HBO Max Orders Asian American Cuisine Docuseries ‘Take Out’ With Journalist Lisa Ling
Mónica Marie Zorrilla HBO Max is going behind the counter of some of America’s more than 45,000 Asian restaurants.The streaming platform is ordering “Take Out,” a six-part docuseries that chronicles the cultural contributions and unique lives of the people and families behind America’s Asian food joints from award-winning journalist Lisa Ling. The CNN host will be executive producing the timely docuseries with film producer David Shadrack Smith (“Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi”) and Part2Pictures.