HLN TV Guide — Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Wednesday, 20 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 · E22 · Seeds for Doubt Documentary

Seeds for Doubt

Seed pods give the fatal clue to a case involving the death of a well-liked nurse.

00:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E23 · Saving Face Documentary

Saving Face

The work of a forensic artist and advanced DNA profiling techniques prove instrumental in solving the case of a woman who disappeared without a trace.

01:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E24 · Northern Exposure Documentary

Northern Exposure

Law enforcement officials are able to re-hydrate the fingers of a body discovered near Anchorage, Alaska, in order to get prints and identify the body.

01:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E25 · Silk Stalkings Documentary

Silk Stalkings

News of the brutal murder of a flight attendant prompts a phone call from the son of a woman who was killed five years previous under similar circumstances.

02:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E26 · Fishing for the Truth Documentary

Fishing for the Truth

A small fishing community is sent reeling after a shrimp boat captain perishes in a gale, and by a subsequent ruling that the death was not an accidental one.

02:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E27 · For Love or Money Documentary

For Love or Money

Skull of a real estate tycoon found with bullet holes and police investigate the fact that he made allowances in his will if he died under violent conditions.

03:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E28 · South of the Border Documentary

South of the Border

Murder of American tourist in Mexico is disguised as a robbery gone wrong and police must employ law enforcement in both countries to solve the crime.

03:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E29 · The Stake-Out Documentary

The Stake-Out

Authorities investigating the kidnapping of a prominent banker's wife discover unexpected evidence among everyday office equipment.

04:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E30 · Walking Terror Documentary

Walking Terror

A man stabs his wife and holds her head under the water in their pool to finish the job, and the entire episode is witnessed by the next-door neighbor.

04:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E1 · Trial by Fire Documentary

Trial by Fire

The survivor of a house fire blames a kerosene heater for the fire but evidence tells a different story, prompting an arson and murder investigation.

05:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E2 · Marked for Life Documentary

Marked for Life

In 1957 CA cops were on high alert searching for a man who had gone on a crime rampage, and 50 years later dogged detectives still worked the case.

05:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E3 · Plastic Puzzle Documentary

Plastic Puzzle

When a bicycle rider is struck and fatally injured in a hit-and-run accident, forensic evidence provides the clues needed to identify the offending vehicle.

Morning

06:00 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E4 · Up in Smoke Documentary

Up in Smoke

Police investigators begin to suspect that an elderly couple's son is responsible for the suspicious house fire that resulted in their deaths.

06:30 30m

Forensic Files

S10 · E5 · Soiled Plan Documentary

Soiled Plan

The murder case of a mother of two whose body was found little more than a day after she had been reported missing goes unsolved for 20 years.

07:00 30m

Forensic Files

S13 · E31 · Hair Line True

Hair Line

A gravely ill young man dies in the hospital before doctors can save him, so police must use forensic science to determine the cause of death.

07:30 30m

Forensic Files

S13 · E32 · All that Glitters is Gold True

All that Glitters is Gold

A young woman disappears while driving home from a holiday get together, and forensic investigators find evidence in the form of a shiny particle.

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

S12 · E1 · Sharper Image True

Sharper Image

Police officers arrest the most likely suspect in the murder case of a small girl, but forensic evidence points to a wrongful accusation.

11:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E2 · Insulated Evidence Documentary

Insulated Evidence

A college student is found choked and burned to death, and detectives call in trace evidence aces who find the murder weapon on the premises.

Daytime

12:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E3 · Cold Hearted Documentary

Cold Hearted

When a fireman dies of an apparent heart condition, his friends and family notice striking similarities between his death and one that occurred six years ago.

12:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E4 · Wheel of Misfortune Documentary

Wheel of Misfortune

Security camera footage reveals the last known whereabouts of a missing woman, but the evidence she left behind points them in the right direction.

13:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E5 · Quite a Spectacle Documentary

Quite a Spectacle

Police detectives attempt to solve a murder case with a significant lack of quality evidence, including a squashed tomato and a photograph.

13:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E6 · Transaction Failed True

Transaction Failed

A missing teacher's bankcard's used, but not by her, and Texas homicide investigators hope that a shoe lace taken from the victim's home may lead to her killer.

14:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E7 · The Day the Music Died Documentary

The Day the Music Died

DNA evidence produced a decade after the slaying of Mia Zapata, the lead singer for Seattle punk band the Gits, allowed to police to solve the 1993 murder.

14:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E8 · Sole Survivor Documentary

Sole Survivor

Forensic scientists are assisted by a geology professor in their attempts to analyze dirt evidence related to a fellow university instructor who went missing.

15:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E9 · Insignificant Others True

Insignificant Others

A look at the case of Georgia dentist Barton Corbin recalls how he confessed to killing his wife and girlfriend and making their deaths look like suicides.

15:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E10 · Catch 22 True

Catch 22

Police suspect that a younger co-worker's unrequited love led to a motive for the murder of a woman who was gunned down in her own driveway.

16:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E11 · A Cinderella Story Documentary

A Cinderella Story

Forensic specialists investigating the case of a woman who was murdered on the beach uncover key evidence in the form of a pair of men's athletic shoes.

16:30 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E12 · Screen Pass Documentary

Screen Pass

A 13-year old girl's missing from her CO home, and the only clue to the kidnapper's identity is three prints on a screen; two years later, a breakthrough.

17:00 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.

17:30 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.

Evening

18:00 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.

18:30 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.

19:00 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.

19:30 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.

20:00 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.

20:30 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.

21:00 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.

21:30 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.

22:00 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.

22:30 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.

23:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E22 · Seeds for Doubt Documentary

Seeds for Doubt

Seed pods give the fatal clue to a case involving the death of a well-liked nurse.

23:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E23 · Saving Face Documentary

Saving Face

The work of a forensic artist and advanced DNA profiling techniques prove instrumental in solving the case of a woman who disappeared without a trace.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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