Someone tell Stillbash to get his hearing aid checked. Aussie and Brit accents sound nothing alike.

I've got to wonder how long the science will last with Lie to Me. Look at Bones -- similar premise of crime-solving based on an obscure forensic specialty. They had to bring on a "flesh" person by the second season because they couldn't come up with enough plots, and by now (middle of the fourth season) the crime-solving and scientific aspects of the show are pretty much a joke.

Fringe is also supposedly scientific, isn't it?

Interesting that this guy slams The Mentalist and then the last line says that he's never seen it ...

Psych doesn't have an 'e' on the end.

Personally, this was my favourite part:

" More superficially, Tim Roth kept his British accent -- unlike transplanted Brits such Hugh Laurie.
[...]
"I don't know how Hugh does it," adds Roth. "This character has to be flexible, light on his feet. So adding an accent to think about for me was a deal-breaker." "


Well, duh, maybe he's just a better actor than you are Mr. Roth, like one who can do like accents and stuff... ;)

"Of course they aren't the same, Psych is intentionally funny,"

Psych is supposed to be funny? I thought it was just one long, smarmy tribute to the 80s (even though none of the characters came of age in the 80s), mixed with endless mugging.

Thanks for this article. I'll know to avoid Lie to Me. Any show that is promoted only on trashing other shows is not one worth watching.

I have watched the mentalist. It is a great show and I watched Simon Baker on the previous series he was on. He's a great actor and his accent is not fake. Have any of you ever watched a movie with Nicole Kidman-Urban? She's an Aussie. Her accent and Simon Baker's accent are almost the same. I think Mr. Baker's acting will byfar outweigh anything the Fox Channel can come up with.

Just talk me out of watching your show, why don't ya... Oy! I'll take the Mentalist anyday!

I have never see Lie to Me, but I know The Mentalist is fun to watch. Will LtM be as fun? They should not be snobby before they prove themselves.

I think perhaps what the Fox people are saying is that Lie to Me will do more of a job of explaining the science that The Mentalist employs to uncover the truth. Patrick Jane's actions are often subtle, like placing a hand in a suspect while they're being interrogated and checking their pulse, and don't always get revealed afterwards.

By the title alone, Lie to Me will focus on uncovering lies, where as The Mentalist often uses suggestive techniques to act in ways that don't necessarily directly lead to a lie being revealed.