HLN TV Guide — Saturday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Saturday, 29 August 2026. 46 programmes listed , including 12 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

S8 · E27 · True Lies Documentary

True Lies

In the summer of 1986, Kathleen Lipscomb's body was discovered on an isolated road outside San Antonio; years later, a private investigator found her diary.

00:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E28 · Bed of Deceit Documentary

Bed of Deceit

The recently widowed wife of an ex-police officer comes under suspicion when a book describing the perfect accidental shooting is found in her possession.

01:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E29 · Smoke in Your Eyes Documentary

Smoke in Your Eyes

When two unknown women are killed in a suspicious apartment fire, gastromatography and forensic evidence may help solve the case.

01:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E30 · Flower Power Documentary

Flower Power

Police receive two different reports of the same murder and uncover strange details about the crime so they must look to seeds and a candy wrapper to solve it.

02:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E31 · Past Lives Documentary

Past Lives

The wife of a wealthy man makes a killing after he's killed in a car accident with a life insurance claim worth 7 million dollars, giving detectives suspicions.

02:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E32 · Over and Out Documentary

Over and Out

Law enforcement officials investigate when a pipe bomb explodes in a rural neighborhood, killing a young man and severely injuring his mother.

03:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E33 · Death by a Salesman Documentary

Death by a Salesman

Detectives race against the clock attempting to apprehend a suspect believed to have committed a bizarre murder before he crosses state lines

03:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E34 · Web of Seduction Documentary

Web of Seduction

Investigators are puzzled by an uncharacteristically clean crime scene in the case of a junkyard owner who was shot to death in his office.

04:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E35 · Grounds for Indictment Documentary

Grounds for Indictment

Police must turn to the expertise of a forensic geologist to study soil samples from a jeep believed to have played a part in a double murder at a boathouse.

04:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E36 · Dueling Confessions Documentary

Dueling Confessions

An unlikely trio consisting of a serial killer, a publisher, and a crash-test expert embark on a crime investigation to prove a young man's innocence.

05:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E37 · Traces of Truth Documentary

Traces of Truth

A high school gym teacher mysteriously disappears after giving a friend a ride, and his wife later receives letters explaining his desire to start a new life.

05:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E38 · Honor Thy Father Documentary

Honor Thy Father

The parents of a 16-year-old girl admit to killing their daughter out of self-defense in their own home, but an unlikely piece of evidence proves otherwise.

Morning

06:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E39 · Hack Attack Documentary

Hack Attack

A successful manufacturing company is suddenly hit with a massive computer crash, jeopardizing the future of the company and its hundreds of employees.

06:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E40 · Deadly Curve Documentary

Deadly Curve

In a motorcade escorting the Queen of England, a car driven by a sheriff's deputy strikes one carrying three Secret Service agents, killing them instantly.

07:00 1h

CNN This Morning

News

Featuring stories and the latest news and information from across the world.

08:00 1h

CNN This Morning

News

Featuring stories and the latest news and information from across the world.

09:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E13 · Pressed for Crime True

Pressed for Crime

Police detectives are confounded by a murder with several suspects and a mountain of conflicting evidence, but forensic evidence offers them one clue to go on.

09:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E14 · Finger Pane True

Finger Pane

Texas criminologist, forensic experts, and investigators combine their resources to solve the 2001 murders of Cammy Lynn Keleman and Dana Denise Feazell.

10:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E15 · Good As Gold Documentary

Good As Gold

In 2004 police discover the bodies of Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna of Napa, CA dead in their home, and it appeared they had died in their sleep.

10:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E16 · Freedom Fighter Documentary

Freedom Fighter

A suspect who was convicted of arson and murder vehemently maintains his innocence after being sentenced to a 25-year prison term.

11:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E17 · Dog Day Afternoon True

Dog Day Afternoon

Police seek the assistance of a canine behavior expert when the only witnesses to the brutal murder of a woman in her home are the family dogs.

11:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E18 · Shattered Innocence True

Shattered Innocence

In 1998, a lawyer in Texas is found shot to death in her bed, and cameras follow along as the investigators go through the evidence.

Daytime

12:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E19 · All "Butt" Certain Documentary

All "Butt" Certain

A six-year-old girl witness the brutal murder of her grandmother before being assaulted herself, and her testimony results in the conviction of her uncle.

12:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E20 · Jean Pool Documentary

Jean Pool

Law enforcement officials decide to reopen a decade-old murder case to see if advances in forensic technology can give them the evidence they need.

13:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E21 · Traffic Violations Documentary

Traffic Violations

While investigating the death of a woman whose body was found a mile away from her abandoned car, police uncover evidence that leads back to one of their own.

13:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E22 · Brotherly Love True

Brotherly Love

The brother of a young single mother, who was brutally assaulted and killed, finds closure after investigating the crime for over 30 years.

14:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E23 · Disrobed True

Disrobed

A 16-year-old girl manages to survive when her parents are brutally murdered in their bedroom, and investigators suspect that there might be more to her story.

14:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E24 · Driven to Silence True

Driven to Silence

The case of a young hairdresser who was murdered in her own shop went unsolved until a new witness comes forward to testify after 10 years of silence.

15:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E25 · Printed Proof True

Printed Proof

Police initially believe they are dealing with the results of a hate crime when two missing gay rights advocates are found brutally murdered.

15:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E26 · About Face True

About Face

In the marshlands of North Carolina, law enforcement officials discover the skeleton of a woman that had been killed 18 months previously.

16:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E27 · In the Bag True

In the Bag

When investigators manage to locate a bag full of evidence caught in the branches of a tree, they deduce that the killer meant to throw it in the river.

16:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E28 · Yes, In Deed True

Yes, In Deed

Law enforcement officials investigate when a fire in a trailer home takes a woman's life mere days after she sold her house and moved into it.

17:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E41 · Visibility Zero Documentary

Visibility Zero

A 1993 derailment on a bridge in Alabama claims the lives of 47 passengers and crew and injures scores more, making it Amtrak's deadliest train crash.

17:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E42 · Flashover Documentary

Flashover

An underground station in London becomes a deadly inferno as a small fire on an escalator turns into a deadly flashover that throws out a jet of flames.

Evening

18:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E1 · Road Rage Documentary

Road Rage

Police find a woman's dead body using clues in a discarded sleeping bag, and a mark on the victim's body helps crack the case.

18:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E2 · Hunter or Hunted? Documentary

Hunter or Hunted?

A woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods, and the alleged hunting accident shows signs of being planned.

19:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E3 · In Harm's Way Documentary

In Harm's Way

A woman's butchered body's found, and the medical examiner preserves her rib cage bearing mortal wound and containing the identifying microscopic marks.

19:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E4 · No Corpus Delicti Documentary

No Corpus Delicti

A woman vanishes, foul play seems evident, but no leads develop; twenty years pass before volunteer forensic scientist from "NecroSearch" help out.

20:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E5 · News at 11 Documentary

News at 11

The 1991 slaying of a Michigan TV news anchor is investigated, leading the police to rule out a potential stalker and focus on her husband as a suspect.

20:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E6 · Burning Desire Documentary

Burning Desire

Investigators initially believed a house fire that killed a woman was unintentionally caused by a cigarette but a closer look by scientists uncovers more.

21:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E7 · Cloak of Deceit True

Cloak of Deceit

A trio of successful bank robbers manages to elude authorities for seven years until forensic examination of their clothes and posture reveals new clues.

21:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E8 · Bad Medicine Documentary

Bad Medicine

A seemingly healthy young woman suddenly becomes severely ill with no discernable explanation, and medical tests reveal the cause to be arsenic poisoning.

22:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E9 · Stick 'em Up Documentary

Stick 'em Up

Residents of Noel, Missouri were stunned to learn that their bank had been robbed and the bank president was missing. His body was found floating in a lake.

22:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E10 · Head Games Documentary

Head Games

After a wife claims her husband's death was a hunting accident, authorities use psychological analysis and ballistics tests to investigate the incident.

23:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E11 · Making the Collar Documentary

Making the Collar

A teenage girl was missing for nine months before her body was found, but investigators still manage to procure a surprising amount of evidence from the corpse.

23:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E12 · The Financial Downfall Documentary

The Financial Downfall

Forensic evidence sheds new light on the supposedly accidental death of a woman who fell to her death from a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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