Police said all the hostages had escaped safely after the siege, which began when a man entered the building in Silver Spring, Maryland, waving a pistol and with boats tied to their chest.
The officers spent several hours negotiating with the man, who was reported to be unhappy with the hours of network programming.
Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said a bomb exploded in the attacker's body when he was shot, and were working to determine if two tables and two backpacks also had with him were explosives.
The man, who has not yet been formally identified, entered the building around 13:00 local time.
Manager said officers were monitoring Lee in creating security cameras and tactical officers moved in when they saw him pull out a pistol and point it at one of the hostages.
Police believe 1,900 people working in the building were able to get out safely.
Although police have not named the man, a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity said authorities have identified James Lee, who has a history of protesting against the Corporation Discovery, as the author probable.
MySpace profile views of Lee were invited to see "The idea was to save the planet" by visiting a website apparently created by the call savetheplanetprotest.com 43-years old. It was unclear whether the length of its publication on the web was new, but lashed out at Discovery Communications finally urged him to impart "the promotion of sterilization programs and human infertility."
Discovery Communications operates cable and satellite networks in the U.S. and elsewhere, including the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet. The schedule of the network includes a program after the fortune of a couple whose family includes sextuplets and twins and another that follows the fate of a family of nine children, 10.
Adam Dolan, director of sales in the education division of Discovery, said he was heading to lunch with a colleague when he heard that there was a situation in the building.
He was told to get back on the top floor, lock the door and turn off the lights. Finally, workers were led by a ladder and told to go home.
Dolan said: "Everyone was very scared, but at the same time ... I think people are calm and collected and responded as expected in this situation."
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