HLN TV Guide — Friday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Friday, 28 August 2026. 38 programmes listed , including 10 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E41 · Plastic Fire Documentary

Plastic Fire

Woman appeals her conviction for the murder of her mother in a car fire and is released but an expert witness provides new information when she is retried.

00:30 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E42 · Last Will Documentary

Last Will

A man who kidnapped a 17-year-old girl in broad daylight torments the victim's parents with phone calls that suggest their daughter is still living.

01:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E1 · Dessert Served Cold Documentary

Dessert Served Cold

When emergency personnel are called to attend to an apparent heart attack victim, no one suspects foul play until police look into his girlfriend.

01:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E2 · The Music Case Documentary

The Music Case

After police investigate a series of burglaries they find evidence from the scene of the unsolved murder of a young girl killed in her own home.

02:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E3 · Paintball Documentary

Paintball

In 1962, the small town of in Hanford, Calif., is shocked when a 15-year-old girl is murdered, and after 24 years, microscopic evidence brings justice.

02:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E4 · Sign Here Documentary

Sign Here

When a woman disappears after getting into a rental car, clues from the forged rental slip are what forensic scientists hope will crack the case.

03:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E5 · Shadow of a Doubt Documentary

Shadow of a Doubt

Scheduled to testify against a man who robbed her, a woman is killed days before the trial, and the accused man has a time-stamped videotape as his alibi.

03:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E6 · Tourist Trap Documentary

Tourist Trap

Several attacks happened in 1993 to Florida tourists, causing police to investigate using one major piece of evidence being a bite mark left on a victim.

04:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E7 · Once Bitten Documentary

Once Bitten

During the wee morning hours of December 29, 1991, a woman is killed in a Phoenix bar, and investigators retrieve a shoe-print, & foreign hairs.

04:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E8 · All Wet Documentary

All Wet

When a man loses a second wife to an accidental drowning, medical examiners look for similarities between the two deaths, suspecting they weren't accidents.

05:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E9 · Shot of Vengeance Documentary

Shot of Vengeance

A nurse with mysterious flu symptoms finally learns she is HIV-positive, and then science determines that her infection was no accident.

05:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E10 · Dinner and a Movie Documentary

Dinner and a Movie

Reminiscent of an HBO movie, a pregnant woman is discovered murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom, cops examine clues from the movie.

Morning

06:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E11 · A Wrong Foot Documentary

A Wrong Foot

In Peoria, IL investigators find an nondescript print where a man has been murdered and two teenage females were savagely attacked; the girls couldn't assist.

06:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E12 · Order Up Documentary

Order Up

A man is found shot to death in his home, and his ex-wife has a perfect alibi; determining time of death becomes critically important.

07:00 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E16 · Within a Hair Documentary

Within a Hair

Three victims of an Indiana serial rapist identify the same man, but forensic evidence indicates that another man is the real culprit.

07:30 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E17 · Chief Evidence Documentary

Chief Evidence

A couple's murder is thought to be drug related, but there was no evidence to link the suspects, until the victims' dog pitched in.

08:00 1h

CNN News Central

News

Live reports of the latest breaking news from around the world.

09:00 1h

CNN News Central

News

Live reports of the latest breaking news from around the world.

10:00 1h

CNN News Central

News

Live reports of the latest breaking news from around the world.

11:00 30m

Forensic Files II

S3 · E6 · Dog Proof Documentary

Dog Proof

After three Indiana construction workers are found dead on their work site, detectives find only one clue - the shoeprint of one of the killers.

11:30 30m

Forensic Files II

S3 · E7 · Mix Matched True

Mix Matched

A newly released Texas man claims he will change his life, only to become caught up in a murder case; back in prison, he turns to forensics.

Daytime

12:00 30m

Forensic Files II

S3 · E8 · Matter of Time True

Matter of Time

A Californian businesswoman who frequently battled illness succumbs, but her doctors are unable to determine a plausible explanation for her death.

12:30 30m

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

13:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

14:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

15:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

16:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

17:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

Evening

18:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

19:00 1h

The Tupac Murder Trial

Other Special

20:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E19 · Breaking News Documentary

Breaking News

A young TV news producer is raped and murdered, and two potential suspects are cleared; more than a year later, Virginia has its first "cold hit."

20:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E20 · All the World's a Stage Documentary

All the World's a Stage

Police investigate the shooting of a homicide detective's wife, in which the officer says his wife shot herself by accident.

21:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E21 · The Big Chill Documentary

The Big Chill

Law enforcement officials and forensic scientists attempt to investigate the case of a woman who developed an extensive 4,000-page medical history.

21:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E22 · Bound for Jail Documentary

Bound for Jail

A female is discovered murdered and lying in a gulch near a jogging trail, and vital crime scene evidence was destroyed by rainstorms; 20 years pass.

22:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E23 · Sphere of Influence Documentary

Sphere of Influence

A girl is feared to have become the victim of nature when she goes missing in Alaska but her body is found with gunshot wounds.

22:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E24 · Nailed Documentary

Nailed

Before a woman can testify in court about the man who raped her, she is murdered in her own front yard, leading police to suspect the alleged rapist.

23:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E25 · Sign of the Zodiac Documentary

Sign of the Zodiac

A series of deadly attacks on New York City residents lead police to believe that these were not random acts of violence.

23:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E26 · Letter Perfect Documentary

Letter Perfect

A healthy man dies in his sleep from a lethal dose of lidocaine in his blood; a suicide note is found, but a forensic linguist sees through it.

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Evening

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