Open TV in Greece has launched Like a Lie (Σαν ψέμα), a brand new romantic comedy drama based on the Turkish format My Sweet Lie. The series which is airing in the early evening prime access slot, opened strongly, becoming the second-most watched program on Open TV on Monday, Eccho Rights announced yesterday after CEETV reported about the series' premiere.

Produced in 2019 by O3 Medya for Star TV, My Sweet Lie was an immediate hit and became the top performing drama series of the summer in Turkey that year.

International distributor Eccho RIghts has now licensed the script rights to Open TV in Greece, who become the second international broadcaster to commission a remake following the successful Slovakian adaptation for Markiza, "Mom for Rent” (Mama na prenájom), a second season of which is currently airing. The Slovak version was named among CEETV’s CEE Breakout Hits of the Year in 2023.

“This is a unique and brilliant format, with a warm family story at its heart that lends itself perfectly to local adaptation. The original was a huge phenomenon and the Slovakian version has been a returning favourite for the past 18 months, so we can’t wait to see what the future holds for this latest version from our friends in Greece,” said Handan Özkubat, Director of Turkish Drama at Eccho Rights.

Like a Lie stars Nikos Polyderopoulos (The Tattoo) as Peter, a single father who after being abandoned by his wife, maintains a lie to his daughter that her mother is away traveling, but will one day return. When Zoe, played by Katerina Geronikolou (And Yet I'm Still Here), makes an unexpected entrance into their lives, little Alice thinks that she must be her mother - and Peter doesn’t have the heart to tell her the truth, opening the door to a whole new world of lies…