''Lie Detectors'' is an American television series broadcast by
Game Show Network
Game Show Network (GSN) is an American basic cable channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. The channel's programming is primarily dedicated to game shows, including reruns of acquired game shows, along with new, first-run original and reviv ...
. The series, hosted by
Rove McManus
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, premiered on April 20, 2015.
Each episode features a panel of three comedians presenting a variety of random facts and lies over several rounds to a studio audience, who vote to decide which of the three comedians tells the truth in each round.
Production
The series received little advanced attention from GSN before it was announced as green-lit on March 10, 2015. During the first week of the series' run, a new episode aired each weekday (Monday to Friday) at 6:30 p.m. ET. Starting on April 29 of the same year, the show moved to its permanent time slot, with two back-to-back new episodes airing each Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. ET. The series was not renewed for a second season.
Cast
Panelists on the show have included:
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Christian Finnegan
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Early life
Finnegan was born in Albany, New York. He grew up in Acton, Massachuse ...
* Michelle Buteau
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Sherrod Small
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Early life
Small was born and raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York, by his mother a ...
* Liza Treyger
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Dave Hill
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Early life
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* Gina Brillon
* Nick Turner
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Rachel Feinstein
* Casey Jost
* Sean Donnelly
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Sabrina Jalees
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Early life and ...
* Jennifer Bartels
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