‘Devoured’: Vice TV Unveils Food-Themed True Crime Docuseries Narrated By Jon Cryer, Sets Premiere Date
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Vice TV today unveiled Devoured, a six-part true crime docuseries set in the world of food, that will be narrated by Emmy-winning actor Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men, The CW’s Supergirl), premiering on February 21st at 10 p.m.
ET/PT.Devoured explores the foods Americans love while uncovering the sordid secrets and criminal pasts that restauranteurs, chefs, and foodies have tried to hide—recipe thefts, mob beatdowns, family betrayals, and murder.Each one-hour episode will be a deep dive into a single true-crime story that centers on one American city or region’s food specialty.
Viewers will be taken through a thrill-ride of twists and turns as Cryer uncovers the unbelievable stories of how food fuels criminal enterprises, both large and small.
Along the way, the series dishes up the food’s origin story and impact on the culinary landscape—while revealing how our passion for eating well can become a recipe for doing wrong.The series will kick off with an episode exploring how the mafia took justice into their own hands after a secret family recipe was stolen from Brooklyn’s L&B Spumoni Gardens & Pizzeria.
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