During the spring of 2011 , HLN devoted a significant amount of its broadcast day to the Casey Anthony murder trial , dedicating multiple daily and primetime slots to live coverage of the proceedings followed by commentary during the evening . The saturated coverage of the trial led to increased ratings for the network , including a doubling in regular viewership during daytime hours and nearly triple that in primetime . HLN executive vice president Scot Safon called the trial " a gigantic deal " for the network . HLN also devoted a significant amount of time to the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray ( who was accused of prescribing the drugs that caused the death of Michael Jackson ) during the fall of 2011
Casey Anthony murder trial
Death of Caylee Anthony
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