HLN, a CNN sister network formally known as Headline News, will terminate all live programming as part of CNN’s ongoing layoffs and budget cuts.
CNN’s cost-cutting efforts mark the end of HLN’s live programming, such as “Morning Express with Robin Meade,” Fox News Digital has confirmed. HLN is expected to air a simulcast of CNN’s Don Lemon-centered morning show in its place.
Meade did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

CNN’s cost-cutting efforts will mark the sudden end of HLN’s live programming such as “Morning Express with Robin Meade.”
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The Atlanta-based Meade joined CNN’s sister station in 2001 and was billed as “the longest running anchor of a national morning TV news show.” HLN also featured a weekend edition of “Morning Express with Susan Hendricks,” and an expanded weekday edition of “Morning Express.” Those are also gone, according to a network source.
The once-prominent HLN has seen multiple changes and rebrands over the years and had essentially morphed into a true crime channel. Meade’s morning show and its weekend companion were some of the last remaining news programs for a channel previously known for its 24/7