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HLN host Lynn Smith gave birth to son, Ryder, on Friday

by Allan, posted in HLN

HLN’s Weekend Express anchor Lynn Smith gave birth to her second-born, Ryder James, on Friday at 12:50pm. She had announced her pregnancy during the tenth annual Mom 2.0 convention in Pasadona.

Ryder James Smith arrived weighing 8 lbs. even, Smith shared. According to PEOPLE magazine, he measured 20½ inches long and was born in Atlanta.

“💙 Ryder James Smith 💙,” the new mom captioned a family photo gallery. “We had no idea what our family was missing until you came into the world.”

She added of herself, her husband and their older son, 2½-year-old Lochlan Owens, “We are madly in love and so is big brother!”

Shyann Malone and Susan Hendricks are expected to fill-in for Smith during her maternity leave from HLN.

Susan Hendricks to anchor on HLN Thursday and Friday

by Allan, posted in HLN

Back on air after the birth of her son with her former CNN/HLN colleague Joe Carter, Susan Hendricks is scheduled to fill in today and on Friday for Michaela Pereira on her late morning show, Michaela.

When HLN was still led by Albie Hecht, Hendricks opted out of her contract in early 2015. But with Hecht out the door and Ken Jautz in charge of the network, she returned in early 2016 to anchor Weekend Express while Lynn Smith began her own maternity leave.

Following Smith’s return, Hendricks took her own maternity leave.

An HLN spokeswoman says Hendricks is working as a freelance anchor with the network.

Lynn Smith announces her return to HLN

by Allan, posted in HLN

HLN Weekend Express anchor Lynn Smith has revealed when she will make her return from maternity leave: Saturday, May 14. She has been off the air since early February when Smith gave birth to her firstborn son, Lochlan Owens.

Former HLN anchor Susan Hendricks made a temporary return to the network to fill-in for Smith during her maternity leave.

Hendricks is also pregnant.

Lynn Smith gives birth to son, Lochlan Owens

by Allan, posted in HLN

On Friday, February 5, the HLN anchor of Weekend Express welcomed her firstborn, a son, which she and her husband Graham Smith named Lochlan Owens Smith.

According to a report from People Magazine, Lochlan Owens Smith was born weighing 8 lbs., 15 oz., and measured 21.2 inches long.

Meanwhile, former HLN anchor Susan Hendricks, who left the network in January 2015, has re-joined HLN temporarily to fill-in for Smith during her maternity leave.

Smith will be on maternity leave through the spring.

Lynn Smith out on maternity leave; Susan Hendricks returns to HLN to fill-in

by Allan, posted in HLN

HLN anchor Lynn Smith is beginning her maternity leave this weekend, and former HLN anchor Susan Hendricks is making a (temporary) return to fill-in at the weekend anchor desk.

Hendricks left a year ago and founded Hencar Productions with her husband, fellow former HLN sports anchor Joe Carter.

Hendricks also announced that while she will be filling in for Smith on Weekend Express during her maternity leave, that Hendricks and Carter are also expecting and are due in the spring.

Morning Sunshine? Er, maybe not

by Allan, posted in HLN, Video

HLN meteorologist Bob Van Dillen took advantage of the fact HLN anchor Robin Meade is off this week from Morning Express.

He began his weather forecast, “I usually don’t say Robin Meade is wrong, but she is this morning — that’s Atlanta. Morning sunshine?”

“Morning cloudshine,” substitute anchor Lynn Smith suggested playfully.

Van Dillen then vandalized one of Meade’s new billboards, promoting the morning show.

He tweeted, “I’m probably gonna hear about this one when Robin Meade gets back.”

Lynn Smith’s Weekend Express ranks #1 in demo at 7am

by Allan, posted in HLN, Ratings

Weekend Express, anchored by Lynn Smith, is number one in the key news demo on Sundays in the 7am hour for the month of August, with 148,000 viewers, putting it in front of Fox News, CNN and MSNBC, according to the network’s ratings release.

Its weekday counterpart, Morning Express with Robin Meade, remains the number two morning news show in the key demo for the month of August and all of 2015 as a whole. For the month of August, MXP is up 14% versus a year ago.