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Lie to Me: TV Show Renewed for Season Three by FOX

Published:May 12, 2010

Lie to Me renewed season threeDespite tough odds, FOX has decided to renew Lie to Me for a third season of 13 episodes.

In Lie to Me, Tim Roth stars as Dr. Cal Lightman, a specialist trained to ferret out those who aren’t telling the truth. He and his team of experts help law officials solve their most difficult cases. The cast also includes Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Mekhi Phifer, and Monica Raymund.

Debuting as a mid-season replacement in January 2009, Lie to Me started off with a 4.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 12.37 million viewers. Ratings soon fell quite a bit but the network still renewed the show for a second season.

Season two began in September 2009 and the numbers were a bit better than they had been at the end of season one, but not by much. Late last year, Lie to Me hit a new low with a 2.2 rating and 6.64 million viewers. Soonafter, the series was put on extended hiatus.

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Lie to Me is scheduled to return on June 7th, after the May sweeps period has completed. That’s not a sign of much faith from the network. The TV show’s chances looked even more bleak when it was announced that the head writer, The Unit’s Shawn Ryan, was stepping down as showrunner to focus on his own projects.

Well, despite the odds being stacked against it, Lie to Me will survive to see another season. The show’s being renewed for year three with 13 episodes. We’ll find out when the TV show’s new season will start airing on Monday, May 17th — when the network holds their upfront presentation for advertisers.

In a related note, Ryan’s RideAlong pilot has been ordered to series and will debut next season. It follows a rogue cowboy lawman and the city’s first female police chief as they try to clean up Chicago.

What do you think? Are you glad that Lie to Me will be back for season three? Are you surprised that it survived?


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Maggie March 8, 2011 at 10:24 pm

This is one of my favorite all-time shows. I got into it recently and watched the first two seasons on NetFlix’s instant watch. Fox, please don’t cancel!!! The old way of rating doesn’t make sense. i like I am sure many others, watch shows on hulu or NetFlix. To rely on tv viewing alone, makes no sense.

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Skylar May 4, 2011 at 7:50 pm

yes i lie this show I think Lie to Me is a good show and wish that it will continue for a long time to come

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ray dj crunchtime September 1, 2011 at 1:55 am

this show is one of the coolest shows fox has. I was instantly hooked by just watching the commercials on Hulu.com. I never watched the show on tv. I agree with Maggie that the old way of counting views doesn’t work anymore. changes have to be made in order to accommodate online viewers. Very happy to see it come back.

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sue September 29, 2011 at 5:03 pm

I can’t believe you cancelled this show!!!! We thought it had just been postponed to Sept. BRING IT BACK!!!!!!!!

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Pablito September 29, 2011 at 5:05 pm

This is a great show. It has been a great change from the garbage reality shows. I AGREE BRING IT BACK

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steve September 29, 2011 at 5:07 pm

I really enjoyed this show. Don’t take it off the air.

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