Michael Martin Television Credits

Television’s “Lie Detector Guy” from 1987 to 2004

For nearly twenty years, Michael dominated the television lie detector scene by making hundreds of appearances on a wide variety of television shows and news programs. This period was known as the heyday of television talk shows, and Michael was the first examiner to introduce the world to this new twist on the talk show format.  Show topics ranged from infidelity and UFO sightings to rape and mass murder, but regardless of the issues, the shows were always entertaining.

  • 1987 to 1989  Morton Downey Jr Show – 3 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1988  People Are Talking (with Richard Bey) – 2 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1990  The Howard Stern Show (with Howard Stern) – 2 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1994  The Richard Bey Show (with Richard Bey) – 1 episode as polygraph examiner
  • 1997 to 2002  Sally (with Sally Jessy Raphael) – Approx. 160 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1997  Interviewed on “Endangered Liberties” (with Lisa Dean and John Harter)
  • 1997  Interviewed on Hannity & Colmes (with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes) 
  • 1997  Interviewed on “Crossing the Line” (with Jackie Mason and Raul Felder)
  • 1998 to 2000  Maury (with Maury Povich) – Approx. 20 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1998 to 2004  Ricki Lake (with Ricki Lake) – Approx. 120 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1998 to 2000  Forgive or Forget (with Mother Love) – Approx. 10 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1998  Judge Mills Lane – 1 episode as polygraph examiner
  • 1998  Interviewed on “20/20”
  • 1998  Interviewed on “MSNBC”
  • 1998  Interviewed on “Fox News”
  • 1999 to 2001  Queen Latifah Show – Approx. 15 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 1999  Dr. Joy Browne – 3 episodes as polygraph examiner
  • 2001  Baerbel Schaeffer (Germany) – 1 episode as polygraph examiner
  • 2004  Proof Positive (on SciFi Channel) – 1 episode as polygraph examiner
  • 2004  Interviewed on “WNBC / NBC Universal”
  • 2005 Fitness Quest Infomercial (with Tony Little) as polygraph examiner
  • 2007  MythBusters (with Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage) – 1 episode (S5:E24 – 2 parts) as polygraph examiner
  • 2014  The Americans (with Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys) – TV commercial / series promo
  • 2016  Reasonable Doubt (on Investigation Discovery “ID Channel”) – 1 episode as polygraph examiner

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