HLN TV Guide — Wednesday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Wednesday, 16 September 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

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.
00:30 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.
01:00 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.
01:30 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.
02:00 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.
02:30 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.
03:00 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.
03:30 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.
04:00 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.
04:30 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.
05:00 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.
05:30 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.

Morning

06:00 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.
06:30 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.
07:00 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.
07:30 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.
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

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.
11:30 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.

Daytime

12:00 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.
12:30 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.
13:00 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.
13:30 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.
14:00 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.
14:30 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.
15:00 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.
15:30 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.
16:00 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.
16:30 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.
17:00 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.
17:30 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.

Evening

18:00 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.
18:30 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.
19:00 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.
19:30 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.
20:00 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.
20:30 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.
21:00 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.
21:30 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.
22:00 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.
22:30 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.
23:00 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.
23:30 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.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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