Lie to Me (TV series)
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| Genre |
Crime Drama Police Procedural |
| Created by | Samuel Baum |
| Starring |
Tim Roth Kelli Williams Brendan Hines Monica Raymund Hayley McFarland Mekhi Phifer |
| Opening theme | Brand New Day by Ryan Star |
| Ending theme | "Mr. Clean" by The Jam |
| Composer(s) |
Robert Duncan Doug DeAngelis Peter Nashel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Brian Grazer Vahan Moosekian Daniel Sackheim Samuel Baum David Nevins Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain Alexander Cary David Graziano Shawn Ryan Daniel Voll Steven Maeda |
| Producer(s) | Alexander Cary Jeffrey Downer Tim Roth |
| Cinematography | Sidney Sidell Joseph E. Gallagher Alan Caso David Geddes Florian Ballhaus |
| Editor(s) | Devon Greene David Post Rick Tuber David C. Cook David Siegel Padraic McKinley Thomas R. Moore Gib Jaffe Monty DeGraff Marta Evry Thom Noble Suzy Elmiger |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Imagine Television Pagoda Pictures Samuel Baum Productions MiddKid Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 21, 2009 – January 31, 2011 |
Lie to Me (stylized as Lie to me*) is an American crime drama television series. It originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2011. 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.
In May 2009, the show was renewed for a second season consisting of 13 episodes; Season two premiered on September 28, 2009. On November 24, 2009, Fox ordered an extra nine episodes for season two, bringing the season order to 22 episodes.
On May 12, 2010, Entertainment Weekly reported that Lie to Me received a 13-episode third season pick-up. The third season of Lie to Me was originally set to premiere on November 10, 2010. On September 28, 2010, the date was moved up to October 4, 2010, because of the cancellation of Lone Star.Lie to Me was officially canceled by Fox on May 11, 2011.
The show is inspired by the work of Paul Ekman, the world's foremost expert on facial expressions and a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Ekman has served as an advisor to police departments and anti-terrorism groups (including the Transportation Security Administration) and acted as a scientific consultant in the production of the series. He is also the author of 15 books, including Telling Lies and Emotions Revealed.
Season one opens with Cal and Gillian hiring a new associate: TSA officer Ria Torres, who scored extraordinarily high on Cal's deception-detection diagnostic, and is in turn 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.
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