HLN TV Guide — Saturday, 16 May 2026

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Saturday, 16 May 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 · 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.

00:30 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.

01:00 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.

01:30 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.

02:00 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.

02:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E13 · When the Dust Settled Documentary

When the Dust Settled

The murder of a union official shot execution-style in his bed lead police to examine an IRA connection lead and the victim's wife.

03:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E14 · A Welcome Intrusion Documentary

A Welcome Intrusion

St. Louis woman who complained about her shuttle driver is found dead with the driver after a mysterious confrontation, but forensics provide a clue.

03:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E15 · Within Arm's Reach Documentary

Within Arm's Reach

The jury is tasked with deciding between opposing interpretations of the evidence in a case concerning a man accused of killing his estranged wife.

04:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E16 · Private Thoughts Documentary

Private Thoughts

Firefighters responding to a house fire are shocked to discover an entire family burned to death inside, and police believe it was a case of murder-suicide.

04:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E17 · Brotherhoods Documentary

Brotherhoods

Solving the double homicide of a homosexual couple and a series of California hate crimes takes investigators into the sordid world of White Supremacy.

05:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E18 · Hair of the Dog Documentary

Hair of the Dog

Investigators are disturbed to find no forensic evidence at a murder scene, but they feel certain that the victim's canine saw the killer and can provide clues.

05:30 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."

Morning

06:00 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.

06:30 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.

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

S10 · E31 · Material Witness Documentary

Material Witness

Seasoned detectives aren't phased when common objects become major factors assisting them in solving crimes; this was the case in the murder of a 16-year-

09:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E32 · Garden of Evil Documentary

Garden of Evil

The dead body of a disc jockey was found in a garden, leading police to investigate the cause and reason for the DJ's murder.

10:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E33 · Sunday School Ambush Documentary

Sunday School Ambush

Investigators seek the culprits when a woman claims that her husband was killed by intruders, by a wound on the widow gets them thinking in another direction.

10:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E34 · Penchant for Poison Documentary

Penchant for Poison

When a mysterious illness turns out to be arsenic poisoning, the Texas Rangers examine remains of other possible victims to track down the killer.

11:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E35 · Bump in the Night Documentary

Bump in the Night

When a truck driver is found murdered in bed, his ex-wife is suspected, until a shoeprint points investigators in another direction.

11:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E36 · Sole Searching Documentary

Sole Searching

A captured burglar is assumed to be responsible for an earlier burglary-murder, until his shoes prove him innocent of that crime.

Daytime

12:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E37 · Murder on the Menu Documentary

Murder on the Menu

When the head chef of a historic Philadelphia restaurant is slain, evidence reveals that debt, deceit and betrayal figured prominently in the crime.

12:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E38 · Hot on the Trail Documentary

Hot on the Trail

Washington D.C. police investigators sift through evidence and follow different leads to try to find a serial arsonist.

13:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E39 · High n' Dry Documentary

High n' Dry

Police find a woman's body in the bathroom of her mother-in-law's house and investigators look for evidence pointing to foul play.

13:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E40 · To the Viktor Documentary

To the Viktor

An international investigation is launched when three execution-style homicides are committed on two continents; it is imperative that agencies solve the cases.

14:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E41 · Wired for Disaster Documentary

Wired for Disaster

Experts reconstruct a bomb in an effort to identify the killer of a 29-year-old woman who found an explosive planted in her doorway.

14:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E42 · Wood-be Killer Documentary

Wood-be Killer

A murderer thought he could cover his tracks by igniting the crime scene, but in doing so, he provided the forensic evidence needed to convict him.

15:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E1 · Naughty or Nyce True

Naughty or Nyce

Law officials begin to suspect that an automobile accident is actually the scene of a crime when they discover footprints leading away from the wreck.

15:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E2 · Going for Broke True

Going for Broke

A stockbroker's killed and early in the investigation cops note the stark absence of clues; the authorities are hopeful that the victim's pet dog may have some.

16:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E3 · Just Desserts True

Just Desserts

The driver's license of a suspect with a previous criminal record is found at the scene of a double homicide, but DNA evidence proves his innocence.

16:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E4 · Sunday's Wake Documentary

Sunday's Wake

Authorities are unable to discern whether the death of a little girl was caused by an accident, an unexplained illness or something more sinister.

17:00 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E36 · All Charged Up Documentary

All Charged Up

In the case of Troy Graves, a serial murderer strikes in two separated states, wreaking havoc and unleashing fear wherever the victim's bodies are found.

17:30 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E37 · Breaking the Mold Documentary

Breaking the Mold

A family with chronic health issues meets a stranger who reveals to them the cause of their problems.

Evening

18:00 30m

Forensic Files

S7 · E38 · House Call Documentary

House Call

Wiretapping and cell phone mapping are used to uncover the conspiracy behind the murder of a respected St. Petersburg surgeon.

18:30 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.

19:00 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.

19:30 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.

20:00 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.

20:30 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.

21:00 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.

21:30 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.

22:00 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.

22:30 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.

23:00 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.

23:30 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.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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