House of Lies (TV series)

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American television series comedy-drama television series dark comedy television series television series

House of Lies is a dark comedy television series that follows a team of ruthless management consultants as they manipulate clients and navigate their own morally compromised personal lives.

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Label	Occurrences
House of Lies	26
House of Lies (TV series) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5045391 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: House of Lies (TV series)
Context triple: [T.I., notableRole, House of Lies (TV series)]

A. Secrets and Lies (U.S. TV series)
Secrets and Lies is an American mystery drama television series that follows ordinary people entangled in complex criminal investigations, featuring Michael Ealy in a prominent role.
B. The Affair
The Affair is an American television drama series that explores the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital relationship and its aftermath through multiple, often conflicting perspectives.
C. The Affair
The Affair is a Jack Reacher thriller novel by Lee Child that serves as a prequel, exploring the events that led Reacher to leave the U.S. Army.
D. Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies is a critically acclaimed HBO drama series based on Liane Moriarty’s novel, following a group of affluent mothers in a coastal California town whose seemingly perfect lives unravel amid secrets, rivalries, and a mysterious death.
E. The House of Cards
The House of Cards is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, depicting a young boy carefully building a fragile card structure in a quiet, intimate interior scene.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: House of Lies (TV series)
Target entity description: House of Lies is a dark comedy television series that follows a team of ruthless management consultants as they manipulate clients and navigate their own morally compromised personal lives.

A. Secrets and Lies (U.S. TV series)
Secrets and Lies is an American mystery drama television series that follows ordinary people entangled in complex criminal investigations, featuring Michael Ealy in a prominent role.
B. The Affair
The Affair is an American television drama series that explores the emotional and psychological effects of an extramarital relationship and its aftermath through multiple, often conflicting perspectives.
C. The Affair
The Affair is a Jack Reacher thriller novel by Lee Child that serves as a prequel, exploring the events that led Reacher to leave the U.S. Army.
D. Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies is a critically acclaimed HBO drama series based on Liane Moriarty’s novel, following a group of affluent mothers in a coastal California town whose seemingly perfect lives unravel amid secrets, rivalries, and a mysterious death.
E. The House of Cards
The House of Cards is an 18th-century genre painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, depicting a young boy carefully building a fragile card structure in a quiet, intimate interior scene.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American television series ⓘ comedy-drama television series ⓘ dark comedy television series ⓘ television series ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Martin Kihn ⓘ
awardReceived	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy ⓘ
awardReceivedBy	Don Cheadle ⓘ
basedOn	House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time ⓘ
characterPortrayed	Clyde Oberholt ⓘ Doug Guggenheim ⓘ Jeannie Van Der Hooven ⓘ Marty Kaan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Matthew Carnahan ⓘ linked to: Matthew Michael Carnahan
executiveProducer	David Walpert ⓘ Don Cheadle ⓘ Jessika Borsiczky ⓘ Matthew Carnahan ⓘ linked to: Matthew Michael Carnahan Stephen Hopkins ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
firstAired	2012-01-08 ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ
lastAired	2016-06-12 ⓘ
leadActress	Kristen Bell ⓘ
mainCharacter	Clyde Oberholt ⓘ Doug Guggenheim ⓘ Jeannie Van Der Hooven ⓘ Marty Kaan ⓘ
narrativeFocus	corporate manipulation ⓘ morally compromised personal lives ⓘ ruthless management consultants ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	58 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	5 ⓘ
openingThemePerformer	Adam Blackstone ⓘ Eric Seats ⓘ Jill Scott ⓘ Mark Batson ⓘ Rapture Stewart ⓘ
openingThemeTitle	I Want It All ⓘ
originalChannelType	premium cable network ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	Showtime ⓘ
portrayedBy	Ben Schwartz ⓘ Don Cheadle ⓘ Josh Lawson ⓘ Kristen Bell ⓘ
productionCompany	Showtime Networks ⓘ linked to: Showtime
setting	management consulting industry ⓘ

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