House of Lies is an American comedy-dramatelevision series created by Matthew Carnahan.[1] The show, which premiered on Showtime on January 8, 2012, is based on the book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, written by Martin Kihn, a former consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. It follows a group of management consultants who stop at nothing to get business deals done. On May 17, 2016, Showtime canceled the series after five seasons, with the series finale airing June 12, 2016.[2]
The show focuses on both the personal and business lives of Marty Kaan, a manipulative, immoral, driven and cold management consultant.
Originally, Marty was a highly successful partner at consultancy firm Galweather Stearn, where he headed up a pod consisting of engagement manager Jeannie van der Hooven, and associates Clyde Oberholt and Doug Guggenheim. He later leaves this position to head up his own firm, Kaan & Associates.
In addition to the questionable business practices of Marty and his team, the series also focuses on Marty's personal life. He deals with his disagreeable management consultant ex-wife Monica, his retired-psychiatrist father Jeremiah and his confidently flamboyant son Roscoe. The main character, Marty, often breaks the fourth wall; he talks to the viewers in a freeze-frame bit in which he alone moves and the others in the background 'freeze' but continue where they left off. Alternatively, he talks to the audience while everyone moves but the others seem oblivious to the fact that he is on a monologue.
Cast and characters
Main cast
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan, the immoral and deceitful proprietor of consultancy firm Kaan & Associates. Before he started his own firm, he led a pod for Galweather-Stearn. Marty is willing to do anything to close the deal and, as such, alienates the vast majority of people he comes into contact with, a fact that he cares very little about. Due to questionable business practices, Marty spends several months in prison before the start of season 4, and this adds even more strain to his already-tense relationship with Roscoe and Jeremiah.
Kristen Bell as Jeannie van der Hooven, a partner at Kaan & Associates with whom Marty has a complex relationship. She was part of Marty's pod before he left Galweather. She later led her own pod in Galweather before ditching them for Kaan & Associates, where she becomes a partner. Jeannie was inadvertently responsible for the FBI bust on Kaan & Associates. Consequently, Marty blames her for his stint in jail. In season 4, Jeannie is pregnant with Marty's child, but he is reluctant to be involved as he has not forgiven her.
Ben Schwartz as Clyde Oberholt, a member of Marty's consultant pod who specialises in marketing and spin. He was part of Marty's pod before he left Galweather. He briefly became part of Monica's pod in Kinsley & Associates when he and Marty had a falling-out. He eventually worked his way into Kaan & Associates. He has a jealous, arrogant and often cruel personality, and very rarely shows any real emotions. Clyde struggles with drug addiction throughout the later seasons.
Josh Lawson as Doug Guggenheim, a member of Marty's consultant pod who specialises in numerical analysis. He was part of Marty's pod before he left Galweather. After Marty left, he briefly became a part of Jeannie's pod before they both left for Kaan & Associates. It is also known that he graduated from Harvard, he is seen constantly reminding this fact to everyone. He marries Sarah (Jenny Slate) (Season 2) but after he sends her a drunken text message, she cleans out his bank accounts and leaves (Season 4).
Dawn Olivieri as Monica Talbot (starring seasons 1–3, recurring seasons 4 & 5), an ex-partner at rival firm Kinsley & Associates, and Marty's ex-wife. She and Marty often taunt and abuse each other when they meet, and often engage in angry sex.
Donis Leonard Jr. as Roscoe Kaan, the flamboyant 15-year-old son of Monica and Marty. He wears eyeliner and experimental clothing and often has an attitude problem towards his father. In season 4, it is shown that Roscoe has fallen in with the school burn-outs and has begun smoking marijuana.
Glynn Turman as Jeremiah Kaan, Marty's ex-psychiatrist father and Roscoe's main caregiver. Jeremiah detests Monica, and is frequently forced to act as a mediator between her and Marty for Roscoe's sake. He is dating Chantelle, a much younger psychology student. The relationship has been happily accepted by the rest of the family.
Recurring cast
Season 1
John Aylward as K. Warren McDale, CEO/president of Metro-Capital.
Griffin Dunne as Marco "The Rainmaker" Pelios, president, CEO, and senior partner at Galweather-Stearn.
Brigid Coulter as the wife of Andrew "'Dre" Collins.
Eliza Coupe as Marisa McClintock, the youngest of the McClintock family. She was founder of MediaWolfOnline newspaper and later became the chairwoman of entire McClintock Media Group after some help from Clyde.
Lauren Lapkus as Benita Spire, part of Jeanie's new pod. She leaked info to the press that led to the demise of Galweather under The Rainmaker.
Alice Hunter as Chantelle, a young PhD candidate who is dating Jeremiah.
John Carroll Lynch as Gil Selby, one of Galweather-Stearn's senior partners.
Mekhi Phifer as Andrew "Dre" Collins, cofounder of DollaHyde, a hip-hop fashion label. He was a former drug dealer.
T.I. as Lukas Frye, cofounder of DollaHyde, a hip-hop fashion label. He was also a former drug dealer.
Brad Schmidt as JC, part of Jeanie's new pod.
Daniel Stern as Robert Tretorn, CEO, president, and founder of Free Range Foods.
Bex Taylor-Klaus as Lex, Roscoe's partner who turns out to be a bad influence on him.
Milana Vayntrub as Christy, part of Monica's pod. She was arrested and fired for stabbing Monica in "Power"
Rhea Seehorn as Samantha, Jeannie's friend at the Department of Justice
Season 4
Mary McCormack as Denna Altshuler, a tough, highly successful white knight investor and owner of Global Investments, who is also Marty's "fuck-buddy"
Demetri Martin as Ellis Gage Hightower, a shark-in-the-waters businessman and godhead of electrics cars whom Marty befriends in prison, who also owns Gage Motors
Valorie Curry as Kelsey, a confident computer programmer who both Clyde and Doug chase romantically
Alicia Witt as Maya Lindholm, a brilliant engineer and former partner of Ellis Gage
Fred Melamed as Harvey Oberholt, the father of Clyde, who has a difficult relationship with his son and is dying of cancer
Season 5
Brianna Baker as Tess Symington, Green Point owner, Dungeons & Dragons player and briefly Doug's girlfriend
The series is executive produced by Matthew Carnahan, Jessika Borsiczky, and Stephen Hopkins, with the pilot written by Carnahan and directed by Hopkins.
Development
On December 13, 2010, House of Lies was given a pilot order.[3] On April 7, 2011, the series was given a 12 episode pick-up by Showtime.[4] The series is based on Martin Kihn's book, House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time.[5] David Nevins, president of entertainment at Showtime, announced during the 2011 Television Critics Association press tour that the show was set to premiere on January 8, 2012.[6]
Casting
Casting announcements began in December 2010, with Don Cheadle as the first actor to be cast, as Marty Kaan, "a highly successful, cut-throat consultant who is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want". The next actor to be cast was Dawn Olivieri who plays Monica, "Marty's crazy, pill-popping ex-wife and biggest professional competition as her consulting firm is No. 1 compared to Marty's No. 2."[7]Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson were cast next, Schwartz playing Clyde Oberholt, a member of Marty's team and his closest friend, and Lawson as Doug Guggenheim, Marty's Harvard-educated associate.[8] Last cast were Kristen Bell, who plays Jeannie van der Hooven, "a razor-sharp, Ivy-League graduate who works at Marty’s firm", Donis Leonard Jr. as Roscoe Kaan, Marty's son, and Glynn Turman as Jeremiah Kaan, Marty's psychoanalyst father.[9] Later, Richard Schiff was cast as Marty's boss.[10]
House of Lies Live
On December 29, 2013, Showtime presented "House of Lies Live" which featured members of the main cast and guest actors on the show performing at the UCB theatre in the first broadcast of long form improv.
Reception
Promotional poster for the first season of House of Lies.
Throughout its run, House of Lies has received mixed reviews from critics.
Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker, reviewing the pilot episode, thought the show's premise "sounds terrific in concept", that "Cheadle and Bell are each in their own way exceedingly charming performers with a devilish aspect to their images", and that it has debuted at a good time: "at this time in history, who doesn't want to see undeservingly wealthy people get fleeced, or at least brought low by their avarice?" But ultimately Tucker found House of Lies wanting, writing that it is actually not "all that interesting", and that its "crucial weakness is its dead language". For Tucker, "there's no novelty or freshness in House of Lies' patter or its penis-placement" (the latter comment being a reference to House of Lies' "butt-load of the sort of sexual activity one can get away with on pay-cable").[11] He later included it on his Top 5 Worst TV Shows of 2012, taking the fourth spot.[12]
In stark contrast, Matt Rouch, writing for TV Guide, thought that "as a pitiless, biting satire of the debauched state of American big business, it's no lie to call this one of the smartest, funniest shows of the new year", praising its being "[d]eeply cynical, garish in its raunchiness and always rudely, lewdly hilarious". It "swims in a shark tank of such appalling survival-of-the-nastiest bad behavior it could launch its own channel: Human Animal Planet". Where Tucker finds House of Lies' lines and dialogue poor, Rouch praises Don Cheadle's character's lines: Cheadle's character "often steps out of a freeze-frame to deliver scathing stylized asides to the audience, talking straight to the camera to teach us his lingo and soulless trade secrets".[13] (By contrast, Tucker found these freeze-frame asides a "visual gimmick" and complained of derivative lines: "Creator Matthew Carnahan [...] loads his new show with lines that sound borrowed from Glengarry Glen Ross ("Closing is what I do!")."[11]
Sarah Huges of The Independent called House of Lies "A Comedy for the One Per Cent," saying it's a "half-hour comedy about wealthy slicksters screening right in the middle of one of the biggest economic depressions America has experienced." Although calling the cast and production outstanding and funny in an artistic and technical way, the UK reception - by the standards of the Independent - seemed less positive than the rest. "House of Lies is asking us not simply to laugh at this bunch of chancers, but to admire them for the way in which they rip people off," she writes, calling for a check-up on corporate America.[14]
^Ng, Philiana (April 7, 2011). "Showtime Greenlights 'Homeland,' 'House of Lies'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
^Ausiello, Michael (May 17, 2016). "House of Lies Cancelled at Showtime". TVLine. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
^Andreeva, Nellie (December 13, 2010). "It's Official: Showtime Picks Up Comedy Pilot 'House of Lies' Starring Don Cheadle". Deadline Hollywood. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^"Showtime(R) Moves Into House and Home: Network Orders 12 Half-Hours of "House of Lies", 12 One-Hour Episodes of Drama "Homeland"". The Futon Critic. April 7, 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^Goldberg, Lesley (June 15, 2011). "5 Things to Know About 'House of Lies'". The Hollywood Reporter. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
^Sellers, John (August 4, 2011). "TCA: Steve Carell Set to Produce Showtime Interview Series". Reuters. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^Andreeva, Nellie (January 20, 2011). "Showtime's Comedy Pilot Starring Don Cheadle Finds A Lead". Deadline.com. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^Andreeva, Nellie (January 24, 2011). "TV CASTINGS: Ben Schwartz, Sherri Shepherd, Jeffrey Nordling Join Pilots". Deadline.com. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^Andreeva, Nellie (January 31, 2011). "Kristen Bell To Co-Star In Showtime's 'House of Lies' Comedy Pilot". Deadline.com. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
^Ben Block, Alex (September 15, 2011). "Showtime's 'House of Lies' Adds Richard Schiff". The Hollywood Reporter. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
^ abTucker, Ken (January 8, 2012). "'House of Lies' premiere review: Too often, a house of pain". Entertainment Weekly. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
^Tucker, Ken. "10 Best (and 5 Worst) TV Shows of 2012: Ken Tucker's Picks". ew.com. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
^Roush, Matt (January 6, 2012). "Weekend Reviews: Downton Abbey, House of Lies, AbFab and More!". TV Guide. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
^"All the winners from the 2013 Golden Globes". news.com.au. January 14, 2013. from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
^"HBO, FX Lead Critics' Choice TV Awards — But Where Are 'Mad Men', 'Modern Family'?". Deadline Hollywood. May 22, 2013. from the original on May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
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House of Lies is an American comedy drama television series created by Matthew Carnahan 1 The show which premiered on Showtime on January 8 2012 is based on the book House of Lies How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time written by Martin Kihn a former consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton It follows a group of management consultants who stop at nothing to get business deals done On May 17 2016 Showtime canceled the series after five seasons with the series finale airing June 12 2016 2 House of LiesGenreComedy dramaCreated byMatthew CarnahanBased onHouse of Lies How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Timeby Martin KihnStarringDon CheadleKristen BellBen SchwartzJosh LawsonDawn OlivieriDonis Leonard Jr Glynn TurmanCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons5No of episodes58 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersMatthew CarnahanJessika BorsiczkyStephen HopkinsRich CollinsRunning time30 minutesProduction companiesCrescendo ProductionsTotally Commercial FilmsRefugee ProductionsMatthew Carnahan Circus ProductsShowtime NetworksReleaseOriginal networkShowtimeOriginal releaseJanuary 8 2012 2012 01 08 June 12 2016 2016 06 12 Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 2 1 Main cast 2 2 Recurring cast 2 2 1 Season 1 2 2 2 Season 2 2 2 3 Season 3 2 2 4 Season 4 2 2 5 Season 5 3 Episodes 4 Production 4 1 Development 4 2 Casting 4 3 House of Lies Live 5 Reception 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External linksPremise EditThe show focuses on both the personal and business lives of Marty Kaan a manipulative immoral driven and cold management consultant Originally Marty was a highly successful partner at consultancy firm Galweather Stearn where he headed up a pod consisting of engagement manager Jeannie van der Hooven and associates Clyde Oberholt and Doug Guggenheim He later leaves this position to head up his own firm Kaan amp Associates In addition to the questionable business practices of Marty and his team the series also focuses on Marty s personal life He deals with his disagreeable management consultant ex wife Monica his retired psychiatrist father Jeremiah and his confidently flamboyant son Roscoe The main character Marty often breaks the fourth wall he talks to the viewers in a freeze frame bit in which he alone moves and the others in the background freeze but continue where they left off Alternatively he talks to the audience while everyone moves but the others seem oblivious to the fact that he is on a monologue Cast and characters EditMain cast Edit Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan the immoral and deceitful proprietor of consultancy firm Kaan amp Associates Before he started his own firm he led a pod for Galweather Stearn Marty is willing to do anything to close the deal and as such alienates the vast majority of people he comes into contact with a fact that he cares very little about Due to questionable business practices Marty spends several months in prison before the start of season 4 and this adds even more strain to his already tense relationship with Roscoe and Jeremiah Kristen Bell as Jeannie van der Hooven a partner at Kaan amp Associates with whom Marty has a complex relationship She was part of Marty s pod before he left Galweather She later led her own pod in Galweather before ditching them for Kaan amp Associates where she becomes a partner Jeannie was inadvertently responsible for the FBI bust on Kaan amp Associates Consequently Marty blames her for his stint in jail In season 4 Jeannie is pregnant with Marty s child but he is reluctant to be involved as he has not forgiven her Ben Schwartz as Clyde Oberholt a member of Marty s consultant pod who specialises in marketing and spin He was part of Marty s pod before he left Galweather He briefly became part of Monica s pod in Kinsley amp Associates when he and Marty had a falling out He eventually worked his way into Kaan amp Associates He has a jealous arrogant and often cruel personality and very rarely shows any real emotions Clyde struggles with drug addiction throughout the later seasons Josh Lawson as Doug Guggenheim a member of Marty s consultant pod who specialises in numerical analysis He was part of Marty s pod before he left Galweather After Marty left he briefly became a part of Jeannie s pod before they both left for Kaan amp Associates It is also known that he graduated from Harvard he is seen constantly reminding this fact to everyone He marries Sarah Jenny Slate Season 2 but after he sends her a drunken text message she cleans out his bank accounts and leaves Season 4 Dawn Olivieri as Monica Talbot starring seasons 1 3 recurring seasons 4 amp 5 an ex partner at rival firm Kinsley amp Associates and Marty s ex wife She and Marty often taunt and abuse each other when they meet and often engage in angry sex Donis Leonard Jr as Roscoe Kaan the flamboyant 15 year old son of Monica and Marty He wears eyeliner and experimental clothing and often has an attitude problem towards his father In season 4 it is shown that Roscoe has fallen in with the school burn outs and has begun smoking marijuana Glynn Turman as Jeremiah Kaan Marty s ex psychiatrist father and Roscoe s main caregiver Jeremiah detests Monica and is frequently forced to act as a mediator between her and Marty for Roscoe s sake He is dating Chantelle a much younger psychology student The relationship has been happily accepted by the rest of the family Recurring cast Edit Season 1 Edit John Aylward as K Warren McDale CEO president of Metro Capital Griffin Dunne as Marco The Rainmaker Pelios president CEO and senior partner at Galweather Stearn Megalyn Echikunwoke as April Marty s law student girlfriend Mo Gaffney as Principal Gita principal of the school Roscoe attends Greg Germann as Greg Norbert CFO of Metro Capital Anna Camp as Rachel Norbert wife and then ex wife of Greg Norbert Richard Schiff as Harrison Skip Galweather senior partner and co founder of Galweather Stearn Season 2 Edit Bess Armstrong as Julianne Hofschrager interim CEO of Galweather Stearn Adam Brody as Nate CEO president of an adult sex toy company Kevin Dobson as Mr Pincus owner of the Emerald casino in Las Vegas Lisa Edelstein as Brynn assistant political advisor for Carl Criswell Taylor Gerard Hart as Alex Dushkin co owner of Las Vegas Nightclub War Evan Hart as Kyle Dushkin co owner of Las Vegas Nightclub War Ronete Levenson as Tessa Monica s vegan chef ex girlfriend Nia Long as Tamara Galweather amp Stearn s newest employee and Marty s classmate from business school Eden Malyn as Zanna the pod s personal assistant Michael McDonald as Carl Criswell CEO president of US National Bank Elimu Nelson as Kevin Tamara s husband Jenny Slate as Sarah Guggenheim Doug s girlfriend and later wife Larenz Tate as Malcolm Kaan Marty s brother Mather Zickel as Michael Carlson owner of the Vibrato casino in Las Vegas Season 3 Edit Genevieve Angelson as Caitlyn Hobart part of Marty s new pod Eugene Cordero as Everett part of Monica s pod Brigid Coulter as the wife of Andrew Dre Collins Eliza Coupe as Marisa McClintock the youngest of the McClintock family She was founder of MediaWolfOnline newspaper and later became the chairwoman of entire McClintock Media Group after some help from Clyde Ryan Gaul as Will part of Marty s new pod Rob Gleeson as Jeffrey part of Marty s new pod Lauren Lapkus as Benita Spire part of Jeanie s new pod She leaked info to the press that led to the demise of Galweather under The Rainmaker Alice Hunter as Chantelle a young PhD candidate who is dating Jeremiah John Carroll Lynch as Gil Selby one of Galweather Stearn s senior partners Mekhi Phifer as Andrew Dre Collins cofounder of DollaHyde a hip hop fashion label He was a former drug dealer T I as Lukas Frye cofounder of DollaHyde a hip hop fashion label He was also a former drug dealer Brad Schmidt as JC part of Jeanie s new pod Daniel Stern as Robert Tretorn CEO president and founder of Free Range Foods Bex Taylor Klaus as Lex Roscoe s partner who turns out to be a bad influence on him Milana Vayntrub as Christy part of Monica s pod She was arrested and fired for stabbing Monica in Power Rhea Seehorn as Samantha Jeannie s friend at the Department of JusticeSeason 4 Edit Mary McCormack as Denna Altshuler a tough highly successful white knight investor and owner of Global Investments who is also Marty s fuck buddy Demetri Martin as Ellis Gage Hightower a shark in the waters businessman and godhead of electrics cars whom Marty befriends in prison who also owns Gage Motors Valorie Curry as Kelsey a confident computer programmer who both Clyde and Doug chase romantically Alicia Witt as Maya Lindholm a brilliant engineer and former partner of Ellis Gage Fred Melamed as Harvey Oberholt the father of Clyde who has a difficult relationship with his son and is dying of cancerSeason 5 Edit Brianna Baker as Tess Symington Green Point owner Dungeons amp Dragons player and briefly Doug s girlfriend Steven Weber as Ron Zobel Wanda Sykes as Rita Jeremiah s partner Glenn Howerton as Seth Buckley a mayoral candidate who has gotten romantically involved with Jeannie Donald Faison as Donald friend and golfing partner of Marty Michael Cudlitz and Stacey Hinnen as Kohl brothers businessmen who have business plans in Cuba and want to acquire K amp AEpisodes EditMain article List of House of Lies episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast aired112January 8 2012 2012 01 08 April 1 2012 2012 04 01 212January 13 2013 2013 01 13 April 7 2013 2013 04 07 312January 12 2014 2014 01 12 April 6 2014 2014 04 06 412January 11 2015 2015 01 11 March 29 2015 2015 03 29 510April 10 2016 2016 04 10 June 12 2016 2016 06 12 Production EditThe series is executive produced by Matthew Carnahan Jessika Borsiczky and Stephen Hopkins with the pilot written by Carnahan and directed by Hopkins Development Edit On December 13 2010 House of Lies was given a pilot order 3 On April 7 2011 the series was given a 12 episode pick up by Showtime 4 The series is based on Martin Kihn s book House of Lies How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time 5 David Nevins president of entertainment at Showtime announced during the 2011 Television Critics Association press tour that the show was set to premiere on January 8 2012 6 Casting Edit Casting announcements began in December 2010 with Don Cheadle as the first actor to be cast as Marty Kaan a highly successful cut throat consultant who is never above using any means or anyone necessary to get his clients the information they want The next actor to be cast was Dawn Olivieri who plays Monica Marty s crazy pill popping ex wife and biggest professional competition as her consulting firm is No 1 compared to Marty s No 2 7 Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson were cast next Schwartz playing Clyde Oberholt a member of Marty s team and his closest friend and Lawson as Doug Guggenheim Marty s Harvard educated associate 8 Last cast were Kristen Bell who plays Jeannie van der Hooven a razor sharp Ivy League graduate who works at Marty s firm Donis Leonard Jr as Roscoe Kaan Marty s son and Glynn Turman as Jeremiah Kaan Marty s psychoanalyst father 9 Later Richard Schiff was cast as Marty s boss 10 House of Lies Live Edit On December 29 2013 Showtime presented House of Lies Live which featured members of the main cast and guest actors on the show performing at the UCB theatre in the first broadcast of long form improv Reception Edit Promotional poster for the first season of House of Lies Throughout its run House of Lies has received mixed reviews from critics Entertainment Weekly s Ken Tucker reviewing the pilot episode thought the show s premise sounds terrific in concept that Cheadle and Bell are each in their own way exceedingly charming performers with a devilish aspect to their images and that it has debuted at a good time at this time in history who doesn t want to see undeservingly wealthy people get fleeced or at least brought low by their avarice But ultimately Tucker found House of Lies wanting writing that it is actually not all that interesting and that its crucial weakness is its dead language For Tucker there s no novelty or freshness in House of Lies patter or its penis placement the latter comment being a reference to House of Lies butt load of the sort of sexual activity one can get away with on pay cable 11 He later included it on his Top 5 Worst TV Shows of 2012 taking the fourth spot 12 In stark contrast Matt Rouch writing for TV Guide thought that as a pitiless biting satire of the debauched state of American big business it s no lie to call this one of the smartest funniest shows of the new year praising its being d eeply cynical garish in its raunchiness and always rudely lewdly hilarious It swims in a shark tank of such appalling survival of the nastiest bad behavior it could launch its own channel Human Animal Planet Where Tucker finds House of Lies lines and dialogue poor Rouch praises Don Cheadle s character s lines Cheadle s character often steps out of a freeze frame to deliver scathing stylized asides to the audience talking straight to the camera to teach us his lingo and soulless trade secrets 13 By contrast Tucker found these freeze frame asides a visual gimmick and complained of derivative lines Creator Matthew Carnahan loads his new show with lines that sound borrowed from Glengarry Glen Ross Closing is what I do 11 Sarah Huges of The Independent called House of Lies A Comedy for the One Per Cent saying it s a half hour comedy about wealthy slicksters screening right in the middle of one of the biggest economic depressions America has experienced Although calling the cast and production outstanding and funny in an artistic and technical way the UK reception by the standards of the Independent seemed less positive than the rest House of Lies is asking us not simply to laugh at this bunch of chancers but to admire them for the way in which they rip people off she writes calling for a check up on corporate America 14 Awards and nominations EditAwards and nominations for House of Lies Year Association Category Nominee s Result2012 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle NominatedGolden Globe Award Best Actor TV Series Comedy or Musical Don Cheadle 15 Won2013 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle WonCritics Choice Television Award Best Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle 16 NominatedPrimetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle NominatedGolden Globe Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or Comedy Don Cheadle Nominated2014 Golden Globe Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or Comedy Don Cheadle NominatedPrimetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle NominatedOutstanding Art Direction for a Contemporary Program Half Hour or Less Episodes Wreckage Middlegame Zhang Won2015 NAACP Image Award Outstanding Comedy Series NominatedGolden Globe Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or Comedy Don Cheadle NominatedPrimetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Don Cheadle NominatedReferences Edit Ng Philiana April 7 2011 Showtime Greenlights Homeland House of Lies The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved June 23 2011 Ausiello Michael May 17 2016 House of Lies Cancelled at Showtime TVLine Archived from the original on November 16 2020 Retrieved May 17 2016 Andreeva Nellie December 13 2010 It s Official Showtime Picks Up Comedy Pilot House of Lies Starring Don Cheadle Deadline Hollywood Archived from the original on November 16 2020 Retrieved July 20 2011 Showtime R Moves Into House and Home Network Orders 12 Half Hours of House of Lies 12 One Hour Episodes of Drama Homeland The Futon Critic April 7 2011 Archived from the original on September 14 2012 Retrieved July 20 2011 Goldberg Lesley June 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