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What has happened to HLN?

Jannabelle — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:04:30 GMT

It seems that most of their programs at night are the crime shows, the sames ones!

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MikafromTopeka — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:11:17 GMT

I think it's turned into a network for people who can't pay attention to anything for longer than a minute or two. (A group which may or may not include myself.)

This afternoon it was on when I went in to catch the Roger Goodell conference so I just left it there while listening to it from the kitchen. A bit later I realized that all of the other channels (CNN, ESPN) were showing it in it's entirety and HLN left it somewhere along the way.

I'm sad they changed the format from trial coverage and lost Vinnie.

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colliemom4 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:15:38 GMT

I noticed those crime shows are on a lot of the time now. I don't care for those particular shows. Too bad they changed their format.

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Jannabelle — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:16:50 GMT

On 9/19/2014 kaybee said:
I think it's turned into a network for people who can't pay attention to anything for longer than a minute or two. (A group which may or may not include myself.)

This afternoon it was on when I went in to catch the Roger Goodell conference so I just left it there while listening to it from the kitchen. A bit later I realized that all of the other channels (CNN, ESPN) were showing it in it's entirety and HLN left it somewhere along the way.

I'm sad they changed the format from trial coverage and lost Vinnie.

I used to watch a lot more...when they repeated shows at night, it was nice because i could watch them later if I was not at home earlier .....the crime shows, forgot the name, are old ones that they continually repeat, not interested.

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Jannabelle — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:17:32 GMT

On 9/19/2014 colliemom3 said:
I noticed those crime shows are on a lot of the time now. I don't care for those particular shows. Too bad they changed their format.

I agree. and I forgot to say I miss Vinnie too, he was interesting to listen to.

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brewhaha — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:18:46 GMT

They're a joke.

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pattypeep — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:19:55 GMT

I miss Vinnie. Don't care for the programming now. I've seen all of the Forensic shows 50 times each I swear ! I watch Jane V. and Nancy G. sometimes (although Nancy gets too snotty).

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colliemom4 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:23:15 GMT

On 9/19/2014 Jannabelle said:
On 9/19/2014 colliemom3 said:
I noticed those crime shows are on a lot of the time now. I don't care for those particular shows. Too bad they changed their format.

I agree. and I forgot to say I miss Vinnie too, he was interesting to listen to.

I've always liked Vinnie. Lately I've seen some of their former anchors on other stations. Or perhaps they cover multiple stations.

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colliemom4 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:24:34 GMT

On 9/19/2014 twopeas said:
I miss Vinnie. Don't care for the programming now. I've seen all of the Forensic shows 50 times each I swear ! I watch Jane V. and Nancy G. sometimes (although Nancy gets too snotty).

I agree about Nancy and Jane. Watch them sometimes. Both can get on my nerves. Jane is too obsessed with animal rights in my opinion and both can get so loud.

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Marianne1 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:29:12 GMT

If there is not a big trial to exploit, they are lost. They overstaffed for Arias and Anthony, and then once those cash cows were done, ratings went down. They could no longer support all the legal eagles, and so now it is headline news bits repeated all day and a lot of cheap pre made crime shows at night.

BTW: If anyone watched the Martin MacNeil trial, he was finally sentenced today. 15-life plus 1-15 for another charge, and then another charge (sep trial) sentencing earlier this week another 1-15.

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Buck-i-Nana — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:37:20 GMT

It's CNN Headline News, thus you only get the headlines and a bit of background. The full story is carried on CNN. I always hated it when they started the crime and trial programs at night.

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wildcherry — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:42:56 GMT

HLN is not the only channel I've wondered what happened to.

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bells4me — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:48:08 GMT

They have gone downhill since the Jodi Arias trial. Don't think they'll be on air much longer.

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Jannabelle — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 02:56:05 GMT

On 9/19/2014 Complicated said:
If there is not a big trial to exploit, they are lost. They overstaffed for Arias and Anthony, and then once those cash cows were done, ratings went down. They could no longer support all the legal eagles, and so now it is headline news bits repeated all day and a lot of cheap pre made crime shows at night.

BTW: If anyone watched the Martin MacNeil trial, he was finally sentenced today. 15-life plus 1-15 for another charge, and then another charge (sep trial) sentencing earlier this week another 1-15.

Thanks for the info, Marianne.......no trial has ever matched the Arias one, has it?

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Marianne1 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:06:11 GMT

OJ, Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias--the big three tv trials that I can think of.

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Jannabelle — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:10:59 GMT

On 9/19/2014 Complicated said:
OJ, Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias--the big three tv trials that I can think of.

The first two I don't remember as being so long and drawn out,...I didn't watch OJ much at all.......and CA seemed to go by fast.

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Marianne1 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:20:35 GMT

OJ's trial was televised for 134 days ( i just looked it up, I don't know that by heart, lol)

Casey's trial was May 24th- July5 (not counting jury selection)

Remember those were shortened by the not guilty verdicts.

Arias started Jan 2 and ended with the penalty phase mistrial on May 23rd. Of course, it is not done yet.

AZ is weird because of their court being dark one day a week, and then there were a ton of other delays during the trial, and after, of course.

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SugarNSpice — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:21:28 GMT

On 9/19/2014 Complicated said:
If there is not a big trial to exploit, they are lost. They overstaffed for Arias and Anthony, and then once those cash cows were done, ratings went down. They could no longer support all the legal eagles, and so now it is headline news bits repeated all day and a lot of cheap pre made crime shows at night.

BTW: If anyone watched the Martin MacNeil trial, he was finally sentenced today. 15-life plus 1-15 for another charge, and then another charge (sep trial) sentencing earlier this week another 1-15.

Actually they aren't lost. They are restructuring and developing programming that is Social Media friendly. Many of the new shows, shows in development will already have a heavy social media following. The millennials are on social media, create viral videos, blogs, etc. This is one of the new formulas that many of the networks are looking for.

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Marianne1 — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:26:27 GMT

On 9/19/2014 SugarNSpice said:
On 9/19/2014 Complicated said:
If there is not a big trial to exploit, they are lost. They overstaffed for Arias and Anthony, and then once those cash cows were done, ratings went down. They could no longer support all the legal eagles, and so now it is headline news bits repeated all day and a lot of cheap pre made crime shows at night.

BTW: If anyone watched the Martin MacNeil trial, he was finally sentenced today. 15-life plus 1-15 for another charge, and then another charge (sep trial) sentencing earlier this week another 1-15.

Actually they aren't lost. They are restructuring and developing programming that is Social Media friendly. Many of the new shows, shows in development will already have a heavy social media following. The millennials are on social media, create viral videos, blogs, etc. This is one of the new formulas that many of the networks are looking for.

well, they appear lost. They have lost a large portion of their audience, even if it was at artificially high rates during the trial coverage.

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SugarNSpice — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 03:38:56 GMT

On 9/19/2014 Complicated said:
On 9/19/2014 SugarNSpice said:
On 9/19/2014 Complicated said:
If there is not a big trial to exploit, they are lost. They overstaffed for Arias and Anthony, and then once those cash cows were done, ratings went down. They could no longer support all the legal eagles, and so now it is headline news bits repeated all day and a lot of cheap pre made crime shows at night.

BTW: If anyone watched the Martin MacNeil trial, he was finally sentenced today. 15-life plus 1-15 for another charge, and then another charge (sep trial) sentencing earlier this week another 1-15.

Actually they aren't lost. They are restructuring and developing programming that is Social Media friendly. Many of the new shows, shows in development will already have a heavy social media following. The millennials are on social media, create viral videos, blogs, etc. This is one of the new formulas that many of the networks are looking for.

well, they appear lost. They have lost a large portion of their audience, even if it was at artificially high rates during the trial coverage.

Time will tell if this trend grows. We keep an eye out for new talent with a large following. If we find talent that doesn't have a high following, one of the first things we tell them is they have to get their numbers up "WAY UP!"

Everyone is looking for the next viral star. It can be from a video, a blog, a rant on Facebook, etc.