See, I see quite a big difference from Lie To Me (haven't seen the others on your list, though I've been led to understand The Mentalist is also based on a very specific skill set) - Lightman relies almost exclusively on his knowledge of psychology to solve crimes. Indeed, nearly every plot development in the show is driven by his reading of facial expressions and body language, to the point where it became a crutch when it wasn't used believably in the later episodes (which is probably, when combined with the Flanderisation of most of the cast, a large part of the reason why it got cancelled). While Holmes does rely on psychology to a certain degree, it's far from being the only thing that drives his investigations in this show. When compared to the BBC show, I will certainly agree that it's not done nearly as elegantly or impressively in this version. But I'm not really sure how they could have done it as effectively without being accused of plagiarism, since much of what established Holmes' abilities as an investigator in that show was based off of camera work, onscreen text and other technical means. (And actually, now that I think about it, the Guy Ritchie films do something rather similar, though not identical, in a number of cases). I'm not really sure how they could have done anything like that without being accused of plagiarism.