House of Lies is an American edy-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 Min Kihn, a former nsultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. It follows a group of management nsultants who s at nothing to get business deals done.