"This is Lifesure with Lisa Ling" is produced by part2 pictures, a content creator of award-winning, high-end programming across documentary, talent-driven formats, magazine reportage and lifestyle genres for broadcast and cable outlets. Based in Brooklyn and led by David Shadrack Smith, the company's credits include critically acclaimed shows such as Our America with Lisa Ling (OWN), Dixie Mafia (Discovery) Polygamy USA (NatGeo), Engineering Ground Zero (NOVA), Hard Time (NatGeo), and feature documentaries like An Honest Liar.
Lisa Ling Joins CBS NEWS
by Michael Major - May 31, 2023
Lisa Ling, an award-winning journalist and producer, has been named a CBS News contributor, it was announced by Neeraj Khemlani, president and co-head of CBS News and Stations. Ling will contribute her distinctive reporting and feature pieces across CBS News broadcasts and platforms....
CNN Originals Hub Launches On Discovery+
by Michael Major - August 19, 2022
The CNN Originals hub on discovery+ has debuted in the United States allowing discovery+ subscribers to access a large, curated selection of library CNN content from the network’s prestige brands: CNN Original Series, CNN Films, and HLN Original Series. Subscribers will be able to enjoy over 800 e...
CNN Original Content to Stream On Discovery+ in New CNN Originals Hub
by Michael Major - August 04, 2022
CNN and Warner Bros. Discovery announced the launch of a dedicated CNN Originals hub on discovery+ domestically. discovery+ subscribers can access a curated selection of library CNN content through a new hub featuring premium programming from the network’s prestige brands: CNN Original Series, CNN...
HBO Max Orders Docuseries TAKE OUT
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 22, 2021
Lisa explores the storied and complicated journey of the Asian community, past and present, at a critical time, while zig-zagging the country celebrating the joy that the little white take-out box can bring. ...
THIS IS LIFE WITH LISA LING Premieres Nov. 29 on CNN
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 27, 2020
The award-winning CNN Original Series, 'This is Life with Lisa Ling,' returns for its seventh season on Sunday, November 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT....
SiriusXM and CNN Expand Broadcast Relationship with Launch of CNN ORIGINALS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 16, 2020
SiriusXM and CNN announced today the launch of CNN Originals, a new channel showcasing the premier non-fiction series from CNN and HLN. The programming will be available 24/7 on SiriusXM channel 121 starting September 18. ...
New CNN Original Series FIRST LADIES Premieres Oct. 4
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 09, 2020
First Ladies, a new CNN Original Series about America's most iconic first ladies, premieres Sunday, October 4, at 10 p.m....
HBO Max Inks Overall Deal with Lisa Ling & Greenlights BIRTH, WEDDING, FUNERAL Documentary
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 22, 2019
HBO Max has greenlit travel docuseries Birth, Wedding, Funeral as part of an overall deal with Lisa Ling. Each episode of the series will immerse viewers in a different country to reveal their cultures through the lens of the three universal rituals—births, weddings, and funerals. In a quest...
THIS IS LIFE WITH LISA LING Season Five Premieres September 23rd on CNN
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 28, 2018
The critically-acclaimed CNN Original Series, This is Life with Lisa Ling, returns for its fifth season on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT, following the season 12 premiere of Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. The eight-part investigative docuseries follows award-winning journalist Lisa Ling as ...
CNN Adds Six New Original Series to 2019 Slate
by Tori Hartshorn - April 11, 2018
CNN adds to its successful portfolio of premium, nonfiction programming with six new Original Series set to debut in 2019. Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta, Tricky Dick, American Dynasties: The Bushes, American Style (working title), Once in a Great City: Detroit 1962-64 and The Redemption Project wil...
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