The network features lifestyle programming, with a mix of reality, culinary, home renovation and makeover series.

Bio was generating 12 cents per subscriber from the video provider, about half the industry average.

[citation needed] After tweaking the three main A+E channels, Bio averaged viewers of 91,000 adults 25–54 in prime compared to what A&E (716,000) and History (703,000) managed over the same period.

[11] In April, Midnight Feast was greenlit for the new channel while two others—Say it to my face and Reverse Course—were ordered to pilot.

[14] In January 2015, following the success of its Six Months Later special, FYI ordered Married at First Sight: The First Year.

The Canadian version, operated under license by Rogers Media, was relaunched as Viceland in February 2016, but was then shut down on March 31, 2018.