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What year did the Food Network launch?

What year did the Food Network launch?
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Can you imagine a world without Flavortown or a time before "BAM!"? Well, food on TV wasn't always so fun. Foodies living in a pre-Food Network world could only turn to PBS for some Julia Child. Then some TV executives had the wild idea to launch a 24-hour food channel, essentially creating the celebrity chef phenomenon by accident. When did this culinary television revolution begin serving up non-stop food content?