HLN TV Guide — Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Tuesday, 19 May 2026. 45 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

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.

00:30 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.

01:00 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.

01:30 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.

02:00 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.

02:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E13 · A Daughter's Journey Documentary

A Daughter's Journey

In her attempts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her mother, a woman discovers a dark family secret in the pages of her mother's journal.

03:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E14 · Over a Barrel Documentary

Over a Barrel

A forensic scientist makes history using an innovative tactic to recover previously overlooked evidence in a 10-year-old double homicide case.

03:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E15 · Pinned by the Evidence Documentary

Pinned by the Evidence

A jury votes that a man was murdered in cold blood during a street fight, and the man's sentenced to 20 years in prison; six years later new evidence surfaces.

04:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E16 · Cries Unheard Documentary

Cries Unheard

A 19 year old is found dead in her car in what appears to be suicide. Was the scene staged? Police discover a love quadrangle and people with motives.

04:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E17 · Buried Treasure Documentary

Buried Treasure

A man disappears after having an affair with his neighbor's wife, and fifteen years later, a metal detector reveals evidence of foul play.

05:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E18 · Badge of Betrayal Documentary

Badge of Betrayal

Police are baffled when they find the body of woman next to California freeway but the discovery of a unique gold thread on the victim leads them to the killer.

05:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E19 · Deadly Matrimony Documentary

Deadly Matrimony

A woman's husband reports her missing, but police are skeptical after learning the same thing happened to his first wife fifteen years ago.

Morning

06:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E20 · Muddy Waters Documentary

Muddy Waters

Mud and other trace evidence helped convict John Bruce Dodson's new wife of staging his death as a supposed hunting accident.

06:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E21 · Point of Origin Documentary

Point of Origin

California is terrorized by a number of arson fires at the hands of an unknown assailant and it is not until a lone fingerprint leads them to a suspect.

07:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E29 · Room with a View True

Room with a View

After a college student is gruesomely murdered, investigators try to determine whether the clues indicate a sex crime or a rage-filled killing.

07:30 30m

Forensic Files

S13 · E30 · Dollars and Sense True

Dollars and Sense

Law officials seek the assistance of forensic scientists to investigate a case involving a Pennsylvania man who was found dead almost 100 miles from his home.

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

S11 · E31 · Muffled Cries True

Muffled Cries

The last thing anyone except her killer heard her mutter were, "Oh, my God", and Dru Sjodin was never seen alive again; she was taken from a mall parking lot.

11:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E32 · Critical Maneuver Documentary

Critical Maneuver

Forensics experts garner clues from tiny paint chips and pieces of plastic when a hit-and-run accident claims the life of a high school athlete.

Daytime

12:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E33 · Skirting the Evidence True

Skirting the Evidence

A female gambler is abducted three hours after winning $5,000 at the blackjack tables, and her body is discovered about a month later.

12:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E34 · Small Town Terror True

Small Town Terror

Law enforcement officials investigate when a series of deadly bombings disrupt the typically quiet small town life of a town in Colorado.

13:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E35 · Fresh Heir Documentary

Fresh Heir

A murder case that went unsolved for 20 years is reopened when advancements in forensic science reveal a previously overlooked clue.

13:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E36 · Ticker Tape True

Ticker Tape

Police detectives initially suspect that the murder of a man outside of his home in the small town of Lefroy, Tasmania, was motivated by robbery.

14:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E37 · Step by Step True

Step by Step

Law enforcement officials turn to forensic scientists and accident reconstruction specialists to investigate the death of a wealthy socialite.

14:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E38 · Blanket of Evidence True

Blanket of Evidence

A variety of tiny clues adds up to an abundance of evidence regarding the case of a woman who disappeared after working the late shift at a department store.

15:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E39 · Fired-Up True

Fired-Up

When authorities discover the charred remains of a woman amongst the rubble of her burned-down house, they must ascertain whether it was arson or an accident.

15:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E40 · Two In a Million True

Two In a Million

The remains of a well-to-do California family are discovered in their Fresno mansion, and police wrongfully surmise that they caught a burglar by surprise.

16:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E41 · Bitter Brew True

Bitter Brew

Law enforcement officials embark upon the most intense and thorough manhunts in U.S. history when the chairman of the Coors Brewing Company is kidnapped.

16:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E42 · Message in a Bottle True

Message in a Bottle

A woman is found strangled and sexually assaulted in her Poplar Bluff, Missouri apartment, and her murder case goes unsolved until 13 years after her death.

17:00 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.

17:30 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.

Evening

18:00 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.

18:30 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.

19:00 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.

19:30 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.

20:00 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.

20:30 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.

21:00 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.

21:30 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.

22:00 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.

22:30 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.

23:00 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.

23:30 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.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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