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Lie to Me
2009–2011
· TV Show
· 43 min episodes
· 3 seasons
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #264
- IMDb #233
- Metacritic #198
- RatingGraph #319
- Metacritic Critics #276
- Metacritic Audience #138
Every rating
56–85
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 85. Critics average 64, everyone else 76.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth.
Details
- Created by
- Sam Baum
- Released
- 21 January 2009
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 43 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 48 across 3 seasons
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Cast
Full cast (24) →
Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 8 nominations total
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