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Opinion: Tue, Feb 10, 09 - Big Bang Theory, CSI, Greek, The Closer, Lie To Me
06.30 The Big Bang Theory 07.00 CSI 08.00 Greek 09.00 The Closer 10.00 Lie To Me Everything else sucked! As gripping an hour of TV as you are ever likely to see. This is superb stuff. Lie To Me. Episode 2. "Moral Waiver" The gimmick is good, Tim Roth is fantastic but the stories are awful. Both of the stories in this second episode are stock tales from other crime dramas, with nothing added to make the retelling worth it. In each case it is obvious from the moment the story start...   [read the full post]

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Past Two Weeks

 

Rate The truth is on your face

Original at CW Arkansas external link    Mon, Nov 9

Are you a liar? Maybe the lies you tell are just white lies, but what if others can detect those lies just by reading your facial expressions just like on the TV show "Lie to Me.”

Rate Melissa George to Guest on Lie to Me

Original at Seattle Post external link    Mon, Nov 9

Melissa George will guest-star in at least two episodes of Fox's Lie to Me as an adversary for Tim Roth's character, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Rate Melissa George to Guest on Lie to Me

Original at TV Guide external link    Mon, Nov 9

Melissa George will guest-star in at least two episodes of Fox's Lie to Me as an adversary for Tim Roth 's character, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Watch full episodes of Lie to Me in our Online Video Guide George ( Grey's Anatomy , Alias ) will play... Read More Other Links From TVGuide.com Alias Mel...

Past Month

 

Rate Jennifer Beals celebrating "Christmas"

Original at Yahoo! News external link    Thu, Nov 5

Lie to Me" star Jennifer Beals has been cast in Hallmark Channel's original movie "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas."

Rate TV picks for Nov. 2: 'Greek'

Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch external link    Sun, Nov 1

Schedule note: Game 5 of the World Series, if necessary, will air tonight on Fox. Otherwise, repeats of "House" and "Lie to Me" are scheduled. SPOTLIGHT 'Greek' 8 p.m. on ABC Family

Rate TV Review: Lie To Me - "Grievous Bodily Harm"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Oct 29

Lightman finds an old friend brings him more trouble than fond memories.

October of 2009

 

Rate TV Review: Lie To Me - "Honey"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Oct 20

Garret Dillahunt ratchets up the tension on Lie To Me as Cal Lightman gets taken hostage by a love-crazed murder suspect.

Rate TV Review: 'Lie to Me': Give it a chance!

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Tue, Oct 20

Lie To Me , the Tim Roth I-know-what-you’re-thinking-because-your-eyelid-twitched crime show, just got an order for an additional three scripts from Fox . It deserves the full “back nine” order — a full season.

Rate Lie to Me's Kelli Williams: Meet the New Gillian Foster

Original at TV Guide external link    Mon, Oct 19

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Rate TV Review: Lie To Me - "Control Factor"

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Oct 16

Cal's trust issues get a work out as his daughter plays Nancy Drew on vacation while a rival scopes out The Lightman Group -- and Foster.

September of 2009

 

Rate TV Review: 'Lie to Me'/'Trauma': Quick takes

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Tue, Sep 29

Lie To Me had the advantage of following the hit House ; Trauma had the advantage of… um, nothing. ( Heroes isn’t a helpful ratings lead-in, and I got off that particular superhero train a while ago anyway: Anyone think I should I re-board?)

Rate 'Lie to Me' improves with help from 'Shield' creator Shawn Ryan - Sepinwall on TV

Original at nj.com external link    Mon, Sep 28

Fox's "Lie to Me," which begins its second season tonight, is about a man who has mastered the art of recognizing deception by paying attention to the most subtle changes of expression on a person's face. So it feels appropriate that the show has taken a big leap forward creatively thanks to...

Rate Pembroke writing team Liz Craft and Sarah Fain move to “Lie to Me”

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Sat, Sep 26

The last time I checked in with Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, the Pembroke Hill grads and Hollywood writing team I call the Murder Gals — mostly because they helped adapt “The Women’s Murder Club” for TV but also because a lot of people seem to get killed violently on their shows — they had just mad...

Rate Is it a Lie or Do You Really Believe It?

Original at PsychCentral.com external link    Thu, Sep 24

While American folklore tells us that George Washington never told a lie, the topic of lying on Capitol Hill, at work, or at home is big news. For instance, President Barak Obama is charged with telling lies. A popular TV show, Lie to Me, conducts a poll that shows the average person lies 42 tim...

Rate Procedural drama fans, unite!

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Mon, Sep 21

By Alynda Wheat Join Alynda Wheat twice a week on PopWatch for a mix of review and preview on ''CSI,'' ''Lie to Me,'' ''NCIS,'' and LOTS of ''Castle''

Year 2009

 

Rate TV Review: Ausiello: 'Lie to Me' casts 'Jericho' vet

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Wed, Aug 26

Jericho ’s Lennie James has snagged one of this fall’s most sought-after roles: Tim Roth’s Lie to Me nemesis, Ray Marsh.

Rate TV review: Cop drama's Aussie rogue hits the right note

Original at New Zealand Herald external link    Mon, Aug 10

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The body language expert on Lie to Me? No, there's nothing special about sleuths with special powers. At least this isn't another offering in the seemingly ...

Rate TV Review: Ausiello: Erika Christensen on 'Lie to Me'

Original at Entertainment Weekly external link    Mon, Jul 20

I smell a 2010 guest actress Emmy nod in Erika Christensen's future. The ex- Six Degrees star has been tapped to play a law student suffering from multiple personality disorder in the season premiere of Fox's Lie to Me , sources confirm to me exclusively.

Rate Lie To Me

Original at Student Life external link    Fri, Jul 10

In “Lie to Me,” Tim Roth plays Dr. Cal Lightman, a human lie detector. The show centers on him and his lie detection agency, which refrains from using any conventional polygraph tests, because they aren’t accurate enough. To Lightman, lie detecting is all about the human touch. Or the human fa...

Rate TV review: Lie To Me | The Mentalist

Original at Scotsman external link    Fri, Jun 5

Well, that's according to Tim Roth's character Dr Lightman, who solves crimes through body language in Lie To Me. He has video clips to prove it too, ... and more »

Rate TV review: Lie to Me

Original at New Zealand Herald external link    Tue, Jun 2

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 New Zealand Now taking over his slot is the equally six-o'clock- shadowed misery-guts, Dr Lightman (Tim Roth) in Lie to Me (TV3, Tuesdays, 8.30pm). Unlike his predecessor, who plays an unnaturally rumpled American, Roth is allowed to keep the Brit accent to go ...

Rate TV rushes the seasons

Original at The Journal News / Lohud.com external link    Thu, May 21

 NY On Mondays, "House," Fox's top drama, will provide a strong lead-in for "Lie to Me," the crime drama. Viewers will have to look hard to see new Fox shows in the fall. In addition to "Glee" and a late-night talk show with comedian Wanda Sykes, ...

Rate Last night's TV: The Homecoming, The Mentalist and Lie to Me

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Thu, May 14

OK, so Lie to Me has Tim Roth as the main man, human polygraph Dr Cal Lightman (as opposed to flashy blond Simon Baker who plays Mentalist Patrick Jane). I guess that distinguishes it a bit. Roth's got more presence, he's one of ours, he's a proper ...

Rate Today's TV: Lie to me - Sky1/Sky HD, 10pm

Original at Sunday Mirror external link    Wed, May 13

I can truthfully say that Lie To Me is one of the best new US drama series I’ve seen in ages.

Rate 'Lie to Me': Police, terror cells, and a touch of '24'

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Wed, Apr 29

And while the agents refuse to tell Cal any details, Katanski insists the shoot was good -- and he's lying. Cal and Gillian disagree about whether to take the story seriously -- Gillian wants to stop pushing, because if an attack is being planned, ...

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Rate Mon, Mar 30, 09 - The Mentalist, Castle

Original at A Briefing With Michael external link    Tue, Mar 31

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By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 10.30 The Mentalist 11.30 Castle The Mentalist. Episode 5. "Redwood" Girl with amnesia in the woods. Did she kill her friend? Castle. Episode 1. "Flowers for Your Grave" Rick Castle joins the police force! The Mentalist, Lie To Me and Castle are all very similar. But Castle is easily the best and most fun to watch. And the only surprise in that is that it's not all down to Nathan Fillion being bloody brilliant in everything he does. There are other reasons to enjoy this cool show. Highlight? Castle (second viewing of the pilot is just as good, if not better) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book Yet Another Film Review Blog   [read the full post]

Rate Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: All-Time Low Harshes Lost's Mellow

Original at TV Guide external link    Wed, Mar 18

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By Matt Mitovich 8 pm/ET Fox's Lie to Me led the pack with an audience of 10.03 million total viewers, down 10 percent from its week-ago time-period premiere. CBS' sitcoms combined for second, though both Old Christine (7.37 mil, down 260K) and Gary (7.57 mil, down 140K) dipped a bit.

Rate Today's News: Our Take - Ratings: Fox Tells a Bigger Lie in Earlier Time Slot

Original at TV Guide external link    Thu, Mar 12

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By Matt Mitovich 9 pm American Idol unveiled its "Judges' Save" twist to 24.9 million viewers, an increase of 11 percent from last Wednesday's results show (yet down 6 percent year-over-year). Criminal Minds came in second with 14 mil. Life, at 5.3 mil, was up 430 thou. Lost returns next week! 

Rate Wednesday Ratings: Lie To Me Stands Tall, On Its Own

Original at TVbytheNumbers external link    Thu, Mar 12

By Bill Gorman Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved.  Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.

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Rate Lie To Me - Recap & Review - Unchained

Original at keithp23 (Blogspot) external link    Sat, Mar 7    4 related articles

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By JD(noreply@blogger.com) Lie To Me Unchained Original Air Date: Mar 4, 2009 JD - Associate Staff Writer JD@thetwocentscorp.com Fun, fun, fun at The Lightman Group this episode! Or at least it was fun to watch--I'm sure our little human lie detectors weren't having as much fun solving the cases as I was watching them do it. Anyway, as much as I'm growing to really like Loker and Foster (I wasn't sure at first, you know), it's still a pleasure to watch Lightman and Torres work together, and a got another chance to do that in Unchained. This week, it's Lightman and Torres off to investigate a supposedly reformed gang leader who's set to be released from prison, while Loker and Foster investigate the mysterious death of a firefighter. Let's go, shall we?   [read the full post]

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Rate Opinion: Tue, Feb 10, 09 - Big Bang Theory, CSI, Greek, The Closer, Lie To Me

Original at A Briefing With Michael external link    Wed, Mar 4

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 06.30 The Big Bang Theory 07.00 CSI 08.00 Greek 09.00 The Closer 10.00 Lie To Me Everything else sucked! As gripping an hour of TV as you are ever likely to see. This is superb stuff. Lie To Me. Episode 2. "Moral Waiver" The gimmick is good, Tim Roth is fantastic but the stories are awful. Both of the stories in this second episode are stock tales from other crime dramas, with nothing added to make the retelling worth it. In each case it is obvious from the moment the story starts what the outcome will be. Watching this is torture. Tim Roth is not enough to save this pile of manure. I want to like this show, but it's pure rubbish. Highlight? The Closer (clever) Yet Another TV Review Podcast Yet Another TV Review Book Yet Another Film Review Blog   [read the full post]

Rate Lie To Me - Episode 1.09 - Casting Call

Original at Spoiler TV external link    Sun, Mar 1

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) MARTIN WEXLER] 40s. Male. A sharp attorney who interviews Torres and Loker as he tries to find out if someone at the Lightman Group leaked information about a client that could lead to litigation and the end of the company sptv050769. ONE DAY GUEST STAR / ANY ETHNICITY

Rate Ryan Star goes from From “Lie to Me” to David Cook tour

Original at blog.newsok.com external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By television Seen the Fox series “Lie to Me”? Then you’ve heard Ryan Star. The New York-based rocker, who competed on the CBS series “Rock Star: Supernova,” sings the “Lie to Me” theme song titled “Brand New Day.” His song “This Could Be the Year” is also being used to promote NBC’s upcoming series “Kings.”

Rate TV Review: Lie To Me: Fox's New Procedural Whodunnit Has Promise

Original at Prime Time TV Articles external link    Fri, Feb 13

Lie To Me's "lie-catcher" premise and flashes of visual wit put a twist on the detective-show genre. Whether it can stay fresh remains to be seen.

Rate Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez to star on FOX’s Lie To Me

Original at TVbytheNumbers external link    Mon, Feb 9

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By Robert Seidman Okay, I'm completely making that up. But I'd love it if FOX would drag in the real-life human lie detectors using the science showcased on Lie to Me and make a two hour special breaking down all the times Alex Rodriguez lied to Peter Gammons on Sportscenter and Katie Couric on 60 Minutes[...]

Rate new show review: Lie to Me

Original at ScreenwriterGuy.com external link    Tue, Jan 27

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By screenwriterguy Medium, House, The Closer, The Mentalist, Ghost Whisperer… and now Lie to Me.  All are procedurals about a key central character with a superhuman (or at least almost superhuman) ability to solve mysteries.  The adage that Hollywood likes to see new projects that are, “the same… but diffe...

Rate Tell Us Sweet Little Lies

Original at Defamer.com external link    Wed, Jan 21

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By McCluskey and Miller Lie to Me [9 PM, Fox] - This decently-reviewed series (and Mentalist rival) debuts tonight, as Fox allows it to draft just behind the American Idol's ratings bumper (trumpet fanfare: our first NASCAR analogy!). Tim Roth plays Dr. Cal Lightman, a dude who can look at a person's face and body l...

Rate Tell Us Sweet Little Lies [Watch, TiVo, Kill]

Original at Defamer external link    Wed, Jan 21

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By McCluskey and Miller Lie to Me [9 PM, Fox] - This decently-reviewed series (and Mentalist rival) debuts tonight, as Fox allows it to draft just behind the American Idol's ratings bumper (trumpet fanfare: our first NASCAR analogy!). Tim Roth plays Dr. Cal Lightman, a dude who can look at a person's face and body l...

Rate Tell Us Sweet Little Lies

Original at Gawker external link    Wed, Jan 21

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By McCluskey and Miller Lie to Me [9 PM, Fox] - This decently-reviewed series (and Mentalist rival) debuts tonight, as Fox allows it to draft just behind the American Idol's ratings bumper (trumpet fanfare: our first NASCAR analogy!). Tim Roth plays Dr. Cal Lightman, a dude who can look at a person's face and body l...

Rate Lie To Me Premiere Review

Original at ugo.com external link    Wed, Jan 21

The best new show on TV... honestly.

Rate Liar liar, pants on fire: This guy can tell when you're making things up

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Tue, Jan 20

By Tempo In “Lie to Me,” Tim Roth plays Dr. Cal Lightman, an expert on the non-verbal cues people give off when they tell fibs. The series is based on the research of scientist Paul Ekman, whose work rests on the assumption that, as “Lie to Me’s” tag line puts it, “the truth is written on all our faces.”

Rate 'Lie to Me' review

Original at From Inside the Box external link    Tue, Jan 20

By Rick Porter The measure of a good TV procedural, for me, lies in the way it handles its exposition. Every case-of-the-week crime show medical drama has to handle it somehow, but there's an art to making it seem like a natural part of the story. Put FOX's new series Lie to Me in the category of shows that do it...

Rate Lie to Me, Damned Lies and Statistics

Original at TV Feeds My Family external link    Tue, Jan 20

By Bill Brioux(tvfeedsmyfamily@rogers.com) We both agree that Lie To Me, the new Fox drama which stars Tim Roth (above, middle at press tour) and starts tomorrow night (in Canada on Global), has breakout hit potential. That seemed to be the consensus at press tour, too. Roth plays an expert who has spent years studying how facial ticks a...

Rate Podcast: yaTVRp_s04e17

Original at Yet Another TV Review Podcast external link    Sun, Jan 18

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) Crash, To Love And Die, Lie To Me, The Mentalist, Damages, Planet Of The Apes MP3 File

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Rate Opinion: Thur, Jan 8, 09 - NCIS, Damages, Always Sunny, Lie To Me, Mentalist, Night Court

Original at A Briefing With Michael external link    Sat, Jan 17

By podcast@mail2tv.com (RikerDonegal) 05.30 NCIS 06.30 Damages 07.30 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia 08.30 Lie To Me 09.30 The Mentalist 03.00 Night Court Damages. Season 2, Episode 1. "I Lied, Too" A month has passed, Ellen and Patty are both trying - in the own way - to deal with the events of Season One. Lie To Me. Episode 1. "Pilot" A standard cop show, with a great lead actor and a nice gimmick. The rest of the cast are bland, except Brendan Hines who is wasted in a support role. He should be the one partnered with Lightman out in the field. The Mentalist. Episode 2. "Red Hair and Silver Tape" I'm trying to like it, honest, but it's still coming across as a bit too pedestrian for me.   [read the full post]

Rate Review: Fox's 'Lie to Me' adds another quirk to crime procedurals

Original at blogs.pioneerlocal.com external link    Tue, Jan 6

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Actually, human lie detector doesn't seem like much of a stretch. The science part of it is based on pyschology professor Paul Ekman's research in emotions and nonverbal communication. It's not hard to believe that people could teach themselves to tell whether people are lying or not. Ther...

Rate Lie To Me - Episode 1.05 - The Dark Horse - Plotline and Casting Call

Original at Spoiler TV external link    Tue, Jan 6

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) CLIFF WALLACE] 40s, African American, he is a longtime firefighter who blames the recently deceased Eyan Mitchell (also African American) for making his life hell at the fire station. As far as Wallace is concerned, there is no black or white at the station. As he puts it, "We're firemen." He...

Rate Lie to Me - Episode 1.02 - Life is Priceless - Casting Call and Plotline

Original at Spoiler TV external link    Thu, Nov 13

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) OLIVER LUCKETT] mid to late 30s, Any Ethnicity, boyish, he's an Internet billionaire who hit it big with his website iFace. He's smart, NOT sleazy. He hires Torres and Loker to investigate his fiancée, Nadia, and find out if she's marrying him for love or money...GUEST STAR

Rate Lie To Me - Press Release

Original at Spoiler TV external link    Sun, Oct 26

By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) Samuel Baum, Brian Grazer, David Nevins and Steven Maeda serve as executive producers on the series, which is produced by Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Robert Schwentke directed the pilot. Tim Roth as Dr. Cal Lightman Monica Raymund as Ria Torres

Rate 'ER'-Rejecting George Clooney Leaves the TV Slumming to Tim Roth [Must Flee TV]

Original at Defamer external link    Tue, Sep 23

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By STV Meanwhile, Tim Roth is hoping the grass — or at least the money — is greener at Fox, where he's aboard Brian Grazer's Lie to Me, about a FBI-recruited scientist "with the innate ability to read whether people are telling the truth": Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV are behind the show, whic...

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