The FOX network has decided not to order additional episodes of Lie to Me. Production will be halted next month, leaving the season total at 13 installments. Is the show essentially cancelled?
While a move like this is never a positive sign, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Lie to Me is finished. FOX has been using the series as a utility player and could potentially order more episodes at a later date for a summer run.
However, Lie to Me’s ratings haven’t exactly been stellar. The seven episodes that have aired thus far this season have averaged just a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 5.42 million viewers. It’s consistently ranked either third or fourth in its Monday night timeslot, losing a significant amount of the lead-in audience from House. In the demo, it’s the ninth most-watched program on the network, ranking just below struggling Fringe.
It probably doesn’t help that executive producer Shawn Ryan left to run his own show, The Chicago Code, which is set to debut on FOX in January.
Original episodes of Lie to Me return next month and are set to finish airing by January 31st. The decision to either renew or cancel the series will likely come down to how confident the FOX execs are in what they have in the pipeline.
What do you think? Will Lie to Me be cancelled or will the network order more episodes? What would you do?
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Please do not cancel Lie To Me, it is the ONLY show I watch on Fox!!!
Do not cancel this show. They won the peoples choise awards that should say everything!
I absolutely LOVE this show!! Tim Roth is an incredible actor. I do think they have made Lightman too angry lately. I was hoping that it would be leading up to something that would explain his temper. I do NOT want to see this show cancelled!!!!!
If FOX will cancel Lie To Me or Fringe, I swear, I will never watch that channel for as long as I live. I am sick and tired of stupid reality shows and singing/dancing competitions. I don’t watch tv much because it’s full of crap. I don’t watch news because I have enough stress in my life. I have an IQ of 136 and it’s hard for me to find something more or less intelligent to watch. I love Lie To Me! Please, don’t cancel it!
Losing an intelligent show like this is typical when u have the type of people now a days who are more interested in some of these idiotic reality shows.
WHAT! I hope they won’t! This is the best TV show I’ve ever seen in years. I already bought it on DVD, and I’m waiting for season 3 DVDs already!
Please, please, don’t cancel this show, is one of the few decent things you can watch these days…! Excellent production, acting, directing, etc!
SAVE “Lie to me”!!!
PLEASE don’t cancel this show!!!! It’s the best thing on TV since Joe Mantegna (a fine actor I have long admired) replaced Mandy Patinkin (an even better actor, who I’ve admired for even longer) on “Criminal Minds.”
A lot of people (myself included) are just discovering Lie To Me since it can be streamed on Netflix. I love this show as does all of the people I’ve recommended it to. I would we devastated if it were to get canceled after just finding it! I watched the first 2 seasons in 3 days and bought all of the episodes I missed this season on iTunes because I couldn’t wait! PLEASE FOX DO NOT CANCEL!!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do NOT cancel Lie To ME!!!!!!! This is one of the very BEST shows on TV. Tim Roth is AMAZING!! As is the rest of the cast. It would be a major error in judgement if you nixed this GREAT series.
Do the networks even consider that people actually watch the show online with hulu, fancast, netflix, etc….
So many TV shows canceled for stupid reasons. This is why I hate all these crazy reality TV shows.
One of the best things about Lie to Me in the first season; the explaining of signs of lying. It was fascinating to watch the show, learn about a specific sign of face reading, and then apply it. I hope FOX keeps Lie to Me, but return it to it’s first season instructions.
I love this show…..PLEASE DON”T CANCEL IT…It’s getting harder by the minutes to find watchable shows on network tv…This one’s a keeper FOX
PLEASE do NOT CANCEL THE SHOW!!!!!! I have just discovered Lie to Me and absolutely LOVE IT!!! I went out and bought Season 1 for me and a friend. I just got her hooked. Change timeslot or day. Put it on during the off season. SOMETHING, just don’t cancel.
I really hope they don’t cancell Lie To Me! I have just discovered this show and LOVE IT!
I love the show. Tim Roth is a really REALLY good actor. I would like Lightman to go back to being the interesting, intelligent scientist that he was, and for the writers to stop making him act so unbalanced….season one was the best. I still think they can straighten it out and make it work. I sure don’t want to see it gone.