With these changes, it makes me wonder how much life the network has left. I can see why the network's name was truncated to HLN, as it's no longer fully focused on headline news.

is anyone really watching On the Story or Weekend Express?
how did those survive?

On the Story is pretty much dead, ever since Erica left. As for Weekend Express, Lynn is the reason to watch it. Now that she's going to go to maternity leave, it might not be as interesting to watch. The show is really just a natural weekend continuation of the daily Morning Express, which is obviously their strongest (and only remaining) card.

Agreed. Robin’s popularity is the only reason the channel still exists. Meade is almost 50, has plenty of money, and seems to have lots of other interests/hobbies. Maybe she’s wanted to leave but knows the network dies on her exit and feels an obligation to her coworkers. Still, there’s no way she’d be willing to do more live hours. My guess is the network will be rebranded/sold-off to focus exclusively on murder mysteries and court dramas within a year or two.

On the Story: From what I've seen (thx Neron P), OTS only good if Susan Hendricks or Christi Paul are filling in for Carol. Susan and Christi were willing to show leg, while Carol preferred the desk.

Weekend Express: Oh, look, it's Christi and Susan as fill-ins for Lynn! Maybe even Jennifer Westhoven will come in to tape an hour on a Saturday if the other two ladies can't make it.


Reading the other comments on this thread, I think HLN is somewhere between "comfortably numb" and comatose right now. Nine hours of their version of "live news" plus courtroom/crime dramas does not a network make (anybody know how TruTV is doing these days?). Not sure of Robin's contract status, but is she going to want to "carry the torch" for a near-obsolete cable network? Also, is she looking at co-anchors (and mommies) Jen, Christi, and Susan, and wondering how much time is left on her biological clock? Are said mommies also thinking about interviewing with the mothership (or msnbc or Fox) or just being stay-at-home moms?

So, so much to think about...

So, this is what we call...THE POSTSCRIPT.

From what the original article said, all three ladies are gone after today.

Took this rare off-day to see their "curtain calls:"

Missed Carol's. If anybody caught this, did I really miss anything.

Caught the last half hour of MicheLA. Her last story: A man who found his Vietnam Vet father after 50 years.

At 4:48 pm.m, she said an extended goodbye and thank you to everybody. Michele had 5800 guests in two years? How did that happen.

Looking at her last clips, she was the "warn and fuzzy" show when everybody got tired of the "if it bleeds, it leads" stuff.

Nice touch for the HLN crew in ATL to tune in for her good-bye.

...aaand it looks like Ashleigh's last night on the air was Thursday (last night), because there's nothing on tonight but the usual HSN crime BS (How It Happened and a thousand reruns of Forensic Files). Too bad, she was the best looking of the bunch, had the best face and legs...

"We'll meet again/don't know where; don't know when..." Vera Lynn