Lie to Me

Genre	Drama Crime Police procedural Comedy-drama
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	48 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brian Grazer David Nevins Samuel Baum All Seasons Shawn Ryan Season 2 Elizabeth Craft Sarah Fain Season 2
Producer(s)	Samuel Baum Seasons 1–2 Tim Roth Season 3
Running time	42 minutes
Production company(s)	Imagine Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	January 21, 2009 – January 31, 2011

Lie to Me is an American television series that 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.^[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, because of the cancellation of Lone Star.^[8] Lie to Me was cancelled by Fox on May 10, 2011.^[9] In early May 2011 Fox announced that it would not renew Lie to Me for a fourth season. This has prompted fans to start a campaign to urge Fox to reconsider its decision.^{[10] [11] [12]}