This Is Life with Lisa Ling
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This Is Life with Lisa Ling is a CNN documentary series in which journalist Lisa Ling explores diverse, often overlooked American subcultures and social issues through immersive, on-the-ground reporting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| This Is Life with Lisa Ling canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6999532 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: This Is Life with Lisa Ling Context triple: [Lisa Ling, notableWork, This Is Life with Lisa Ling]
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The Secret Life Of...
The Secret Life Of... is the debut studio album by Australian pop-rock duo The Veronicas, featuring hook-driven tracks that helped establish their international popularity in the mid-2000s.
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B.
Expedition Unknown
Expedition Unknown is a reality television series in which host Josh Gates travels the world investigating legendary mysteries, lost treasures, and unexplained phenomena.
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C.
This Life (TV series)
This Life is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young law graduates sharing a house in London during the 1990s.
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D.
Life as a House
Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film about a terminally ill man who attempts to rebuild both his dilapidated house and his fractured relationship with his son.
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E.
For Life (TV series)
For Life is an American legal drama television series inspired by the true story of a wrongfully convicted man who becomes a lawyer to fight for his own freedom and that of others.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: This Is Life with Lisa Ling Target entity description: This Is Life with Lisa Ling is a CNN documentary series in which journalist Lisa Ling explores diverse, often overlooked American subcultures and social issues through immersive, on-the-ground reporting.
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A.
The Secret Life Of...
The Secret Life Of... is the debut studio album by Australian pop-rock duo The Veronicas, featuring hook-driven tracks that helped establish their international popularity in the mid-2000s.
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B.
Expedition Unknown
Expedition Unknown is a reality television series in which host Josh Gates travels the world investigating legendary mysteries, lost treasures, and unexplained phenomena.
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C.
This Life (TV series)
This Life is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young law graduates sharing a house in London during the 1990s.
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D.
Life as a House
Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film about a terminally ill man who attempts to rebuild both his dilapidated house and his fractured relationship with his son.
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E.
For Life (TV series)
For Life is an American legal drama television series inspired by the true story of a wrongfully convicted man who becomes a lawyer to fight for his own freedom and that of others.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television documentary series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | This Is Life ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Lisa Ling ⓘ |
| distributor | CNN ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Amy Bucher
ⓘ
Amy Entelis ⓘ David Shadrack Smith ⓘ Lisa Ling ⓘ Lizzie Fox ⓘ |
| featuresTopic |
addiction and recovery
ⓘ
criminal justice issues ⓘ drug culture in America ⓘ extreme lifestyles ⓘ gender and sexuality ⓘ immigration and identity ⓘ race and inequality in America ⓘ religious communities ⓘ sex work and adult entertainment ⓘ technology and modern life ⓘ veterans and military families ⓘ |
| filmingStyle |
immersive reporting
ⓘ
on-the-ground reporting ⓘ |
| firstAiredOnNetwork |
CNN
ⓘ
CNN Original Series ⓘ
linked to:
CNN
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| firstAiredYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
ⓘ
news documentary ⓘ |
| hasHostRole | Lisa Ling ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
first-person reporting
ⓘ
interview-driven storytelling ⓘ |
| notableFor | in-depth exploration of marginalized communities in the U.S. ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 80+ ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 9 ⓘ |
| originalChannelType | cable news channel ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CNN ⓘ |
| originalReleaseStart | 2014-09-28 ⓘ |
| partOf |
CNN Original Series lineup
ⓘ
linked to:
CNN programming lineup
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| presenter | Lisa Ling ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
American subcultures
ⓘ
often overlooked communities ⓘ social issues in the United States ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Part2 Pictures ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisodeMinutes | 60 ⓘ |
| starring | Lisa Ling ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical reviews in U.S. media ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
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Subject: This Is Life with Lisa Ling Description of subject: This Is Life with Lisa Ling is a CNN documentary series in which journalist Lisa Ling explores diverse, often overlooked American subcultures and social issues through immersive, on-the-ground reporting.
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