| 49th | Top television programs by name |
| Lie to me* | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Crime |
| Created by | Samuel Baum |
| Written by | Samuel Baum[1][2] Dustin Thomason[2] |
| Starring | Tim Roth Kelli Williams Brendan Hines Monica Raymund Hayley McFarland Mekhi Phifer[3] |
| Opening theme | "Brand New Day" by Ryan Star |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Brian Grazer David Nevins Samuel Baum Shawn Ryan |
| Producer(s) | Samuel Baum |
| Production company(s) | Fox Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox |
| Original run | January 21, 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
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| Season | Episodes | First airdate | Last airdate | |
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| Season 1 | 13 | January 21, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 28, 2009 | TBA | |
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| DVD Name | Release dates | Ep # | Additional Information | |
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| Region 1 | Region 2 | |||
| Season 1 | August 25, 2009[citation needed] | September 14, 2009 | 13 | The three disc box set (four disc in UK) includes all 13 episodes. Extras include "The Lightman Group Lie Detection Tutorials". Running Time: 605 minutes.[citation needed] |
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File:Lie to Intertitle for Lie to Me | |
| Genre |
Drama Crime |
| Created by | Samuel Baum |
| Starring |
Tim Roth Kelli Williams Brendan Hines Monica Raymund Hayley McFarland Mekhi Phifer[1] |
| Opening theme | Brand New Day by Ryan Star |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 35 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Brian Grazer David Nevins Samuel Baum All Seasons Shawn Ryan Season 2 Elizabeth Craft Season 2 Sarah Fain Season 2 |
| Producer(s) | Samuel Baum |
| Production company(s) | Imagine Entertainment, Fox Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox |
| Original run | January 21, 2009 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Lie to Me is an American television series that premiered on the Fox network on January 21, 2009.[2] In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightman Group accept assignments from third parties (commonly local and federal law enforcement), and assist in investigations, reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions, through the Facial Action Coding System, and body language.[2]
In May 2009, the show was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes,[3] Season 2 premiered on September 28, 2009.[4] On November 24, 2009, Fox ordered an extra nine episodes for season 2, bringing the season order to 22 episodes.[5]
On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that Lie to Me received a 13-episode third season pick-up.[6] [7] The third season of Lie to Me was originally to premiere on November 10, 2010. On September 28, 2010 the premiere date was moved to October 4, 2010 due to the cancellation of Lone Star.[8]
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Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies.[16]
The season opens with Cal and Gillian hiring a new associate: former TSA officer Ria Torres. Ria scored extraordinarily high on Cal's deception detection diagnostic, and is labeled a "natural" at deception detection. Her innate talent in the field clashes with Cal's academic approach, and he often shows off by rapidly analyzing her every facial expression. She counters by reading Lightman and when he least expects it, peppers conversations with quotes from his books.
It was gradually revealed that Dr. Lightman was driven to study micro-expressions as a result of guilt over his mother's suicide; she claimed to have been fine in order to obtain a weekend pass from a psychiatric ward, when she was actually experiencing agony (which mostly parallels Paul Ekman's anecdote in his book Telling Lies).
For a small number of the early episodes Lightman would team up with Torres working on a case, while Foster and Loker would team up on a separate case. Occasionally their work would intertwine or Foster or Lightman would provide assistance on each others cases. As the first season progressed, the cases became more involved and all four of the main characters would work together on one case for each episode. This formulaic technique is often used in the first episodes of a new series to help establish the characters.
In addition to detecting deception in subjects they interview, Lightman and his team also use various interviewing and interrogation tactics to elicit information that is useful to their cases. Rather than by force, they instead use careful lines of questions, provocative statements, theatrics and healthy doses of deception on their own part. In the show's pilot episode, Lightman is speaking to a man who is refusing to speak at all, and is able to discern vital information by talking to him and gauging his reaction to each statement. This approach is also taken in several other episodes (e.g., "Do No Harm").
Samuel Baum (Showrunner/Head Writer), Brian Grazer, David Nevins, Steven Maeda. Katherine Pope, former president of NBC Universal’s TV studio, has signed on as a consulting producer. Pope worked on the final four episodes of the first season.[17] Shawn Ryan, creator of The Shield and The Unit, took over as show runner for the second season.[18][19]
| Season | Episodes | First airdate | Last airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | January 21, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 28, 2009 | September 13, 2010 | |
| Season 3 | 13 | October 4, 2010 | ||
Season 2 resumed on June 7, 2010. Lie to Me has been renewed for its third season.[20]
The show received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It gained a score of 64 on Metacritic from 24 reviews.[21] Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker awarded Lie to Me a B- rating and wrote "Lie to Me is derivative yet well crafted, predictable yet ever-so-slightly novel...it's no wonder that Fox thinks it's got itself a potential hit". However he also commented "if this review were a face, Dr. Lightman would say it had a forced smile: hopeful, but dubious, about Lie's chances."[22] Tom Shales, writing for the Washington Post, said "Lie to Me seems an unusually meaty, thoughtful and thought-provoking crime drama – another police procedural, yes, but one with a dramatic and mesmerizing difference...easily one of the season's best new shows."[23]
In the United States the viewing figures declined as the series progressed. The Pilot was seen by 12.37 million, however by the final episode of the first season it was down to 8.46 million. The most viewed episode was episode 3 ("A Perfect Score") which attracted 12.99 million. The second season premiered on September 28, 2009 to 7.7 million viewers.
| Season | Episodes | Original airing | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | Network | ||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | TV Season | |||||
| 1 | 13 | January 21, 2009 | May 13, 2009 | 2008–2009 | #29[24] | 10.07 | Fox |
| 2 | 22 | September 28, 2009 | September 13, 2010 | 2009–2010 | #57[25] | 6.43 | |
| 3 | 13 | October 4, 2010 | 2011 | 2010–2011 | TBA | TBA | |
The series is broadcast by Network Ten in Australia and Global TV in Canada, M-Net in South Africa, and also airs in Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Hungary and Belgium.[26][27] Lie to Me aired on Sky1 in the UK and Ireland,[28] starting on May 14, 2009. On July 20, 2009, Fox aired the premiere in Latin America.[29] RTL 5 in The Netherlands has been broadcasting it since November 6, 2009. The series debuted in Italy on September 7, 2009 on the Fox Satellite channel.
Season one has been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4. The release dates for the second season in regions 1 and 2 have been announced. While season one was also released on Blu-ray in North America[30] there has been no announcement about releasing the second season on Blu-ray.[31] The first and second seasons include deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes featurettes.[32][33] The second season also includes "Dr. Ekman's Blog" and a gag reel.[33]
| Season | DVD release date | Blu-ray release date | ||||||
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| Region A | Region B | |||||||
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | United States | Canada | United Kingdom | Australia | ||
| 1 | August 25, 2009[30] | September 14, 2009[34] | October 28, 2009[35] | August 25, 2009[30] | N/A | N/A | ||
| 2 | November 9, 2010[33] | January 31, 2011[36] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
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