Lie to Me

Shawn Ryan Tells the Truth About Reinventing Lie to Me

source: Seattle Post

Lie to Me's surprise midseason success last year has been attributed to its compelling leading man (Tim Roth) and its unconventional approach to the cop procedural. So when Shawn Ryan (The Shield, The Unit) was brought in to co-executive-produce the ...

Published Tue, Oct 6

Top 10 TV picks: June 2-8

source: Stuff.co.nz

 New Zealand Lie to Me: TV3 may have found an apt successor to House in this quirky new police procedural drama about a body language detective (Tim Roth) that The Washington Post dubbed "easily one of the season's best new shows". TV3, 8.30pm Tuesday 3. ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

Dollhouse - "The Target"

source: memles (WordPress)

I see why FOX would want “Ghost” to be the show’s pilot: it feels the most like a basic procedural, with its kidnapping storyline and its sexy opening story. What we get in “The Target” is much less easy to swallow for people who aren’t Whedon fans, and to an extent I can see the network’s trepid...

Published Fri, Feb 20

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

source: Prime Time TV Articles

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.

Published Fri, Feb 13

'Lie to Me' review

source: From Inside the Box

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...

Published Tue, Jan 20