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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, January 22, 2021 20 By Dana Simpson TV Media Imposter syndrome: Snuggle up on the couch, switch over to ABC and get ready to catch a liar as host Anthony Anderson ("Black- ish") welcomes his contes- tants — guessers and fraud- sters alike — in the Season 6 premiere of "To Tell the Truth," airing Tuesday, Jan. 26. Part of a new tradition of rebooting classic game shows, this newest iteration of "To Tell the Truth" first hit the small screen back in 2016. While the show has seen various hosts, sets, de- cades and networks, this most recent reboot remains similar to its predecessors in concept and execution, though a few details have been changed to make the show more diverse and chal- lenging. The premise of the show is — and has always been — that three people ar- rive on stage claiming to be a person with a unique job, leaving it up to the panelists (usually comprised of celeb- rities) to guess which contes- tant really is whom he or she claims to be. When the show first aired on CBS in 1956, the contestants were often all of the same sex and claimed to have the same name, but that is among one of the major changes to the current seasons. Another large change is the timing — ABC has opted to double the fun over the past five years, increasing the half-hour episode time- slot to allow for a full hour of imposter-spotting. And while the network has chosen not to divulge any information about its upcoming panelist lineup, viewers can rest as- sured that this season will bring just as much to the ta- ble as past seasons that starred everyone from Betty White and Sherri Shepherd to Brad Garrett and world- famous boxing icon Mike Ty- son. With over 30 seasons of dubious deceivers, tune in to Season 6 of the Anthony An- derson-hosted "To Tell the Truth," premiering Tuesday, Jan. 26, on ABC. realtalk Anthony Anderson, host of "To Tell the Truth" B/The Pine Shoppe 6x7.5

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