Who owns Food Network?
Food Network is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (the United States, NASDAQ: WBD), which has owned the brand since 6 March 2018.[1]
Evidence: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1993
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: WBD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Food Network
Food Network turned cooking into competitive entertainment and made television celebrities of chefs who had never worked in broadcasting. Discovery acquired control with Scripps Networks in 2018, and it came to the merged company in 2022. Its parent Scripps also brought HGTV and Travel Channel, a group of lifestyle channels whose audiences proved more durable than general entertainment cable.
What Warner Bros. Discovery's annual report says about Food Network
Sentences about Food Network from Warner Bros. Discovery's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
(See Note 19 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.) Noncontrolling Interest The Food Network and Cooking Channel are operated and organized under the terms of the TV Food Network Partnership (the "Partnership").
The Company has a controlling interest in the TV Food Network Partnership (the "Partnership"), which includes the Food Network and Cooking Channel.
How often Warner Bros. Discovery names Food Network in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Food Network
- 2018 – present Warner Bros. Discovery [1] verified
Where Food Network sits in Warner Bros. Discovery
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Cartoon Network (1992)
- CNN (1980)
- DC (1934)
- Discovery Channel (1985)
- HBO (1972)
- TLC (1972)
- Warner Bros. (1923)
Other brands in television networks, and who owns them
The 92 brands in television networks on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Sun TV Network, with 7; Warner Bros. Discovery has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini TV | Sun TV Network | 🇮🇳 India |
| Global Television | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| BET | Paramount Skydance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bounce (Scripps network) | Scripps | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Canal+ | Canal+ | 🇫🇷 France |
| AMC | AMC Networks | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Astro | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Mnet | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 2022. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: WBD.
Warner Bros. Discovery was formed in 2022 when AT&T spun off WarnerMedia and merged it with Discovery, three years after AT&T had paid $85 billion for it. The combined company carries very large debt from that history, which has shaped almost every decision it has made since.
Warner Bros. Discovery: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Food Network and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 492 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Food Network is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Food Network?
The parent company of Food Network is Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Food Network American?
Yes. Food Network originated in the United States in 1993 and its owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Warner Bros. Discovery owned Food Network?
Warner Bros. Discovery has owned Food Network since 6 March 2018.
Is Food Network still owned by Warner Bros. Discovery?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Food Network is still owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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