Oxygen is an American television channel with programming geared towards women, with a format similar to Lifetime.
The privately held company Oxygen Media was founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach (of Carsey-Werner fame). The company's cable channel Oxygen (formerly featuring Oh! above the main channel title), launched on February 2, 2000.
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Oxygen is an American television channel with programming geared towards women, with a format similar to Lifetime.
The privately held company Oxygen Media was founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne, talk show host Oprah Winfrey and producers Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach (of Carsey-Werner fame). The company's cable channel Oxygen (formerly featuring Oh! above the main channel title), launched on February 2, 2000.
Studios were initially located at Battery Park City near the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, it was knocked off the air. The Time-Warner all-news cable television channel NY1 was broadcast to all Oxygen subscribers across the country until the studio reopened within a week after the attack.
The network's studios have subsequently consolidated in the Chelsea Market, a former Nabisco factory at 15th Street and Ninth Avenue in New York.
The channel originally began as an interactive service focusing on original programming with some reruns (such as Kate...
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