whitney has learned to embrace her body and love herself again.

  • Counting On
    Counting On (2016)7.4

    Follow the next generation of Duggars as they celebrate some of life’s milestone moments, including the realities of growing up and raising their own families.

  • 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
    90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? (2016)7.3

    Life after the 90 Days continues as the couples look back on their 90-day journey and realize their lives as newlyweds have not gotten easier.

  • Say Yes to the Dress
    Say Yes to the Dress (2007)7.1

    Welcome to the world’s premier bridal salon, Kleinfeld Bridal. Part fashion show, part bridal story, part family therapy…Randy Fenoli & a team of specialists guide brides through the process of selecting, altering & delivering each dress in time for their perfect day.

  • 90 Day Fiancé
    90 Day Fiancé (2014)7.1

    Getting through customs is just the beginning. With just 90 days to wed on a fiancé visa, follow international couples as they attempt to overcome cultural barriers and family drama while in search of true love that knows no borders.

  • 1000-lb Sisters
    1000-lb Sisters (2020)7.1

    The Slaton sisters averaging over a thousand pounds, have always depended on each other for support. Now in their 30s, Amy wants to have children, but cannot due to her weight, while her elder sister Tammy is near bedridden.

  • Trading Spaces
    Trading Spaces (2000)7.0

    Trading Spaces was an hour-long American television reality program that aired from 2000 to 2008 on the cable channels TLC and Discovery Home. The format of the show was based on the BBC TV series Changing Rooms. The show ran for eight seasons.

  • Hi-5
    Hi-5 (2003)7.0

    Music and sketches are used to teach children lessons on subjects like nature and technology. Based on an Australian series.

  • American Chopper
    American Chopper (2003)6.4

    Paul Teutul, Sr. and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. manufacture custom chopper-style motorcycles.

  • Little People, Big World
    Little People, Big World (2006)6.4

    Matt & Amy Roloff enlist the help of their four children Jeremy, Zack, Molly & Jacob to help expand the business of Roloff farms. As the kids grow older, the family grows larger and the Roloffs learn how to keep their family relationships strong.

  • 7 Little Johnstons
    7 Little Johnstons (2015)6.4

    The Johnstons, a family of little people, juggle family and health issues on top of a home renovation.

  • 90 Day: The Last Resort
    90 Day: The Last Resort (2023)6.4

    In a final attempt to salvage their relationships, previous couples from the 90 Day Fiancé universe will participate in a couples retreat to determine whether or not they can heal old wounds

  • Sister Wives
    Sister Wives (2010)6.0

    Husband Kody Brown, along with his four wives (only one of which is legally married to Kody) and their combined 18 children, attempts to navigate life as a "normal" family in a society that shuns their lifestyle.

  • 90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk
    90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk (2019)6.0

    Previous cast members of 90 Day Fiancé and its spin-off shows react to new episodes of these shows.

  • 19 Kids and Counting
    19 Kids and Counting (2008)5.5

    19 Kids and Counting, rendered graphically as 19 Kids & Counting in its onscreen logo, is an American reality television show on TLC. The show is about the Duggar family, which consists of parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their 19 children—nine girls and ten boys, all of whose names begin with the letter "J". The series began on September 29, 2008. The twelfth season premiere was September 17, 2013.