Watching HLN Online without Cable

Those who like their news with a dash of reality TV and true-crime dramas consider HLN a must-have channel. This guide will cover how to watch HLN live online when you no longer want to pay for cable TV.

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How to Watch HLN without Cable

We go into more details later in the article, but in short, the following steaming services all carry live HLN:

Hulu Live TV – Offers HLN, local channels, and a ton of other features. Check here to sign up.

Sling TV – Live HLN is a part of both their “Blue” package. You can try it free for 3-days. However, there is a trick to get a 7-day Sling free Trial.

YouTube TV – HLN is included in YouTube TV’s channel lineup. You can sign up on YouTube TV’s Website. 

AT&T TV Now – Offers HLN in its “Plus Package” for $55 per month. See out our review of AT&T TV now for details.

Watching HLN on Hulu Live TV

Hulu Live TV offers HLN for $54.99/month after a 7-day free trial. 

Hulu is another way you can stream HLN. Previously Hulu was known for its vast on-demand streaming library. Recently, they have added a Hulu Live TV service for $54.99 a month that offers Live HLN Online Streaming. Hulu Live TV is one of the best live TV streaming services available. It includes the following features:

• The basic package comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR storage. (Upgrades available)
• Watch on 2 screens at once. (Upgrades available)
• Comes with 6 customizable profiles
• Includes entire Hulu streaming library

Many HLN’s shows are available on-demand on Hulu’s streaming service, including “Vengeance: Killer Lovers,” and “Forensic Files”. Others like “Something’s Killing Me” require a subscription to Hulu Live TV. The streaming service starts at $5.99/month. 

Check out our full review of Hulu Live TV for more details.

Check out Hulu’s free trial here.

HLN on Sling

While Hulu is the best option for streaming HLN, a more affordable way to stream live HLN is with Sling TV. Subscribers will need to sign up for Sling TV’s Blue Package for $30 per month. If you prefer the Sling Orange plan, you will need to add the “News Extra” add-on for an additional $5 per month to have HLN in your lineup. You can try a 3-day free trial and see if this solution will work for you. 

Sling TV is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and more. For details on Slings service offerings and the difference between them, check out our Sling TV review.

HLN on YouTubeTV

YouTubeTV also offers HLN streaming live, as well as limitless storage space for recording your shows. Your library of recorded shows can be streamed anywhere. YouTubeTV costs $65.99 a month. For details on YouTube TV, check out our review of YouTube TV.

HLN Streaming on AT&T TV Now

AT&T’s DirecTV Now service is one way you can watch HLN. It is offered as part of their most affordable “Plus” package. At $55 per month, you get more than 40 channels. You can check out everything this service offers by reading our AT&T TV Now review.

About HLN

How we watch news keeps on evolving. Gone are the days of Walter Cronkite speaking to us all every evening on our TVs. Today, news comes a mile a minute from every source imaginable. On social media, news sites, and news programming, every source has a different spin.

Among them is HLN, aka CNN’s Headline News. HLN had taken different forms since its initial debut as CNN2 back in 1982. Today with the insatiable appeal for sensationalized programming, HLN splits the difference. During the day, you get news shows with a “fast-paced, approachable tone”, according to the web site, often led by an “expert-led, personality-driven” host, like in “Morning Express with Robin Meade.” At nighttime, however, a vampire-like transformation occurs, and the network airs true-crime mysteries and investigative stories. Here is where the network has grown lately, more than doubling its original series in 2019 with the addition of “Dead Wives Club,” “Unmasking a Killer,” “Vengeance: Killer Lovers,” “Vengeance: Killer Neighbors,” “An American Mystery” and “Very Scary People.”

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