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{{Infobox television
| image = House logo.svg
| alt_name = ''House, M.D.''
| genre = {{Plainlist|
* [[Medical drama]]
* [[Black comedy]]
}}
| creator = [[David Shore]]
| showrunner = David Shore
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hugh Laurie]]
* [[Lisa Edelstein]]
* [[Omar Epps]]
* [[Robert Sean Leonard]]
* [[Jennifer Morrison]]
* [[Jesse Spencer]]
* [[Peter Jacobson]]
* [[Kal Penn]]
* [[Olivia Wilde]]
* [[Amber Tamblyn]]
* [[Odette Annable]]
* [[Charlyne Yi]]
}}
| open_theme = {{theme song|"[[Teardrop (song)|Teardrop]]"|[[Massive Attack]]}}{{efn|For international broadcasts and home media releases, the theme song is "House" by Scott Donaldson and Richard Nolan for season 1, and "House, M.D., Main Theme" by Jon Ehrlich and Leigh Roberts for season 2–8.}}
| composer = {{Plainlist|
* Jason Derlatka
* [[Jon Ehrlich]]{{efn|The [[Pilot (House)|pilot episode]] was scored by [[Christopher Hoag]].}}
}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 8
| num_episodes = 177
| list_episodes = List of House episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Katie Jacobs]]
* [[Paul Attanasio]]
* David Shore
* [[Bryan Singer]]
* Thomas L. Moran
* [[Russel Friend]]
* [[Garrett Lerner]]
* [[Greg Yaitanes]]
* [[Hugh Laurie]]
}}
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
* [[Newton Thomas Sigel]]
* Walt Lloyd
* [[Roy H. Wagner]]
* [[Gale Tattersall]]
* Tony Gaudioz
}}
| runtime = 41–49 minutes
| company = {{idp|
* [[Katie Jacobs|Heel and Toe Films]]
* [[David Shore|Shore Z Productions]]
* [[Bad Hat Harry|Bad Hat Harry Productions]]
* [[Universal Television]]{{efn|Credited as NBC Universal Television Studio in seasons 1–4 and Universal Media Studios in seasons 4–8}}
}}
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2004|11|16}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2012|5|21}}
| related = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Nurse Jeffrey]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine | title = Exclusive: 'House' spins off Nurse Jeffrey! | last = Ausiello | first = Michael | magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] | date = April 6, 2010 | access-date = March 7, 2018 | url = https://ew.com/article/2010/04/06/house-nurse-jeffrey-spinoff-app/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041630/http://ew.com/article/2010/04/06/house-nurse-jeffrey-spinoff-app/ | archive-date = March 8, 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Doctor Richter|Dr. Richter]]''<ref>{{Cite web | title = 'House' Set for Russian Remake with Aleksei Serebryakov in Hugh Laurie Role | last = Barraclough | first = Leo | work = Variety | date = March 30, 2016 | access-date = March 7, 2018 | url = https://variety.com/2016/tv/global/house-russian-remake-aleksei-serebryakov-hugh-laurie-1201741989/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180422100109/http://variety.com/2016/tv/global/house-russian-remake-aleksei-serebryakov-hugh-laurie-1201741989/ | archive-date = April 22, 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>
*''[[Doctor Richter|Dr. Tyrsa]]''
* ''[[Hekimoğlu (TV series)|Hekimoğlu]]''
}}
}}
'''''House''''' (also known as '''''House, M.D.''''') is an American [[medical drama]] television series created by [[David Shore]] that originally aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from November 16, 2004, to May 21, 2012 for eight seasons. It features the life of Dr. [[Gregory House]] ([[Hugh Laurie]]), an unconventional, [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]], cynical medical genius who, despite his dependence on pain medication, successfully leads a team of [[Medical diagnosis|diagnosticians]] at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in [[New Jersey]]. House often clashes with his fellow physicians, including his own diagnostic team, because many of his hypotheses about patients' illnesses are based on subtle or controversial insights, and his flouting of hospital rules and procedures frequently leads him into conflict with his boss, [[hospital administrator]] and Dean of Medicine Dr. [[Lisa Cuddy]] ([[Lisa Edelstein]]). House's only true friend is Dr. [[James Wilson (House)|James Wilson]] ([[Robert Sean Leonard]]), head of the Department of [[Oncology]].
During the first three seasons, House's diagnostic team consists of Dr. [[Robert Chase (House)|Robert Chase]] ([[Jesse Spencer]]), Dr. [[Allison Cameron]] ([[Jennifer Morrison]]), and Dr. [[Eric Foreman]] ([[Omar Epps]]). At the end of the [[House season 3|third season]], this team disbands. Rejoined by Foreman, House gradually selects three new team members: Dr. [[Thirteen (House)|Remy "Thirteen" Hadley]] ([[Olivia Wilde]]), Dr. [[Chris Taub]] ([[Peter Jacobson]]), and Dr. [[Lawrence Kutner (House)|Lawrence Kutner]] ([[Kal Penn]]). Chase and Cameron continue to appear occasionally in different roles at the hospital. Kutner dies late in [[House (season 5)|season five]]; early in [[House season 6|season six]], Cameron departs the hospital, and Chase returns to the diagnostic team. Thirteen takes a leave of absence for most of [[House season 7|season seven]], and her position is filled by medical student [[Martha Masters (House)|Martha M. Masters]] ([[Amber Tamblyn]]). Cuddy and Masters depart before [[House season 8|season eight]]; Foreman becomes the new Dean of Medicine, while Dr. [[Jessica Adams]] ([[Odette Annable]]) and Dr. [[Chi Park]] ([[Lo Mutuc]], credited as Charlyne Yi) join House's team.
The premise of ''House'' originated with [[Paul Attanasio]], while Shore was responsible for conceiving the titular character. The series' executive producers included Shore, Attanasio, Attanasio's business partner [[Katie Jacobs]], and film director [[Bryan Singer]]. It was filmed largely in a neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles County's Westside called [[Century City, Los Angeles|Century City]]. The series was produced by Attanasio and Jacobs' [[Heel and Toe Films]], Shore's [[Shore Z Productions]], Singer's [[Bad Hat Harry Productions]], and [[Universal Television]].
''House'' was among the top 10 series in the United States from its second through fourth seasons. Distributed to 71 countries, it was the most-watched TV program in the world in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eurodata TV Worldwide|first=Agence France Presse|date=June 12, 2009|title='House' is the world's most popular TV show|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGRhjVWTeAVMws-iEDRJOY3IDH7g|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401043907/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGRhjVWTeAVMws-iEDRJOY3IDH7g|archive-date=April 1, 2012|access-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref> It received [[List of accolades received by House|numerous awards]], including five [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, two [[Golden Globe Award]]s, a [[Peabody Award]], and nine [[People's Choice Awards]]. On February 8, 2012, Fox announced that the eighth season, then in progress, would be its last.<ref>{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|date=February 8, 2012|title=Current Season to Be The Last for 'House'|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/08/current-season-to-be-the-last-for-house/119252/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210093759/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/08/current-season-to-be-the-last-for-house/119252/|archive-date=February 10, 2012|access-date=February 8, 2012|work=TV by the Numbers}}</ref> The [[Everybody Dies (House)|series finale]] aired on May 21, 2012, following an hour-long retrospective.
==Production==
===Conception===
In 2004, [[David Shore]] and [[Paul Attanasio]], along with Attanasio's business partner [[Katie Jacobs]], pitched the series (untitled at the time) to [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] as a ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]''-style medical detective program,<ref name="macleans">{{cite web|last=Frum |first=Linda |title=Q&A with 'House' creator David Shore |work=[[Maclean's]] |publisher=[[Rogers Communications]] |date=March 14, 2006|url=http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20060320_123370_123370 |access-date=January 2, 2007|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052544/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20060320_123370_123370 |archive-date=October 10, 2007 }}</ref> a hospital [[whodunit]] in which the doctors investigated symptoms and their causes;<ref name="Housebuilt">{{cite journal|last=Gibson|first=Stacey|title=The House That Dave Built|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/cover-story/the-house-that-dave-built/|journal=University of Toronto Magazine|date=March 2008|access-date=April 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601055351/http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/cover-story/the-house-that-dave-built/|archive-date=June 1, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> the main character would be loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "[[Sherlock Holmes]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=All the Major Characters on House, from Seasons 1-8 |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/all-the-major-characters-on-house-from-seasons-1-8 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=NBC Insider Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref> Attanasio was inspired to develop a medical [[procedural drama]] by ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' column "Diagnosis", written by physician [[Lisa Sanders]], who is an attending physician at [[Yale–New Haven Hospital]] (YNHH); the fictitious Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH, not to be confused with the [[University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro]]) is modeled after this teaching institution.<ref name="Challenpg96">Challen, p. 96.</ref> Fox bought the series, although the network's then-president, [[Gail Berman]], told the creative team: "I want a medical show, but I don't want to see white coats going down the hallway."<ref name="M&Cjacobsinterview">{{cite news|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1443308.php |publisher=Monsters and Critics |last=MacIntyre |first=April |date=2008-11-17 |title='House M.D.' interview: Katie Jacobs talks Cuddy, Cameron and House triangle |access-date=2009-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111082226/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/features/article_1443308.php |archive-date=2009-01-11 }}</ref> Jacobs has said that this stipulation was one of the many influences that led to the show's ultimate form.<ref name="M&Cjacobsinterview" />
{{quote box|width=25em|align=left|quote=We knew the network was looking for procedurals, and Paul [Attanasio] came up with this medical idea that was like a cop procedural. The suspects were the germs. But I quickly began to realize that we needed that character element. I mean, germs don't have motives.|source=—[[David Shore]] to ''Writer's Guild'' magazine<ref>Challen, p. 41.</ref>}}
After Fox picked up the show, it acquired the [[working title]] ''Chasing Zebras, Circling the Drain''<ref name="House-Holmes">{{cite news|title=House ... and Holmes |date=January 2006 |work=[[Radio Times]] |publisher=BBC Magazines Ltd. |page=57 |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/content/show-features/house/house-and-holmes-parallels/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909035454/http://www.radiotimes.com/content/show-features/house/house-and-holmes-parallels/ |archive-date=September 9, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ("[[Zebra (medicine)|zebra]]" is [[medical slang]] for an unusual or obscure diagnosis, while "circling the drain" refers to terminal cases, patients in an irreversible decline).<ref name="fullhouse" /> The original premise of the show was of a team of doctors working together trying to "diagnose the undiagnosable".<ref name="The Concept">{{cite video |people=Jacobs, Katie; Laurie, Hugh; Shore, David; Singer, Bryan |title=[[House (season 1)|House Season One]], The Concept |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal Studios |date=2005}}</ref> Shore felt it was important to have an interesting central character, one who could examine patients' personal characteristics and diagnose their ailments by figuring out their secrets and lies.<ref name="The Concept" /> As Shore and the rest of the creative team explored the character's possibilities, the program concept became less of procedure and more focused upon the lead role.<ref name="Variety110eps">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/features/fox-s-medical-marvel-stays-on-top-1117999278/|title=Fox's medical marvel stays on top|author=Werts, Diane|date=January 29, 2009|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> The character was named "House", which was adopted as the show's title, as well.<ref name="House-Holmes" /> Shore developed the characters further and wrote the script for the [[Pilot (House)|pilot episode]].<ref name="macleans" /> [[Bryan Singer]], who directed the pilot episode and had significant input in casting the primary roles, has said that the "title of the pilot was 'Everybody Lies', and that's the premise of the show".<ref name="Variety110eps" /> Shore has said that the central storylines of several early episodes were based on the work of [[Berton Roueché]], a staff writer for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' between 1944 and 1994, who specialized in features about unusual medical cases.<ref name="Housebuilt" />
Shore traced the concept for the titular character to his experience as a patient at a teaching hospital.<ref name="EWinfo" /> He recalled: "I knew, as soon as I left the room, they would be mocking me relentlessly [for my cluelessness] and I thought that it would be interesting to see a character who actually did that before they left the room."<ref name="hulu-developing the concept">{{cite web|author=Shore, David |year=2006 |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/21606/house-house---developing-the-concept#s-p2-st-i1 |title=Developing The Concept |work=[[Hulu.com]] |publisher=[[The Paley Center for Media]] |access-date=September 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913031621/http://www.hulu.com/watch/21606/house-house---developing-the-concept |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref> A central part of the show's premise was that the main character would be disabled in some way.<ref name="int-disability" /> The original idea was for House to use a wheelchair, but Fox rejected this. Jacobs later expressed her gratitude for the network's insistence that the character be reimagined—putting him on his feet added a crucial physical dimension.<ref name="Variety110eps" /> The writers ultimately chose to give House a damaged leg arising from an incorrect diagnosis, which requires him to use a cane and causes him pain that leads to a [[narcotic]] dependency.<ref name="int-disability">{{cite web|author1=Shore, David |author2=Jacobs, Katie |year=2006 |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/21680/house-house---houses-disability#s-p2-st-i1 |title=House's Disability |work=[[Hulu.com]] |publisher=[[The Paley Center for Media]] |access-date=September 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913003210/http://www.hulu.com/watch/21680/house-house---houses-disability |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref>
====References to Sherlock Holmes ====
{{stack|[[File:Sherlock Holmes - The Man with the Twisted Lip.jpg|thumb|Sherlock Holmes serves as an inspiration for the series (illustration from ''The Strand Magazine'', 1891).]]}}
References to fictional detective [[Sherlock Holmes]] appear throughout the series.<ref name="FactCheckEd">{{cite web |url=http://www.factchecked.org/Downloads/LessonPlans/DeductionInduction/teacher.handout.2.guide.to.clinic.scene.pdf |title=House and Holmes: A Guide to Deductive and Inductive Reasoning |access-date=June 25, 2009 |publisher=[[FactCheck]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807010831/http://www.factchecked.org/Downloads/LessonPlans/DeductionInduction/teacher.handout.2.guide.to.clinic.scene.pdf|archive-date=August 7, 2008}}</ref><ref name="EmmysHousecall">{{cite news|url=http://www.emmys.tv/events/2006/house-wrap.php |title=House Calls, ''An Evening with House'' |author=Slate, Libby |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] |date=April 17, 2006 |access-date=December 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209065302/http://www.emmys.tv/events/2006/house-wrap.php |archive-date=February 9, 2009 }}</ref> Shore explained that he was always a Holmes fan and found the character's indifference to his clients unique.<ref name="hulu-developing the concept" /> The resemblance is evident in House's reliance on [[inductive reasoning]]<ref name="FactCheckEd" /> and [[psychology]], even where it might not seem obviously applicable,<ref name="fullhouse" /> and his reluctance to accept cases he finds uninteresting.<ref name="Season 1 DVD review" /> House's investigatory method is to eliminate diagnoses logically as they are proved impossible; Holmes uses a similar method.<ref name="House-Holmes" /> Both characters play instruments (House plays the piano, the guitar, and the harmonica; Holmes, the violin) and take drugs (House is dependent on [[Vicodin]]; [[Sherlock Holmes#Use of drugs|Holmes uses cocaine]] recreationally).<ref name="FactCheckEd" /> House's relationship with Dr. James Wilson echoes that between Holmes and his confidant, [[Doctor Watson]].<ref name="House-Holmes" /> [[Robert Sean Leonard]], who portrays Wilson, said that House and his character were originally intended to work together much as Holmes and Watson do; in his view, House's diagnostic team has assumed that aspect of the Watson role.<ref name="RSL">{{cite news| last = Ryan| first = Maureen| title = 'House'-a-palooza, part 2: Robert Sean Leonard| work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | date = May 1, 2006| url = http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/05/houseapalooza_p.html| access-date = October 12, 2007 |archive-date=May 10, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510030133/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/05/houseapalooza_p.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Shore said that House's name itself is meant as "a subtle homage" to Holmes<!-- (i.e. 'Holmes' sounds like 'homes', 'home' relating to 'house' [not explicitly stated in the references]-->.<ref name="House-Holmes" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Wendell|last=Wittler|title=Living in a 'House' built for one|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/living-house-built-one-wbna7518037|date=April 15, 2005|website=today.com]|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526121254/https://www.today.com/popculture/living-house-built-one-wbna7518037|archive-date=May 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> House's address is 221B Baker Street, a direct reference to [[221B Baker Street|Holmes's street address]].<ref name="fullhouse" /> Wilson's address is also 221B.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Hunting |series=House, M.D. |network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company]] |air-date=November 22, 2005}}</ref>
Individual episodes of the series contain additional references to the Sherlock Holmes tales. The main patient in the [[Pilot (House)|pilot episode]] is named Rebecca Adler after [[Irene Adler]], a character in the first Holmes short story, "[[A Scandal in Bohemia]]".<ref>{{cite news|title = Is there a Dr Watson in the House? |work = [[The Age]] | date = April 26, 2007 | first = Scott | last = Murray | page = 21 | quote = In the pilot, the patient is Rebecca Adler, named, no doubt, after Irene Adler. 'To Sherlock Holmes, she was always ''the'' woman,' as Dr. Watson so tenderly described her.}}</ref> In the season two finale, House is shot by a crazed gunman credited as "[[Professor Moriarty|Moriarty]]", the name of Holmes's nemesis.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wild |first=Diane Kristine |date=May 24, 2006 |title=TV Review: ''House'' Season Finale – "No Reason" |magazine=[[Blogcritics]] |url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/24/011244.php |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911051928/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/24/011244.php |archive-date=September 11, 2008 }}</ref> In the season four episode "[[It's a Wonderful Lie (House)|It's a Wonderful Lie]]", House receives a "second-edition Conan Doyle" as a Christmas gift.<ref name="It's a Wonderful Lie">{{cite episode |title=It's a Wonderful Lie |episode-link=It's_a_Wonderful_Lie_(House) |series=House |credits=Writer: Davis, Pam. Director: Shakman, Matt |network=Fox |air-date=January 29, 2008 |season=4 |number=10}}</ref> In the season five episode "[[The Itch (House)|The Itch]]", House is seen picking up his keys and Vicodin from the top of a copy of Conan Doyle's ''[[The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes]]''.<ref name="The Itch">{{cite episode |title=The Itch (House) |episode-link=The Itch (House) |series=House |credits=Writer: Blake, Peter. Director: Yaitanes, Greg |network=Fox |air-date=November 11, 2008 |season=5 |number=7}}</ref> In another season five episode, "[[Joy to the World (House)|Joy to the World]]", House, in an attempt to fool his team, uses a book by [[Joseph Bell]], Conan Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes.<ref name="House-Holmes" /> The volume had been given to him the previous Christmas by Wilson, who included the message "Greg, made me think of you." Before acknowledging that he gave the book to House, Wilson tells two of the team members that its source was a patient, Irene Adler.<ref name="joytoworld">{{cite episode |title=Joy to the World |episode-link=Joy_to_the_World_(House) |series=House |credits=Writer: Blake, Peter. Director: Straiton, David |network=Fox |air-date=December 9, 2008 |season=5 |number=11}}</ref> Season 7 episode 3 includes a [[young adult fiction|young adult]] boyhood detective book series written by the patient, whose final unpublished volume concludes with an ambiguous ending for the main character, one that is reminiscent of "[[The Final Problem]]". The series finale also pays homage to Holmes's apparent death in "The Final Problem", the 1893 story with which Conan Doyle originally intended to conclude the Holmes chronicles.<ref name="SepFinale">{{cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |date=May 22, 2012 |title=Series Finale Review: 'House'—'Everybody Dies': Keep Me in Your Heart for a While |work=HitFix |url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/series-finale-review-house-everybody-dies-keep-me-in-your-heart-for-a-while |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223023243/http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/series-finale-review-house-everybody-dies-keep-me-in-your-heart-for-a-while |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Production team===
[[File:David Shore by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[David Shore]] created the series and served as its [[showrunner]].]]
''House'' was a co-production of [[Heel and Toe Films]], [[David Shore|Shore Z Productions]], and [[Bad Hat Harry Productions]] in association with [[Universal Network Television]] for Fox.<ref name="Production info">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070718fox01|title=''House'' Announces Casting News|website=The Futon Critic|date=July 18, 2007|access-date=December 13, 2008}}</ref> Paul Attanasio and Katie Jacobs, the heads of Heel and Toe Films; David Shore, the head of Shore Z Productions; and [[Bryan Singer]], the head of Bad Hat Harry Productions, were [[executive producer]]s of the series for its entirety.<ref name="EWinfo">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/04/04/success-foxs-house/|title=Dr. Feelbad|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 8, 2005|author=Jensen, Jeff|access-date=December 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211092240/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C1043940%2C00.html|archive-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lawrence Kaplow]], [[Peter Blake (writer)|Peter Blake]], and Thomas L. Moran joined the staff as writers at the beginning of the first season after the making of the pilot episode. Writers [[Doris Egan]], [[Sara Hess]], Russel Friend, and Garrett Lerner joined the team at the start of season two. Friend and Lerner, who are business partners, had been offered positions when the series launched, but turned the opportunity down. After observing the show's success, they accepted when Jacobs offered them jobs again the following year.<ref name="FinaleInterview">{{cite magazine|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/18/171211.php |title=House, MD Season Finale: A Conversation with Writers Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend |author=Barnett, Barbara |date=May 18, 2008 |magazine=[[Blogcritics]] |access-date=December 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216130618/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/18/171211.php |archive-date=December 16, 2008 }}</ref> Writers [[Eli Attie]] and Sean Whitesell joined the show at the start of season four; Attie would stay on the show's writing staff through the series finale, which he co-wrote. From the beginning of season four, Moran, Friend, and Lerner were credited as executive producers on the series, joining Attanasio, Jacobs, Shore, and Singer.<ref name="Production info" /> Hugh Laurie was credited as an executive producer for the second<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.film.com/tv/house/season-5-2008/episode-2-not-cancer/23307761 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5msffhGhO?url=http://www.film.com/tv/house/season-5-2008/episode-2-not-cancer/23307761 |archive-date=January 18, 2010 |title="Not Cancer" from Season 5 of House |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=[[Film.com]] |url-status=dead }} {{cite magazine |url=http://blogcritics.org/video/article/tv-review-house-md-not-cancer/ |title=TV Review: ''House, MD'' – "Not Cancer" |access-date=June 10, 2009 |last=Barnett |first=Barbara |date=September 24, 2008 |magazine=[[Blogcritics]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604180115/http://blogcritics.org/video/article/tv-review-house-md-not-cancer/ |archive-date=June 4, 2009 }}</ref> and third<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/tv/house/season-5-2008/episode-3-adverse-events/23307894 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416002705/http://www.film.com/tv/house/season-5-2008/episode-3-adverse-events/23307894 |archive-date=April 16, 2009 |title="Adverse Events" from Season 5 of House |access-date=June 10, 2009 |publisher=[[Film.com]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> episodes of season five.
Shore was ''House''{{'}}s [[showrunner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274628 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100118193704/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002274628 |archive-date=January 18, 2010 |title=Shore lands 2-yr. deal with NBC Uni |access-date=July 11, 2008 |author=Andreeva, Nellie |date=March 30, 2006 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Through the end of the sixth season, more than two dozen writers had contributed to the series. The most prolific were Kaplow (18 episodes), Blake (17), Shore (16), Friend (16), Lerner (16), Moran (14), and Egan (13). The show's most prolific directors through its first six seasons were [[Deran Sarafian]] (22 episodes), who was not involved in season six, and [[Greg Yaitanes]] (17). Of the more than three dozen other directors who have worked on the series, only David Straiton directed as many as 10 episodes through the sixth season. Hugh Laurie directed the 17th episode of season six, "[[Lockdown (House)|Lockdown]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/tv/house/15039618 |title=''House'' TV Show |access-date=June 9, 2010 |publisher=[[Film.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619103838/http://www.film.com/tv/house/15039618 |archive-date=June 19, 2010 }}</ref> Elan Soltes was the [[visual effects supervisor]] since the show began.<ref name="VFX">{{cite web|author=Bennett, Tara|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3643|title=The VFX Doctor in the ''House''|date=May 19, 2008|access-date=June 17, 2009|work=VFX World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703211100/http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3643|archive-date=July 3, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Lisa Sanders]], an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the [[Yale School of Medicine]], was a technical advisor to the series. She writes the "Diagnosis" column that inspired ''House''{{'}}s premise.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://yalemedicine.yale.edu/ym_sp08/alumni_faces.html |title=A doctor's passion for medical storytelling |author=Max, Jill |publisher=Yale Medicine Magazine |date=May 2008 |access-date=October 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628201120/http://yalemedicine.yale.edu/ym_sp08/alumni_faces.html |archive-date=June 28, 2008 }}</ref> According to Shore, "[T]hree different doctors ... check everything we do".<ref name="ET" /> Bobbin Bergstrom, a [[registered nurse]], was the series' on-set medical advisor.<ref name="ET" />
===Casting===
[[File:Hugh Laurie Actors Guild.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Hugh Laurie]] made his own audition tape while shooting [[Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)|a film]] in [[Namibia]].]]
At first, the producers were looking for a "quintessentially American person" to play the role of House.<ref name="lauriegetshouse" /> Bryan Singer in particular felt there was no way he was going to hire a non-American actor for the role.<ref name="The Concept" /> At the time of the casting session, actor [[Hugh Laurie]] was in [[Namibia]] filming the movie ''[[Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)|Flight of the Phoenix]]''. He assembled an audition tape in a hotel bathroom, the only place with enough light,<ref name="lauriegetshouse">{{cite news|author=Keveney, Bill|date=November 16, 2004|title=Hugh Laurie gets into 'House'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-11-15-hugh-laurie_x.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=October 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927030930/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-11-15-hugh-laurie_x.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> and apologized for its appearance<ref name="Casting">{{cite video |people=Laurie, Hugh |title=[[House (season 1)|House Season One]], Casting Session with Hugh Laurie |medium=DVD |publisher=Universal Studios |date=2004}}</ref> (which Singer compared to a "[[Osama bin Laden|bin Laden]] video").<ref name="torontosun-laurie">{{cite news|author=Brioux, Bill|date=November 14, 2004|title=Compelling 'House' Doctor|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|page=TV2}}</ref> Laurie improvised, using an umbrella for a cane. Singer was very impressed by his performance and commented on how well the "American actor" was able to grasp the character.<ref name="The Concept" /><ref name="BTVLaurie">{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/how-hugh-laurie-got-into-house-20722.aspx|title=How Hugh Laurie Got into 'House'|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|date=June 24, 2008|author=DeLeon, Kris|access-date=December 11, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019154810/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/how-hugh-laurie-got-into-house-20722.aspx|archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> Singer was not aware that Laurie was English, due to his [[American English|American accent]]. Laurie credits the accent to "a misspent youth [watching] too much TV and too many movies".<ref name="lauriegetshouse" /> Although locally better-known actors such as [[Denis Leary]], [[David Cross]], [[Rob Morrow]], and [[Patrick Dempsey]] were considered for the part, Shore, Jacobs, and Attanasio were as impressed as Singer and cast Laurie as House.<ref name="Challenpg39">Challen, p. 39.</ref>
{{quote box|width=25em|align=left|quote=It wasn't a massive move when I first considered <nowiki>[</nowiki>doing ''House''<nowiki>]</nowiki>. What usually happens is you do a pilot and of the very few picked up, only about a quarter go to a second year. So I thought I'll have three fun weeks. I never dreamed I'd be here three and a half years later.|source=—[[Hugh Laurie]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Man about the House |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22657520-5009160,00.html |author=Clune, Richard |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=October 28, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401170200/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C22657520-5009160%2C00.html |archive-date=April 1, 2009 }}</ref>}}
Laurie later revealed that he initially thought the show's central character was Dr. James Wilson. He assumed that House was a [[supporting character|supporting part]], due to the nature of the character, until he received the full script of the pilot episode.<ref name="Inside">{{cite episode|title=Hugh Laurie Interview|series=[[Inside the Actors Studio]]|network=[[Bravo (American TV network)|BRAVO Network]]|air-date=July 31, 2006|season=12|number=189}}{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/houses_hugh_laurie_battling_minor_depression|title=House's Hugh Laurie Battling "Mild Depression"|work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=October 30, 2007|author=Cina, Mark|access-date=December 19, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080214103243/http://www.usmagazine.com/houses_hugh_laurie_battling_minor_depression |archive-date = February 14, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Laurie, the son of medical doctor [[Ran Laurie]], said he felt guilty for "being paid more to become a fake version of [his] own father".<ref name="lauriegetshouse" /> From the start of season three, he was being paid $275,000 to $300,000 per episode, as much as three times what he had previously been making on the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-hughlauriehouseraise,0,7642764.story |title=Raise Prescribed for 'House' Star |publisher=[[Zap2it]] |date=February 23, 2008 |access-date=December 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231054636/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-hughlauriehouseraise%2C0%2C7642764.story |archive-date=December 31, 2008 }}</ref> Laurie was earning around $400,000 per episode by the fifth season,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tvguide.com/news/Houses-Hugh-Laurie-17540.aspx|title=House's Hugh Laurie Gets Huge Raise|work=[[TV Guide]]|last=Fox|first=Erin|date=September 12, 2008|access-date=June 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806094037/http://www.tvguide.com/news/Houses-Hugh-Laurie-17540.aspx|archive-date=August 6, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2008/09/13/hugh-laurie-house/|title=New £5 million contract is sweet medicine for House's Hugh Laurie|publisher=HelloMagazine.com|date=September 13, 2008|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729082826/http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2008/09/13/hugh-laurie-house/|archive-date=July 29, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and $700,000 per episode for the final season, making him one of the [[List of highest paid American television stars|highest-paid actors on network television]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-drama-house-hugh-laurie-article-1.1019474|title=TV drama 'House' with Hugh Laurie will come to an end|work=[[New York Daily News]]|last=Huff|first=Richard|date=February 9, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032827/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-drama-house-hugh-laurie-article-1.1019474|archive-date=February 9, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/house-cancellation-1043356/|title=The Real Story Behind House's Cancellation|work=[[TV Guide]]|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=February 13, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130063443/https://www.tvguide.com/news/house-cancellation-1043356/|archive-date=January 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Robert Sean Leonard]] had received the script for the [[CBS]] show ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]'' as well as that for ''House''.<ref name="EWleonard" /> Leonard thought the ''Numb3rs'' script was "kind of cool" and planned to audition for the show.<ref name="EWleonard" /> However, he decided that the character he was up for, [[Charlie Eppes]], was in too many scenes; he later observed, "The less I work, the happier I am".<ref name="EWleonard">{{cite magazine|author=Wolk, Josh|date=July 3, 2007|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/07/05/catching-robert-sean-leonard/|title=A Summer Away from the 'House'|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=September 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211073123/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20044586%2C00.html|archive-date=December 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He believed that his ''House'' audition was not particularly good, but that his lengthy friendship with Singer helped win him the part of Dr. Wilson.<ref name="EWleonard" /><!--Currently unused but potentially useful source on Leonard.<ref name="RRshow">{{cite interview| last= Rod| first= Ryan| last2= DJ Theresa| url= http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/HOUSTON-TX/KTBZ-FM/09-24-07%20-%20robert%20sean%20leonard.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=HOUSTON-TX&NG_FORMAT=alternative&SITE_ID=1020&STATION_ID=KTBZ-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=Rod_Ryan&PCAST_CAT=Music_%26_talk&PCAST_TITLE=Rod_Ryan_Show_Podcasts| title= Robert Sean Leonard| program= ''The Rod Ryan Show''| callsign= [[KTBZ-FM]]| city= [[Houston, Texas]]| date= September 24, 2007| access-date= November 20, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110723013519/http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/HOUSTON-TX/KTBZ-FM/09-24-07%20-%20robert%20sean%20leonard.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=HOUSTON-TX&NG_FORMAT=alternative&SITE_ID=1020&STATION_ID=KTBZ-FM&PCAST_AUTHOR=Rod_Ryan&PCAST_CAT=Music_%26_talk&PCAST_TITLE=Rod_Ryan_Show_Podcasts| archive-date= July 23, 2011| url-status=dead}}
</ref>--> Singer had enjoyed [[Lisa Edelstein]]'s portrayal of a high-priced call girl putting herself through law school on ''[[The West Wing]]'', and sent her a copy of the pilot script.<ref name="C65">{{Cite book |last=Challen |first=Paul |title=The House that Hugh Laurie Built: An Unauthorized Biography and Episode Guide. |date=20 October 2007 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-55022-803-8 |pages=41}}</ref> Edelstein was attracted to the quality of the writing and her character's "snappy dialogue" with House, and was cast as Dr. [[Lisa Cuddy]].<ref name="C65" />
Australian actor [[Jesse Spencer]]'s agent suggested that he audition for the role of Dr. Robert Chase. Spencer believed the program would be similar in style to ''[[General Hospital]]'' but changed his mind after reading the scripts.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff |date=September 17, 2007 |url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F9%2F17%2Ftvnradio%2F18869314&sec=tvnradio |title=Doctor in the house |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |access-date=September 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109183843/http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F9%2F17%2Ftvnradio%2F18869314&sec=tvnradio |archive-date=January 9, 2009 }}</ref> After he was cast, he persuaded the producers to turn the character into an Australian.<ref>{{cite news|author=Le Marquand, Sarrah |date=October 3, 2006 |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20517580-5003422,00.html |title=Young doctor |work=[[The Courier-Mail]] |access-date=September 27, 2008 |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109115833/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0%2C23739%2C20517580-5003422%2C00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Patrick Dempsey also auditioned for the part of Chase; he later became known for his portrayal of Dr. [[Derek Shepherd]] on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress makes 'House' call|author=Elfman, Doug|work=Buffalo Grove Countryside|date=April 20, 2006}}</ref> [[Omar Epps]], who plays Dr. Eric Foreman, was inspired by his earlier portrayal of a troubled intern on the [[NBC]] medical drama ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'';<ref>{{cite web|date=October 11, 2007 |url=http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/omar-epps |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819092237/http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/omar-epps |archive-date=August 19, 2007 |title=Omar Epps Is Back in the 'House'! |publisher=[[AOL]] |access-date=September 28, 2008 |author=Bennett, Geoff |url-status=dead }}</ref> his character was given the name "Eric Foreman" despite the fact that Fox was still airing ''[[That 70's Show]]'' when ''House'' premiered and had the similarly named [[Eric Forman (That '70s Show)|Eric Forman]] as that series' main protagonist. (The two series overlapped on Fox's schedule for two seasons, though [[Topher Grace]] left ''That 70's Show'' at the end of its 7th season and ''House's'' first, only returning for that show's series finale.) [[Jennifer Morrison]] felt that her audition for the part of Dr. [[Allison Cameron]] was a complete disaster.<ref name="C83">Challen, p. 83.</ref> However, before her audition, Singer had watched some of her performances, including on ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'', and already wanted to cast her in the role.<ref name="C83" /> Morrison left the show when her character was written out in the middle of season six.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/09/actress-jennifer-morrison-to-exit-house.html |title=Actress Jennifer Morrison to exit 'House' |access-date=September 26, 2009 |last=Martin |first=Denise |date=September 24, 2009 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926180022/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/09/actress-jennifer-morrison-to-exit-house.html |archive-date=September 26, 2009}}</ref>
At the end of season three, House dismisses Chase, while Foreman and Cameron resign.<ref name="error">{{cite episode| title = Human Error| episode-link = Human_Error_(House)| series = House |credits=Writers: Kaplow, Lawrence; Moran, Thomas L. Director: Jacobs, Katie| network = Fox | air-date = May 29, 2007| season = 3| number = 24}}</ref> After an episode in which he "borrows" a janitor whom he calls "Dr. Buffer" to assist in a diagnosis, House must then recruit a new diagnostic team, for which he identifies seven finalists. The producers originally planned to recruit two new full-time actors, with Foreman, who returns in season four's [[Mirror Mirror (House)|fifth episode]], bringing the team back up to three members; ultimately, the decision was made to add three new regular cast members.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/features/growing-cast-increases-show-s-depth-1117999268/ |title=Growing cast increases show's depth |access-date=June 18, 2009 |last=Hendrickson |first=Paula |date=January 29, 2009 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829105748/http://variety.com/2009/scene/features/growing-cast-increases-show-s-depth-1117999268/ |archive-date=August 29, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with Epps, actors Morrison and Spencer remained in the cast, as their characters moved on to new assignments. During production, the show's writers dismissed a single candidate per episode; as a result, said Jacobs, neither the producers nor the cast knew who was going to be hired until the last minute.<ref name="TVG1">{{cite news|url=https://tvguide.com/news/Exclusive-House-Fired-8292.aspx|title=Exclusive: Why House Fired "Cutthroat Bitch"|date=November 28, 2007|access-date=November 1, 2008|work=[[TV Guide]]|author=Ausiello, Michael|author-link=Michael Ausiello|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607100655/http://www.tvguide.com/news/Exclusive-House-Fired-8292.aspx|archive-date=June 7, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In the season's ninth episode, House's new team is revealed: Foreman is joined by doctors [[Lawrence Kutner (House)|Lawrence Kutner]] ([[Kal Penn]]),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/10/03/kal-penn-to-joi|title=Kal Penn joins 'House' as series regular|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|author=Rice, Lynette|date=October 3, 2007|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414005520/http://www.ew.com/article/2007/10/03/kal-penn-to-joi|archive-date=April 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris Taub ([[Peter Jacobson]]),<ref name="BTVPennJacobs.">{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/penn-and-jacobson-talk-about-t-23615.aspx|title=Penn and Jacobson Talk About Their Journey on 'House'|date=October 15, 2008|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|author1=del Castillo|author2=Valerie Anne|access-date=October 15, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331065303/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/penn-and-jacobson-talk-about-t-23615.aspx|archive-date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> and [[Thirteen (House)|Remy "Thirteen" Hadley]] ([[Olivia Wilde]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=The Hot New Star of House, Olivia Wilde|work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 11, 2007|author=Rizzo, Monica}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-21-house-main_N.htm|title='House' story line keeps the actors on edge|author=Johnson, Peter|work=[[USA Today]]|date=October 22, 2007|access-date=December 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210110850/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-21-house-main_N.htm|archive-date=February 10, 2009|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/awards/guest-spots-can-lead-to-full-time-roles-1117987166/|title=Guest spots can lead to full-time roles|author=Hendrickson, Paula|date=May 9, 2008|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> The candidates rejected by House did not return to the show, with the exception of the last one cut: Amber Volakis ([[Anne Dudek]]), who appeared in a recurring role for the rest of season four as Wilson's girlfriend,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/blink/2008/06/playing_house_in_hollywood.php/ |title=Playing ''House'' in Hollywood |work=[[TelevisionWeek]] |author=Horowitz, Lisa |date=June 13, 2008 |access-date=January 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224022757/http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/blink/2008/06/playing_house_in_hollywood.php |archive-date=December 24, 2008}}</ref> a recurring role in season five as a hallucination of House's, returning as such in the season eight series finale.<ref name="Saviors">{{cite episode| title = Saviors | episode-link = Saviors_(House)|credits=Writers: Attie, Eli; Moran, Thomas L. Director: Penn, Matthew |series = House |network=Fox | air-date = April 13, 2009| season = 5| number = 21}}</ref> While Penn and Wilde had higher profiles than the actors who played the other finalists, Jacobs said they went through an identical audition process and stayed with the show based on the writers' interest in their characters.<ref name="TVG1" /> Kutner was written out of the series in episode 20 of season 5 after Penn took a position in the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] [[White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/04/07/house-exclusive|title='House' exclusive: The shocking story behind last night's big death|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 7, 2009|author=Ausiello, Michael|author-link=Michael Ausiello|access-date=April 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215100153/http://www.ew.com/article/2009/04/07/house-exclusive|archive-date=February 15, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
The contracts of Edelstein, Epps, and Leonard expired at the end of season seven. As a cost-cutting measure, the three actors were asked to accept reduced salaries. Epps and Leonard came to terms with the producers, but Edelstein did not, and in May 2011, it was announced that she would not be returning for the show's eighth season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/lisa-edelstein-not-returning-house-189128|title=Lisa Edelstein Isn't Returning to 'House' Next Season|last=Ng|first=Philiana|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 17, 2011|access-date=May 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114103606/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lisa-edelstein-not-returning-house-189128|archive-date=November 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Filming style and locations===
[[File:Princeton Frist Campus Center back.jpg|thumb|left|[[Frist Campus Center]] is the source of the aerial views of PPTH.]]
''House'' is often filmed using the "[[walk and talk]]" [[Cinematic techniques|filming technique]],<ref name="M&Cjacobsinterview" /><ref name="Season 1 DVD review">{{cite magazine |url=http://blogcritics.org/video/article/review-house-md-season-1-dvd/ |title=Review: ''House, M.D.'' Season 1 DVD |last=Wild |first=Diane Kristine |magazine=[[Blogcritics]] |date=September 2, 2005 |access-date=May 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605044906/http://blogcritics.org/video/article/review-house-md-season-1-dvd/ |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}</ref> popularized on television by series such as ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Sports Night]]'', and ''[[The West Wing]]''.<ref name="bordwell">{{cite news |url=http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=382 |title=Walk the talk |work=David Bordwell's site on cinema |last1=Bordwell |first1=David |author-link1=David Bordwell |last2=Thompson |first2=Kristin |author-link2=Kristin Thompson |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821185011/http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=382 |archive-date=August 21, 2007 }}</ref> The technique involves the use of [[tracking shot]]s, showing two or more characters walking between locations while talking.<ref name="bordwell" /> Executive producer Katie Jacobs said that the show frequently uses the technique because "when you put a scene on the move, it's a ... way of creating an urgency and an intensity".<ref name="M&Cjacobsinterview" /> She noted the significance of "the fact that Hugh Laurie spans 6'2" and is taller than everybody else because it certainly makes those walk-and-talks pop".<ref name="M&Cjacobsinterview" /> Nancy Franklin of ''The New Yorker'' described the show's "cool, ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]''–like special effects of patients' innards. I'll bet you didn't know that when your kidneys shut down they sound like bubble wrap popping."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/11/29/041129crte_television|author=Franklin, Nancy|date=November 29, 2004|title=Playing Doctor|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|page=168|access-date=December 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111210551/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/11/29/041129crte_television|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> "Cameras and special effects travel not only down the throat" of one patient, another critic observed, "but up her nose and inside her brain and leg".<ref name="DBDN">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2004/11/16/2004-11-16__house__gets_fine_treatment.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102161032/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2004/11/16/2004-11-16__house__gets_fine_treatment.html |archive-date=November 2, 2010 |title='House' Gets Fine Treatment |author=Bianculli, David |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=November 16, 2004 |access-date=June 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Instead of relying primarily on [[computer-generated imagery]], the interior body shots tend to involve [[miniature effect]]s and [[motion control photography]].<ref name="VFX" /> Many of the sets are dressed with a variety of unscripted props that allow Laurie to physically improvise, revealing aspects of his character and the story.<ref name="M&Cjacobsinterview" />
The pilot episode was filmed in [[Vancouver]]; primary photography for all subsequent episodes took place on the Fox lot in [[Century City, Los Angeles]].<ref name="ET">{{cite web|author=Staff|title=Behind The Scenes At "House"|url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/2006/01/35979/index.html|work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|publisher=[[CBS|CBS Studios Inc.]]|date=January 29, 2006|access-date=May 25, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080710072927/http://www.etonline.com/tv/2006/01/35979/index.html |archive-date = July 10, 2008}}</ref> Bryan Singer chose the university near his hometown, [[West Windsor, New Jersey]], as the show's fictional setting.<ref name="EWinfo" /> [[Princeton University]]'s [[Frist Campus Center]]{{efn|McCosh Health Center, Princeton University's infirmary, is situated adjacent to Frist, and can be seen in some shots.<ref>{{cite web|title=Campus Map|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~pumap/|publisher=[[Princeton University]]|access-date=September 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002010451/http://www.princeton.edu/~pumap/|archive-date=October 2, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>}} is the source of the aerial views of Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital seen in the series.<ref name="Holtz">{{cite journal |last=Holtz |first=Andrew |title=The Medical Science of House, M.D. |journal=Oncology Times |volume=28 |issue=20 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/medicalscienceof0000holt/page/50 50–52] |publisher=Berkley Trade |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-425-21230-1 |doi=10.1097/01.COT.0000295295.97642.ae |url=https://archive.org/details/medicalscienceof0000holt/ |access-date=June 19, 2009 }}</ref> Some filming took place at the [[University of Southern California]] for the season-three episode "[[Half-Wit (House)|Half-Wit]]", which guest-starred [[Dave Matthews]] and [[Kurtwood Smith]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usc.edu/pr/filming/usc_in_film/tv.html |title=Television |publisher=[[University of Southern California]] |access-date=January 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202140041/http://www.usc.edu/pr/filming/usc_in_film/tv.html |archive-date=December 2, 2008 }}</ref> Part of ''House''{{'}}s sixth season was filmed at the abandoned [[Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital]], in [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey]], as the fictional Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/tv_show_house_to_film_at_greys.html|title=TV show 'House' to film at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|author=Ragonese, Lawrence|date=April 14, 2009|access-date=April 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331074926/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/tv_show_house_to_film_at_greys.html|archive-date=March 31, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Title sequence===
The opening sequence begins with an [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] of a head with an image of the boxed "H" from the logo (the international symbol for hospital) in the foreground. This is then overlaid with an image of Dr. House's face taken from the pilot episode with the show's full title appearing across his face. House's head then fades and the show's title is underlined and has the "M.D." appear next to it, producing the entire logo of the show. This was the full extent of the title sequence in the pilot episode.<ref name="pilot">{{cite episode| title = Pilot| episode-link = Pilot_(House)| credits=Writer: Shore, David. Director: Singer, Bryan | network = Fox | series = House| air-date = November 16, 2004| season = 1| number = 1}}</ref> All subsequent episodes contain a longer sequence including the names of the six featured cast members and creator David Shore. Laurie's name appears first, followed by the names of the five other featured cast members in alphabetical order (Edelstein, Epps, Leonard, Morrison, and Spencer), then Shore.<ref name="Paternity">{{cite episode |title=Paternity |episode-link=Paternity_(House) |credits=Writer: Kaplow, Lawrence. Director: O'Fallon, Peter |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=November 23, 2004 |season=1 |number=2}}</ref>
After the show's title fades, an aerial view of PPTH (actually various Princeton University buildings, primarily First Campus Center)<ref name="Holtz" /> is followed by a series of images accompanying each member's name; most are shown next to, or superimposed upon, illustrations of human anatomy. Laurie's name appears next to a model of a human head with the brain exposed; Edelstein's name appears next to a visual effects–produced graphic of an angiogram of the heart. Epps's name is superimposed upon a [[Human rib cage|rib cage]] X-ray; Leonard's name appears on a drawing of the two [[Cerebral hemisphere|hemispheres]] of the brain.<ref name="Paternity" /> The producers originally wanted to include an image of a cane and an image of a Vicodin bottle, but Fox objected. Morrison's title card was thus lacking an image; an aerial shot of rowers on Princeton University's [[Lake Carnegie (New Jersey)|Lake Carnegie]] was finally agreed upon to accompany her name.<ref name="SeasonPass">{{cite news |url=http://weblogs.variety.com/season_pass/2008/12/house-qa-you-li.html |title=''House'' Q&A: 'You live alongside your characters' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |author=Lyford, Kathy |date=December 18, 2008 |access-date=December 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222044855/http://weblogs.variety.com/season_pass/2008/12/house-qa-you-li.html |archive-date=December 22, 2008 }}</ref> Spencer's name appears next to an old-fashioned anatomical drawing of a [[Human vertebral column|spine]]. Between the presentations of Spencer and Shore's names is a scene of House and his three original team members walking down one of the hospital's hallways.<ref name="Paternity" /> Jacobs said that most of the backgrounds have no specific meaning; however, the final image—the text "created by David Shore" superimposed upon a human neck—connotes that Shore is "the brain of the show".<ref name="SeasonPass" /> The sequence was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design|Outstanding Main Title Design]] in 2005.<ref name="05emmynoms">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.tv/downloads/images/2005emmys/2005noms.pdf |title=The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts Emmys Nominations |access-date=May 4, 2008 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080216114637/http://www.emmys.tv/downloads/images/2005emmys/2005noms.pdf |archive-date = February 16, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The title sequence continued to credit Spencer and Morrison, even when their characters were reduced to background roles during seasons four and five, and Morrison even after hers was written out. A new opening sequence was introduced in season seven to accommodate the changes in the cast, removing Morrison's name and including Jacobson's and Wilde's. It was updated in season eight, removing Edelstein's and Wilde's names and adding Annable's and Yi's.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/08/03/house-boss-huddy-spoilers-season-7|title='House' boss on Huddy: 'I don't think we have a Sam and Diane problem'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=August 3, 2010|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413233641/http://www.ew.com/article/2010/08/03/house-boss-huddy-spoilers-season-7|archive-date=April 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/08/04/ask-ausiello-spoilers-greys-house-bones|title=Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Grey's,' 'House,' 'Bones,' 'NCIS,' 'The Office,' and more!|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=August 4, 2010|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126020418/http://www.ew.com/article/2010/08/04/ask-ausiello-spoilers-greys-house-bones|archive-date=November 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series' original opening theme, as heard in the United States, comprises instrumental portions of "[[Teardrop (Massive Attack song)|Teardrop]]" by [[Massive Attack]].<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite magazine|url=https://popmatters.com/tv/reviews/h/house-051004.shtml |title=House, Deserving |author=Holland, Roger |date=October 4, 2005 |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=December 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004171655/http://www.popmatters.com/tv/reviews/h/house-051004.shtml |archive-date=October 4, 2010 }}</ref> The piece was used in part because of the distinct tempo which roughly mimics the sound of a beating human heart.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/05/teardrops-fall-on-house-and-prison-break/ |title=Teardrops fall on House and Prison Break |first=Adam |last=Finley |date=May 5, 2006 |publisher=[[TV Squad]] |access-date=September 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505231223/http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/05/teardrops-fall-on-house-and-prison-break/ |archive-date=May 5, 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> An acoustic version of "Teardrop", with guitar and vocals by [[José González (singer)|José González]], is heard as background music during the season-four finale.<ref name="WH">{{cite episode |title=Wilson's Heart |episode-link=Wilson's_Heart_(House) |series=House | network = Fox | credits = Writers: Blake, Peter; Foster, David; Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garrett. Director: Jacobs, Katie |air-date=May 19, 2008 |season=4 |number=16}}</ref> Because of rights issues, broadcasts in many European countries changed the first season opening to an original piece of music by Scott Donaldson and Richard Nolan. From the second season onward, a new intro composed by Jason Derlatka and Jon Ehrlich was used instead.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/alternateversions/?tab=cz&ref_=tt_dyk_alt |title=House (TV Series 2004–2012) - Alternate versions - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2024-10-05 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
==Series overview==
{{See also|List of House episodes}}
{{quote box|width=25em|quote=Anytime you try to summarize a show in one word, you sound like an ass. It's about truth.|align=right|source=—David Shore<ref>{{cite news|title=House Boss David Shore: Everybody Lies, Everybody Dies, Everybody ...|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b13489_house_boss_david_shore_everybody_lies.html|author=Godwin, Jennifer|work=[[E! Online]]|date=May 21, 2008|access-date=October 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210050606/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b13489_house_boss_david_shore_everybody_lies.html|archive-date=February 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
[[Gregory House]], [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], often construed as a [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]] medical genius,<ref name=peabody/> heads a team <!-- The head of a team is part of the team except in special cases. If you think that hasn't been made clear by this point, make it clearer by this point, but stop using language that hints "the team" means House's subordinates, to the exclusion of House himself -->of [[Medical diagnosis|diagnosticians]] at the Princeton–Plainsboro [[Teaching hospital|Teaching Hospital]] in [[New Jersey]].<ref name="pilot" /> The series is structured around a central plot with some supporting secondary stories and narratives that cross over seasons. Most episodes revolve around the diagnosis of a primary patient and start with a [[cold open]] set outside the hospital, showing events ending with the onset of the patient's symptoms.<ref name="Season 1 DVD review" /> The typical episode follows the team in their attempts to diagnose and treat the patient's illness,<ref name="PopMatters" /><ref name="C42">Challen, p. 42.</ref> which often fail until the patient's condition is critical.<ref name="PopMatters" /> They usually treat only patients whom other doctors have not accurately diagnosed,<ref name="Holtz" /> and House routinely rejects cases he does not find interesting.<ref name="Season 1 DVD review" />
Typically, the patient is [[Medical error|misdiagnosed]] at least once which usually causes further [[Complication (medicine)|complications]], but the nature of the complications often provides new evidence which helps them diagnose the patient correctly.<ref name="Season 1 DVD review" /> House often tends to arrive at the correct diagnosis seemingly out of the blue, often inspired by a passing remark made by another character.<ref name="C42" /> Diagnoses range from relatively common to very [[rare disease]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=How "House" Finds all Those Strange Diseases|work=[[New York Post]]|author=Albiniak, Paige|date=May 7, 2006}}</ref>
The team faces many diagnostic difficulties from patients' concealment of symptoms, circumstances, or personal histories, so House frequently proclaims during the team's deliberations, "The patient is lying", or mutters "Everybody lies"; such an assumption guides House's decisions and diagnoses<ref name="fullhouse" /> and makes [[burglary|housebreaking]] a routine tactic. Because many of his hypotheses are based on [[Epiphany (feeling)|epiphanies]] or controversial insights, he often has trouble obtaining permission for medical procedures he considers necessary from his superior, who in all but the final season is hospital administrator Dr. [[Lisa Cuddy]].<ref>{{cite news|title=House calls: TV doctor's bedside manner is atrocious, but if you're sick, he's the one you want|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|author=Duffy, Mike|date=November 15, 2004}}</ref> This is especially the case when the proposed procedures involve a high degree of risk or are [[Medical ethics|ethically]] questionable. Frequent disagreements occur between House and his team,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Doing the Right Thing: The Ethics of Dr. Gregory House, Part I |url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/08/01/103300.php |last=Barnett |first=Barbara |date=August 1, 2008 |magazine=[[Blogcritics]] |access-date=September 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920004145/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/08/01/103300.php |archive-date=September 20, 2008 }}</ref> especially Dr. [[Allison Cameron]], whose standards of medical ethics are more conservative than those of the other characters.<ref name="PopMatters" />
{{anchor|WalkInClinic}}Like all of the hospital's doctors, House is required to treat patients in the facility's [[Convenient care clinic|walk-in clinic]].<ref name="pilot" /><ref>Wilson, p. 78.</ref> His grudging fulfillment of this duty, or his creative methods of avoiding it, constitute a recurring [[subplot]], which often serves as the series' [[comic relief]].<ref name="PopMatters" /><ref>Challen, pp. 103, 114; Wilson, pp. 78, 214–215.</ref> During clinic duty, House confounds patients with unwelcome observations into their personal lives, eccentric prescriptions, and unorthodox treatments.<ref name="pilot" /> However, after seeming to be inattentive to their complaints, he regularly impresses them with rapid and accurate diagnoses.<ref name="FactCheckEd" /> Analogies with some of the simple cases in the clinic occasionally inspire insights that help solve the team's case.<ref name="Season 1 DVD review" /><ref>Challen, p. 103.</ref>
{{quote box|width=35em|align=left|quote=It's not a show about addiction, but you can't throw something like this into the mix and not expect it to be noticed and commented on. There have been references to the amount of his consumption increasing over time. It's becoming less and less useful a tool for dealing with his pain, and it's something we're going to continue to deal with, continue to explore.|source=—Shore on House's [[Vicodin]] addiction<ref>{{cite news|title=Doctors find little humor in TV's handling of painkillers|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2002820070_tvdrugs22.html|author=Holston, Noel|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=December 18, 2008|date=February 22, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114123512/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2002820070_tvdrugs22.html|archive-date=January 14, 2009|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>}}
{{anchor|Vicodin}}A significant plot element is House's use of [[Vicodin]] to manage pain, caused by an [[infarction]] in the [[Quadriceps femoris muscle|quadriceps muscle]] of his right leg five years before the show's first season, which also forces him to use a cane.<ref name="threestories">{{cite episode| title = Three Stories| episode-link = Three_Stories_(House)| credits = Writer: Shore, David. Director: Barclay, Paris | network=Fox | series = House| air-date = May 17, 2005| season = 1| number = 21}}</ref> In the first-season 11th episode "[[Detox (House)|Detox]]", House admits he is addicted to Vicodin but says he does not have a problem because the pills "let me do my job, and they take away my pain".{{efn|The line is part of an exchange at the end of the episode between House and Wilson. They are discussing how House has changed since the infarction in his leg. Wilson asks, "And everything's the leg, nothing's the pills, they haven't done a thing to you?" House responds, "They let me do my job, and they take away my pain."<ref name="Detox">{{cite episode |title=Detox |episode-link=Detox_(House) |credits=Writers: Kaplow, Lawrence; Moran, Thomas L. Director: McCormick, Nelson |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=February 15, 2005 |season=1 |number=11}}</ref>}} His addiction has led his colleagues Cuddy and Dr. [[James Wilson (House)|James Wilson]] to encourage him to go to [[drug rehabilitation]] several times.<ref name="WAD">{{cite episode |title=Words and Deeds |episode-link=Words_and_Deeds |series=House |credits=Writer: Dick, Leonard. Director: Sackheim, Daniel |network=Fox |air-date=January 9, 2007 |season=3 |number=11}}</ref> When he has no access to Vicodin or experiences unusually intense pain, he occasionally [[Self-medication|self-medicates]] with other [[narcotic]] [[analgesic]]s such as [[morphine]],<ref name="Skin Deep">{{cite episode |title=Skin Deep |episode-link=Skin_Deep_(House) |credits=Writers: Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garrett; Shore, David. Director: Hayman, James |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=February 20, 2006 |season=2 |number=13}}</ref> [[oxycodone]],<ref name="Merry Little Christmas">{{cite episode |title=Merry Little Christmas |episode-link=Merry_Little_Christmas |credits=Writer: Friedman, Liz. Director: To, Tony |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=December 12, 2006 |season=3 |number=10}}</ref> and [[methadone]].<ref name="The Softer Side">{{cite episode |title=The Softer Side |episode-link=The_Softer_Side |credits=Writer: Friedman, Liz. Director: Sarafian, Deran |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=February 23, 2009 |season=5 |number=16}}</ref> House also frequently drinks liquor when he is not on medical duty and classifies himself as a "big drinker".<ref name="Rightstuff" /> Toward the end of season five, House begins to hallucinate; after eliminating other possible diagnoses, Wilson and he determine that his Vicodin addiction is the most likely cause.<ref>{{cite episode| title = Under My Skin| episode-link = Under_My_Skin_(House)| credits = Writers: Davis, Pam; Kaplow, Lawrence. Director: Straiton, David | series = House| network = Fox | air-date = May 4, 2009| season = 5| number = 23}}</ref> House goes into denial about this for a brief time, but at the close of the [[Both Sides Now (House)|season finale]], he commits himself to Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital.<ref name="BothSides">{{cite episode| title = Both Sides Now| episode-link = Both_Sides_Now_(House)| credits = Writer: Egan, Doris. Director: Yaitanes, Greg | series = House| network = Fox | air-date = May 11, 2009| season = 5| number = 24}}</ref> In the following season's debut episode, House leaves Mayfield with his addiction under control.<ref>{{cite episode| title = Broken| episode-link = Broken_(House)| credits = Writers: Lerner, Garrett; Friend, Russel; Shore, David; Foster, David. Director: Yaitanes, Greg | series = House| network = Fox | air-date = September 21, 2009| season = 6| number = 1}}</ref> However, about a year and a half later, in season seven's 15th episode, "[[Bombshells (House)|Bombshells]]", House reacts to the news that Cuddy possibly has kidney cancer by taking Vicodin,<ref>{{cite episode| title = Bombshells| episode-link = Bombshells_(House)| credits = Writers: Freidman, Liz; Hess, Sara. Director: Yaitanes, Greg | series = House| network = Fox | air-date = March 7, 2011| season = 7| number = 15}}</ref> and he returns to his addiction.<ref>{{cite episode| title = Out of the Chute| episode-link = Out of the Chute| credits = Writers: Kaplow, Lawrence; Moran, Thomas L. Director: Bookstaver, Sanford | series = House| network = Fox | air-date = March 14, 2011| season = 7| number = 16}}</ref>
==Cast and characters==
{{See also|List of House cast members}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Character
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrayed by
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Occupation
! scope="col" colspan="8" | Seasons
|-
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 1|1]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 2|2]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 3|3]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 4|4]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 5|5]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 6|6]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 7|7]]
! style="width: 5%;" | [[House season 8|8]]
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. [[Gregory House]]
| [[Hugh Laurie]] || Head of Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Infectious disease specialist, nephrologist, diagnostician || colspan="8" {{CMain}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. [[James Wilson (House)|James Wilson]]
| [[Robert Sean Leonard]] || Head of Department of Oncology || colspan="8" {{CMain}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Eric Foreman
| [[Omar Epps]] || Neurologist, diagnostic medicine, Dean of Medicine (Season 8) || colspan="8" {{CMain}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Robert Chase
| [[Jesse Spencer]] || Surgeon, intensivist, cardiologist, head of Department of Diagnostic Medicine (series finale) || colspan="8" {{CMain}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. [[Lisa Cuddy]]
| [[Lisa Edelstein]] || Endocrinologist, Dean of Medicine || colspan="7" {{CMain}} || {{n/a|}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. [[Allison Cameron]]
| [[Jennifer Morrison]] || Immunologist, diagnostic medicine, emergency medicine || colspan="6" {{CMain}} || {{n/a|}} || {{CGuest}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Christopher Taub
| [[Peter Jacobson]] || Plastic surgeon, diagnostic medicine || colspan="3" {{n/a|}} || colspan="5" {{CMain}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. [[Thirteen (House)|Remy "Thirteen" Hadley]]
| [[Olivia Wilde]] || Internist, diagnostic medicine || colspan="3" {{n/a|}} || colspan="4" {{CMain}} || {{CGuest}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. [[Lawrence Kutner (House)|Lawrence Kutner]]
| [[Kal Penn]] || Sports medicine, diagnostic medicine || colspan="3" {{n/a|}} || colspan="2" {{CMain}} || colspan="2" {{n/a|}} || {{CGuest}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Martha Masters
| [[Amber Tamblyn]] || Double Ph.D. in applied mathematics and art history,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/house/houseisms/season-7/episode-6.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201093340/http://www.fox.com/house/houseisms/season-7/episode-6.htm|archive-date=December 1, 2010|title=Season 7: Office Politics|publisher=FOX}}</ref> former third-year medical student || colspan="6" {{n/a|}} || {{CMain}}|| {{CGuest}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Chinyere "Chi" Park
| [[Charlyne Yi]] || Neurologist, diagnostic medicine || colspan="7" {{n/a|}} || {{CMain}}
|-
! scope="row" | Dr. Jessica Adams
| [[Odette Annable]] || Prison clinic physician,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.fox.com/house/about?emvcc=-1 |title=FOX Broadcasting Company |publisher=M.fox.com |access-date=November 1, 2012 |archive-date=July 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710190911/http://m.fox.com/house/about?emvcc=-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> diagnostic medicine || colspan="7" {{n/a|}} || {{CMain}}
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===Main characters===
[[File:HouseCastSeason1.jpg|thumb|right|The original lead characters of ''House, M.D.'': (left to right) Wilson, Cuddy, Chase, House, Cameron, and Foreman]]
Throughout ''House''{{'}}s run, six of the main actors have received star [[billing (film)|billing]]. All of them play doctors who work at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.<ref name="pilot" /> Dr. Gregory House ([[Hugh Laurie]]), the title character, was educated at [[Johns Hopkins University]] and heads the Department of Diagnostic Medicine.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jauhar, Sandeep|title=Magical Medicine on TV|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/health/19comm.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 19, 2005|access-date=June 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610220001/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/19/health/19comm.html|archive-date=June 10, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> House describes himself as "a [[American Board of Medical Specialties|board-certified]] diagnostician with a double [[Specialty (medicine)|specialty]] of [[infectious disease]] and [[nephrology]]".<ref name="Occam's Razor">{{cite episode| title = Occam's Razor| episode-link = Occam's_Razor_(House)|credits=Writer: Shore, David. Director: Singer, Bryan |series = House | network = Fox | air-date = November 30, 2004| season = 1| number = 3}}</ref> Dr. James Wilson ([[Robert Sean Leonard]]), House's one true friend, is the head of the Department of Oncology.<ref name="Fidelity">{{cite episode |title=Fidelity |episode-link=Fidelity_(House) |credits=Writer: Moran, Thomas L. Director: Spicer, Bryan |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=December 28, 2004 |season=1 |number=7}}</ref> Dr. [[Lisa Cuddy]] ([[Lisa Edelstein]]), an [[Endocrinology|endocrinologist]],<ref name="insensitive">{{cite episode| title = Insensitive| episode-link = Insensitive_(House)|credits=Writer: Lewis, Matthew V. Director: Sarafian, Deran |series = House | network = Fox | air-date = February 13, 2007| season = 3| number = 14}}</ref> is House's boss, as she is the hospital's dean of medicine and chief administrator.<ref name="Info">{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/house/showInfo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505213712/http://www.fox.com/house/showInfo/ |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |title=''House'' – Show Information |access-date=June 22, 2009 |publisher=Fox.com |url-status=dead }}</ref> House has a complex relationship with Cuddy, and their interactions often involve a high degree of [[innuendo]] and sexual tension.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://blogcritics.org/video/article/house-in-love-part-2-cuddy/ |title=House in Love, Part 2: Cuddy – The Thin Line Between Love and Hate |access-date=June 12, 2009 |last=Barnett |first=Barbara |date=December 15, 2008 |magazine=[[Blogcritics]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604085911/http://blogcritics.org/video/article/house-in-love-part-2-cuddy/ |archive-date=June 4, 2009 }}</ref> In the sixth episode of season five, "Joy", they kiss for the first time.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/09/21/lisa-edelstein |title=Lisa Edelstein on House-Cuddy Kiss: 'It Was a Big Moment' |access-date=June 12, 2009 |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=September 21, 2008 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012093612/http://www.ew.com/article/2008/09/21/lisa-edelstein |archive-date=October 12, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their physical relationship does not progress any further during the fifth season; in the [[Both Sides Now (House)|season five finale]], House believes he and Cuddy had sex, but this is a hallucination brought on by House's Vicodin addiction.<ref name="BothSides" /> In the finale of season six, Cuddy tells House she loves him. They kiss and agree to try being a couple.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://blogcritics.org/video/article/huddy-house-and-help-me-an/|title=Huddy, ''House'', and 'Help Me': An Interview With the Season Finale's Writers|access-date=June 9, 2010|last=Barnett|first=Barbara|date=May 19, 2010|magazine=Blogcritics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610211509/http://blogcritics.org/video/article/huddy-house-and-help-me-an|archive-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref> Throughout season seven, House and Cuddy try to make their relationship work, but Cuddy eventually breaks it off because of House's addiction. House struggles to deal with this and, in the season-seven finale, drives his car into Cuddy's living room in anger. As Lisa Edelstein left the show before season eight, after this incident Cuddy leaves the hospital and House never sees her again.
House's original team of diagnosticians consists of Dr. Eric Foreman ([[Omar Epps]]), a [[Neurology|neurologist]]; Dr. Robert Chase ([[Jesse Spencer]]), an [[intensive-care medicine|intensivist]]; and Dr. Allison Cameron ([[Jennifer Morrison]]), an [[Immunology|immunologist]].<ref name="Info" /> In the season-three episode "Family", Foreman announces his resignation, telling House, "I don't want to turn into you".{{efn|Foreman further explains his resignation to House: "You'll save more people than I will, but I'll settle for killing less. Consider this my two weeks notice."<ref name="Family">{{cite episode |title=Family |episode-link=Family_(House) |credits=Writer: Friedman, Liz. Director: Straiton, David |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=May 1, 2007 |season=3 |number=21}}</ref>}} During the season finale, House tells Chase that he has either learned everything he can, or nothing at all, and dismisses him from the team. Cameron, who has developed an affection for Chase, soon resigns.<ref name="error" /> This leaves House without a team for the season-four premiere.<ref name="Alone">{{cite episode| title = Alone| episode-link = Alone_(House)|credits=Writers: Blake, Peter; Shore, David. Director: Sarafian, Deran | network = Fox |series = House| air-date = September 25, 2007| season = 4| number = 1}}</ref>
In the seventh episode of season two, "Hunting", Cameron and Chase have a [[one-night stand]].<ref name="Hunting">{{cite episode |title=Hunting |episode-link=Hunting_(House) |series=House |network=Fox |season=2 |number=7 |credits=Writer: Friedman, Liz. Director: Muzio, Gloria |air-date=November 22, 2005}}</ref> In the middle of season three, they initiate a sexual relationship that Cameron insists be casual;<ref name="insensitive" /> when Chase declares that he "wants more", Cameron ends the affair.<ref name="Airborne">{{cite episode |title=Airborne |episode-link=Airborne_(House) |series=House |network=Fox |season=3 |number=18 |credits=Writer: Hoselton, David. Director: Keene, Elodie |air-date=April 10, 2007}}</ref> By the end of the season, however, Cameron recognizes that she has romantic feelings for Chase and they begin a serious relationship.<ref name="error" /> After leaving the diagnostic team, they assume different roles at PPTH, Cameron as a senior attending physician in the [[emergency room]]{{efn|According to the description in Fox's official ''House'' website, "Cameron heads up Emergency Medicine".<ref name="Info"/>}} and Chase as a [[surgeon]].<ref name="Rightstuff" /> They become engaged in the season-five episode "[[Saviors (House)|Saviors]]" (the episode immediately following Kutner's suicide)<ref name="Saviors" /> and are married in the season finale.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mittovich, Matt |date=May 11, 2009 |title=House Episode Recap: "Both Sides Now" |url=https://tvguide.com/episode-recaps/house/house-season-finale-1005982.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606025653/http://www.tvguide.com/Episode-Recaps/House/House-season-finale-1005982.aspx |archive-date=June 6, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |work=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref> When Chase rejoins House's team in season six, Cameron leaves her husband and the hospital in "Teamwork", the season's eighth episode.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Teamwork |episode-link=Teamwork_(House) |series=House |network=Fox |season=6 |number=8 |credits=Writer: Attie, Eli. Director: Straiton, David |air-date=November 16, 2009}}</ref> She returns as a guest character in "[[Lockdown (House)|Lockdown]]", nine episodes later.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Lockdown |episode-link=Lockdown_(House) |series=House |network=Fox |season=6 |number=17 |credits=Writers: Attie, Eli; Blake, Peter; Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garret. Director: Laurie, Hugh |air-date=April 12, 2010}}</ref>
Under orders from Cuddy to recruit a new team, House considers 40 doctors.<ref name="Rightstuff">{{cite episode| title = The Right Stuff| episode-link = The_Right_Stuff_(House)|credits=Writers: Dick, Leonard; Egan, Doris. Director: Sarafian, Deran |series = House|network=Fox | air-date = October 2, 2007| season = 4| number = 2}}</ref> Season four's early episodes focus on his selection process, structured as a [[Reality television|reality TV]]–style elimination contest<ref name="Rightstuff" /> (Jacobs referred to it as a "version of ''[[Survivor (franchise)|Survivor]]''").<ref>{{cite news|title=Note to 'House' fans: 'Things will never be the same' on the Fox medical drama|work=[[USA Today]]|date=July 24, 2007}}</ref> House assigns each applicant a number between one and 40, and pares them down to seven finalists.<ref name="97sec">{{cite episode| title = 97 Seconds| episode-link = 97_Seconds_(House)|credits=Writers: Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garrett. Director: Platt, David |series = House| air-date = October 9, 2007 | season = 4 | number = 3 |network=Fox }}</ref> He assesses their performance in diagnostic cases, assisted by Foreman, who returns to the department after his dismissal from another hospital for House-like behavior.<ref name="97sec" /><ref>{{cite episode| title = Guardian Angels| episode-link = Guardian_Angels_(House)|credits=Writer: Hoselton, David. Director: Sarafian, Deran |series = House |network=Fox | air-date = October 23, 2007| season = 4| number = 4}}</ref><ref name="MM">{{cite episode| title = Mirror Mirror| episode-link = Mirror_Mirror_(House)|credits=Writer: Foster, David. Director: Platt, David |series = House| air-date = October 30, 2007| season = 4| number = 5|network=Fox}}</ref> While Foreman's return means only two slots are open, House tricks Cuddy into allowing him to hire three new assistants.<ref name="Games">{{cite episode| title = Games| episode-link = Games_(House)|credits=Writer: Attie, Eli. Director: Sarafian, Deran |series = House| air-date = November 27, 2007| season = 4| number = 9|network=Fox}}</ref> He ultimately selects Dr. Chris Taub ([[Peter Jacobson]]), a former [[Plastic Surgery|plastic surgeon]]; Dr. [[Lawrence Kutner (House)|Lawrence Kutner]] ([[Kal Penn]]), a [[sports medicine]] specialist; and Dr. [[Remy Hadley|Remy "Thirteen" Hadley]] ([[Olivia Wilde]]), an [[Internal medicine|internist]] (nicknamed for her number in the elimination contest).<ref name="Games" /><ref name="Catlin">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2007/11/house-finalists.html |title='House' Finalists |date=November 21, 2007 |author=Catlin, Roger |access-date=June 17, 2009 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |archive-date=January 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102134540/http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2007/11/house-finalists.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the season finale, Thirteen discovers she has, as she had long dreaded, inherited [[Huntington's disease]], which is incurable, from her mother.<ref name="WH" />
In the 11th episode of season five, "Joy to the World", Foreman and Thirteen engage in a passionate kiss.<ref name="joytoworld" /> Thirteen is at first reluctant to start a relationship with Foreman, but the two eventually begin dating and are still together at the end of the season.<ref name="BothSides" /> They break up early in season six. In the 20th episode of season five, "[[Simple Explanation]]", Kutner is found dead in his apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. Because Kutner left no note, House suspects [[wikt:foul play|foul play]], though the death is accepted by the other characters as a suicide.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Simple Explanation |episode-link=Simple_Explanation |series=House |air-date=April 6, 2009 |season=5 |number=20 |network=Fox |credits=Writer: Dick, Leonard. Director: Yaitanes, Greg}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/04/07/house-exclusive |title='House' exclusive: The shocking story behind last night's big death |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=April 7, 2009 |author=Ausiello, Michael |author-link=Michael Ausiello |access-date=April 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215100153/http://www.ew.com/article/2009/04/07/house-exclusive |archive-date=February 15, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Early in season seven, Thirteen takes an unexplained leave of absence. Cuddy orders House to fill her position with another woman,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://tvguide.com/News/Amber-Tamblyn-House-1025203.aspx|title=Amber Tamblyn Is in the ''House''|magazine=TV Guide|last=Keck|first=William|date=November 8, 2010|access-date=April 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813113015/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Amber-Tamblyn-House-1025203.aspx|archive-date=August 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> but eventually makes the choice for him: medical student Dr. Martha M. Masters ([[Amber Tamblyn]]), who makes her first appearance in the season's sixth episode.<ref>{{cite episode| title = Office Politics| episode-link = Office_Politics_(House)|credits=Writer: Hoffman, Seth. Director: Bookstaver, Sanford |series = House | network = Fox | air-date = November 8, 2010| season = 7| number = 6}}</ref> Thirteen returns in "The Dig"—the season's 18th episode and the show's 150th—in which the reason for her absence is revealed: she was in prison for six months for having helped euthanize her brother, who was suffering from advanced Huntington's.<ref>{{cite episode| title = The Dig| episode-link = The_Dig_(House)|credits=Writers: Hess, Sara; Hoselton, David. Director: Shakman, Matt |series = House | network = Fox | air-date = April 11, 2011| season = 7| number = 18}}</ref> While Jacobson and Wilde play central characters (as did Penn), they did not receive star billing until season seven. They were credited as "Also Starring", with their names appearing after the opening sequence.<ref>{{cite news |last=Keller |first=Richard |date=September 25, 2008 |title=How About Some New Opening Credits for House Already? |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/25/how-about-some-new-opening-credits-for-house-already |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926055846/http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/09/25/how-about-some-new-opening-credits-for-house-already |archive-date=September 26, 2008 |access-date=April 10, 2009 |publisher=[[TV Squad]]}}</ref> In season seven, Jacobson and Wilde received star billing; new regular cast member Tamblyn did not.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/house/the-dig/|title=Episode Info: The Dig|publisher=MSN TV|access-date=April 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103093407/http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/house/the-dig/|archive-date=November 3, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Recurring characters===
The first six seasons of ''House'' each included one or more recurring featured characters, who appear in multiple-episode [[story arc]]s.<ref name="S-L1">{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/09/sepinwall_on_tv_house_season_f.html|title=Sepinwall on TV: 'House' season five review|author=Sepinwall, Alan|date=September 16, 2008|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|access-date=November 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223112954/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/09/sepinwall_on_tv_house_season_f.html|archive-date=February 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In season one, [[Edward Vogler]] ([[Chi McBride]]), the billionaire owner of a pharmaceutical company, appears in five episodes.<ref name="NYTVogler">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/arts/television/30hous.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Carter, Bill|title=''House'', Already Strong, Gets a Boost|date=January 30, 2007|access-date=April 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605112327/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/arts/television/30hous.html|archive-date=June 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> He donates $100 million to PPTH in return for chairing its board.<ref name="control">{{cite episode| title = Control | episode-link = Control_(House)|credits=Writer: Kaplow, Lawrence. Director: Zisk, Randy |series = House| network=Fox | air-date = March 15, 2005| season = 1| number = 14}}</ref> Vogler represented an attempt to introduce a villain, a move urged by Fox. By the time the Vogler episodes began to air, the show had become a hit and the character was soon dropped.<ref name="NYTVogler" /> [[David Shore]] said the concept of a villainous boss was not really viable for the series: "It's called ''House''. The audience knows he'll never get fired."<ref name="fullhouse">{{cite magazine| last = Jensen| first = Jeff| date = April 6, 2007| title = Full 'House'| magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| pages = 44–47| url = https://ew.com/article/2007/04/03/house-your-complete-z-guide/| access-date = April 10, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140708120010/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20016394%2C00.html| archive-date = July 8, 2014| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
[[Stacy Warner]] ([[Sela Ward]]), House's ex-girlfriend,<ref name="honeymoon">{{cite episode| title = Honeymoon| episode-link = Honeymoon_(House)| series = House | credits = Writers: Kaplow, Lawrence; Mankiewicz, John. Director: Keller, Frederick King | air-date = May 24, 2005| network = Fox | season = 1| number = 22}}</ref> appears in the final two episodes of the first season, and seven episodes of season two.<ref name="fullhouse" /> She wants House to treat her husband, Mark Warner ([[Currie Graham]]), whom House diagnoses with acute intermittent [[porphyria]] in the season-one finale.<ref name="honeymoon" /> Stacy and House grow close again, but House eventually tells Stacy to go back to Mark, which devastates her.<ref name="needtoknow">{{cite episode| title = Need to Know| episode-link = Need_to_Know_(House)| credits = Writer: Davis, Pam. Director: Semel, David |series = House| air-date = February 7, 2006| network = Fox | season = 2| number = 11}}</ref>
[[Michael Tritter]] ([[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]]), a police detective, appears in several season-three episodes. He tries to extract an apology from House, who left Tritter in an examination room with a rectal thermometer in his anus.<ref name="FFL">{{cite episode |title=Fools for Love |episode-link=Fools_for_Love |series=House |credits=Writer: Blake, Peter. Director: Platt, David |network=Fox |air-date=October 31, 2006 |season=3 |number=5}}</ref> House refuses to apologize and Tritter arrests him on charges of narcotics possession, trying to mentally break him into a confession by applying pressure on his medical colleagues. When the case reaches court, Cuddy perjures herself for House and the case is dismissed. The judge reprimands Tritter for pursuing House to excess, and tells House that she thinks he "has better friends than he deserves", referring to Cuddy's 11th-hour testimony on his behalf. House is sentenced to one night in jail for contempt of court and completes his rehabilitation with the help of smuggled Vicodin.<ref name="WAD" />
The candidates for House's new diagnostics team are season four's primary recurring characters.<ref name="USADox">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-21-house-cast_N.htm|title=Examine the doctors who are in the running on 'House'|author=Johnson, Peter|date=October 21, 2007|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=December 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210114524/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-21-house-cast_N.htm|archive-date=February 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the three who are chosen, the other four finalists are Jeffrey Cole ([[Edi Gathegi]]), a [[medical genetics|medical geneticist]];<ref name="Ninety-Seven Seconds">{{cite episode |title=97 Seconds |episode-link=97_Seconds |credits=Writer: Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garret. Director: Platt, David |series=House |network=Fox |air-date=October 9, 2007 |season=4 |number=3}}</ref> Travis Brennan ([[Andy Comeau]]), an [[epidemiology|epidemiologist]];<ref name="USADox" /> Henry Dobson ([[Carmen Argenziano]]), a former medical school admissions officer;<ref name="Rightstuff" /> and Amber Volakis ([[Anne Dudek]]), an interventional [[Radiology|radiologist]] whom House nicknames "Cutthroat Bitch".<ref name="Catlin" /><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |title=Exclusive: Why House Fired "Cutthroat Bitch" |magazine=[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]]<!--- not sold to new owner until 2008, so still the "magazine" in 2007 ---> |date=2007-11-28 |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-house-fired-8292/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925032057/https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-house-fired-8292/ |archive-date=2020-09-25 |url-status=live}}</ref> Each of the four departs the show after elimination, except for Volakis, who appears throughout the season, having started a relationship with Wilson.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/03/the-return-of-h.html|title=The 'House' of love|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|author=Ryan, Maureen|date=March 21, 2008|access-date=December 19, 2008|archive-date=March 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324090100/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/03/the-return-of-h.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Frozen">{{cite episode| title = Frozen| episode-link = Frozen_(House)| series = House| credits = Writer: Friedman, Liz. Director: Straiton, David |network = Fox | air-date = February 3, 2008| season = 4| number = 11}}</ref> In the two-part season finale, Volakis attempts to shepherd a drunken House home when Wilson is unavailable. They are involved in a bus crash, which leads to her death.<ref name="WH" /><ref name="House's Head">{{cite episode |title=House's Head |episode-link=House's_Head |series=House | network = Fox | credits = Writers: Blake, Peter; Egan, Doris; Foster, David; Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garrett. Director: Yaitanes, Greg |air-date=May 12, 2008 |season=4 |number=15}}</ref> She reappears in a recurring role late in season five, and again in the season eight series finale, as hallucinations by House.<ref name="Saviors" />
Private investigator Lucas Douglas ([[Michael Weston]]), a character inspired in part by Shore's love of ''[[The Rockford Files]]'', appears in three episodes of season five.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/08/more_with_house_creator_david.html|title=More With ''House'' Creator David Shore|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|access-date=December 24, 2008|date=August 5, 2008|author1=Sepinwall, Alan|author2=Fienberg, Daniel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412075722/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/08/more_with_house_creator_david.html|archive-date=April 12, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MRCT908">{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/sep/16/entertainment/chi-house-watcher-0916sep16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226070413/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/sep/16/entertainment/chi-house-watcher-0916sep16 |archive-date=December 26, 2011 |date=September 16, 2008 |author=Ryan, Maureen |title='House' overcrowded with characters |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=June 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> House initially hires Douglas to spy on Wilson, who has ended their friendship after Volakis's death (the friendship is subsequently rekindled). House later pays Douglas to look into the private lives of his team members and Cuddy.<ref name="adverseevents">{{cite episode| title = Adverse Events| episode-link = Adverse_Events |credits=Writers: Green, Carol; Paddock, Dustin. Director: Bernstein, Andrew |series = House| network = Fox | air-date = September 30, 2008| season = 5| number = 3}}</ref> If the character had been accepted by the audience, plans existed to feature him as the lead in a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off show]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ocasio|first=Anthony|url=https://screenrant.com/house-spinoff-show/|title=Is Fox Looking For A 'House' Spin-off?|work=[[Screen Rant]]|date=January 27, 2010|access-date=December 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042705/https://screenrant.com/house-spinoff-show/|archive-date=January 12, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/872/872265p1.html|author=Goldman, Eric|date=May 7, 2008|title=Spinoff for House?|website=IGN|access-date=December 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209105732/http://tv.ign.com/articles/872/872265p1.html|archive-date=February 9, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2008, Shore spoke to ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' about his vision for the character: "I don't want to do just another medical show. What does excite me in terms of writing is the choices people make and the nature of right and wrong... and a private investigator can approach that question much more readily than a doctor can."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/09/13/house-romance-best-rx/|title=''House'': Is Romance the Best Rx?|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=December 24, 2008|author=Wheat, Alynda|date=September 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723095215/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20224783_4%2C00.html|archive-date=July 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> There was no show featuring Douglas on the fall 2009 network television schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvguide.com/special/fall-preview/fall-schedule.aspx|title=Fall TV Schedule for Start of 2009–2010 Season|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=August 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824154636/http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-preview/fall-schedule.aspx|archive-date=August 24, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> He returns to ''House'' in season six as Cuddy's boyfriend.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Known Unknowns |episode-link=Known_Unknowns_(House) |series=House |credits=Writers: Egan, Doris; Lewis, Matthew, V. Director: Yaitanes, Greg |network=Fox |air-date=November 9, 2009 |season=6 |number=7}}</ref> They are briefly engaged until Cuddy breaks it off, realizing that she is in love with House.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Help Me |episode-link=Help_Me_(House) |series=House |credits=Writers: Blake, Peter; Friend, Russel; Lerner, Garrett. Director: Yaitanes, Greg |network=Fox |air-date=May 17, 2010 |season=6 |number=22}}</ref>
==Episodes==
{{main|List of House episodes}}
{{:List of House episodes}}
==Reception==
===Critical reception===
''House'' received largely positive reviews on its debut;<ref name="HDT">{{cite news|author=Davies, Hugh|date=November 20, 2004|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1477057/Dr-Laurie-has-viewers-of-US-TV-in-stitches.html|title=Dr Laurie has viewers of US TV in stitches|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=June 17, 2009|___location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604070808/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1477057/Dr-Laurie-has-viewers-of-US-TV-in-stitches.html|archive-date=June 4, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> the series was considered a bright spot amid Fox's schedule, which at the time was largely filled with reality shows.<ref name="ASNYT">{{cite news|author=Stanley, Alessandra|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/arts/television/16stan.html|date=November 16, 2004|title=With Terminal Witticism, Even Cancer Can Be Fun|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=E5|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528051543/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/arts/television/16stan.html|archive-date=May 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Season one holds a [[Metacritic]] score of 75 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/house|title=House – Season 1 Reviews|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427043844/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/house|archive-date=April 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Matt Roush of ''[[TV Guide]]'' said that the program was an "uncommon cure for the common medical drama".<ref>{{cite news|title=Roush Review, Doctor Feel bad; Don't ask this grouch to make house calls|author=Roush, Matt|date=November 8, 2004|work=[[TV Guide]] |page=1}}</ref> ''[[New York Daily News]]'' critic David Bianculli applauded the "high caliber of acting and script".<ref name="DBDN" /> ''[[The Onion]]''{{'}}s "[[The A.V. Club|A.V. Club]]" approvingly described it as the "nastiest" [[black comedy]] from FOX since 1996's short-lived ''[[Profit (TV series)|Profit]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://avclub.com/content/node/24686 |title=A Guide for the Compulsive TV Fan |author1=Gillette, Amelie |author2=Murray, Noel |author3=Phipps, Keith |date=November 22, 2004 |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921222504/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24686 |archive-date=September 21, 2008 }}</ref> ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''{{'s}} [[John Leonard (American critic)|John Leonard]] called the series "medical TV at its most satisfying and basic",<ref>{{cite news| last = Leonard| first = John| title = Scrub Par| page = 1| work = [[New York (magazine)|New York]]| date = November 15, 2004| url = http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/tv/reviews/10331/| access-date = December 30, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212163652/http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/tv/reviews/10331/| archive-date = December 12, 2013| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> while ''[[The Boston Globe]]''{{'}}s Matthew Gilbert appreciated that the show did not attempt to hide the flaws of the characters to assuage viewers' fears about "[[HMO]] factories".<ref>{{cite news|author=Gilbert, Matt|date=November 16, 2004|title=Strong Prognosis for medical show|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|page=D1}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''{{'}}s Brian Lowry, less impressed, wrote that the show relied on "by-the-numbers storytelling, albeit in a glossy package".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/house-7-1200529558/|title=House Review|author=Lowry, Brian|date=November 15, 2004|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Tim Goodman of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' described it as "mediocre" and unoriginal.<ref name="sfgate-review">{{cite news|author=Goodman, Tim|date=November 15, 2004|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2004/11/15/DDGSL9QOII1.DTL|title=Network meddling by Fox execs starts the deathwatch for 'House'|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=October 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210070154/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2004%2F11%2F15%2FDDGSL9QOII1.DTL|archive-date=February 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mikhail Varshavski]], a Russian-American Osteopathic Doctor, reviewed the medical content of ''House'' on his YouTube channel. According to Varshavski, the medical information presented on the show was usually fundamentally accurate though often highly exaggerated for dramatic effect, but he described Gregory House's tendency to quickly use invasive tests and procedures as outside the medical mainstream.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFRN1WY98Ik | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/RFRN1WY98Ik| archive-date=2021-11-14|title=Real Doctor Reacts to HOUSE M.D. |author=Doctor Mike |website=youtube.com |date=April 22, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FixSKQnAapc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/FixSKQnAapc| archive-date=2021-11-14|title=Doctor Reacts to HOUSE M.D #2. |author=Doctor Mike |website=youtube.com |date=August 12, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CIVZNn3Fg | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/c7CIVZNn3Fg| archive-date=2021-11-14|title=Real Doctor Reacts to HOUSE M.D. #3 |author=Doctor Mike | website=[[YouTube]]|date=June 2, 2019 |access-date=August 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
General critical reaction to the character of Gregory House was particularly positive.<ref name="HDT" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://popmatters.com/tv/reviews/h/house-2004.shtml|title=House, Humanity Is Overrated|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|author=Fuchs, Cynthia|date=November 22, 2004|access-date=December 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015319/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/house-2004|archive-date=June 5, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Tom Shales]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called him "the most electrifying new main character to hit television in years".<ref name="TSWP">{{cite news| author = Shales, Tom| date = November 16, 2004| title = 'House': Watching Is the Best Medicine| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53025-2004Nov15.html| access-date = December 30, 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106123510/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53025-2004Nov15.html| archive-date = November 6, 2012| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}}</ref> The ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''{{'}}s [[Rob Owen (journalist)|Rob Owen]] found him "fascinatingly unsympathetic".<ref name="Owen">{{cite news|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04319/410715-237.stm|title=TV Review: Hugh Laurie makes 'House' worth a visit|author=Owen, Rob|author-link=Rob Owen (journalist)|date=November 14, 2004|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|access-date=December 20, 2008|archive-date=December 8, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208154155/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04319/410715-237.stm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Critics have compared House to fictional detectives [[Nero Wolfe]],<ref name="USAtoday-pilot-recap">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2004-11-15-house_x.htm|title=There's a doctor worth watching in 'House'|work=[[USA Today]]|date=November 16, 2004|author=Bianco, Robert|access-date=December 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210110855/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2004-11-15-house_x.htm|archive-date=February 10, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hercule Poirot]], and [[Adrian Monk]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/199714_tv16.html|title=Fox's medical drama 'House' is a welcome transfusion of quality programming|author=McFarland, Melanie|date=November 16, 2004|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|access-date=December 20, 2008|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519203740/https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/article/Fox-s-medical-drama-House-is-a-welcome-1159563.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and to [[Perry Cox]], a cantankerous doctor on the television show ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''.<ref name="ASNYT" /><ref name="Owen" /> One book-length study of the series finds a powerful kinship between House and another famous TV doctor, [[Hawkeye Pierce]] of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''.<ref>Wilson, pp. 76–78.</ref> Laurie's performance in the role has been widely praised.<ref name="PopMatters" /><ref name="USAtoday-pilot-recap" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/12/03/house/|title=House (2004)|author=Flynn, Gillian|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=December 3, 2004|access-date=December 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517122957/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C831962%2C00.html|archive-date=May 17, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''San Francisco Chronicle''{{'}}s Goodman called him "a wonder to behold" and "about the only reason to watch ''House''".<ref name="sfgate-review" />
Critics have also reacted positively to the show's original supporting cast, which the ''Post''{{'}}s Shales called a "first-rate ensemble".<ref name="TSWP" /> Leonard's portrayal of Dr. Wilson has been considered Emmy Award worthy by critics with ''TV Guide'', ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', and ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |title=Cheers: A House Divided |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=September 17, 2008 |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Cheers-38-Jeers/Robert-Sean-Leonard/800046864 |access-date=October 3, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922221836/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Cheers-38-Jeers/Robert-Sean-Leonard/800046864 |archive-date=September 22, 2008 }}{{cite magazine |title=Spoilery Video: 'House' Cast on Thirteen's Bisexuality, Wilson's Grief and More! |url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2008/07/15/spoilery-video-2/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |author=Ausiello, Michael |date=June 15, 2008 |access-date=November 16, 2008 |author-link=Michael Ausiello |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528104411/http://insidetv.ew.com/2008/07/15/spoilery-video-2/ |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Bianco">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-05-22-tv-finales_n.htm|title=The finale word on the TV season|author=Bianco, Robert|date=January 7, 2008|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=November 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026075013/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-05-22-TV-finales_N.htm|archive-date=October 26, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Bianculli of the ''Daily News'' was happy to see Edelstein "was finally given a deservedly meaty co-starring role".<ref name="DBDN" /> Freelance critic Daniel Fienberg was disappointed that Leonard and Edelstein have not received more recognition for their performances.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fienberg, Daniel|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/zap-review-house_s4premiere,0,2573501.story|title=TV Review: 'House' Fourth Season Premiere|work=[[Baltimore Sun]]|date=September 24, 2007|access-date=June 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022111751/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/zap-review-house_s4premiere%2C0%2C2573501.story|archive-date=October 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Reaction to the major shifts of season four was mixed. "With the new crew in place ''House'' takes on a slightly more energized feel", wrote Todd Douglass Jr. of [[DVD Talk]]. "And the set up [sic] for the fifth season is quite brilliant."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dvdtalk.com/reviews/34531/house-md-season-four/|title=House, M.D. – Season Four|author=Douglass Jr., Todd|publisher=DVD Talk|date=August 19, 2008|access-date=June 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004120450/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34531/house-md-season-four/|archive-date=October 4, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Star-Ledger]]''{{'}}s Alan Sepinwall wrote, "The extended, enormous job audition gave the writers a chance to reinvigorate the show and fully embrace Laurie's comic genius".<ref name="S-L1" /> Mary McNamara of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', on the other hand, took issue with the developments: "the cast just kept getting bigger, the stories more scattered and uneven until you had a bunch of great actors forced to stand around watching Hugh Laurie hold the show together by the sheer force of his will".<ref name="MMLAT">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-07-et-medicalshows7-story.html|title='Grey's,' 'Private Practice,' 'House' get healthy|author=McNamara, Mary|date=October 7, 2008|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226044217/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/07/entertainment/et-medicalshows7|archive-date=February 26, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> ''USA Today''{{'}}s Robert Bianco cheered the season finale: "Talk about saving the best for last. With two fabulous, heartbreaking hours ... the writers rescued a season that had seemed diffuse, overcrowded and perhaps too ambitious for its own good."<ref name="Bianco" />
Season five of ''House'' was met with a more positive response in comparison to the previous season. It holds a [[Metacritic]] score of 77 out of 100, based on ten reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/house/season-5|title=House – Season 5 Reviews|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc.|access-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427043820/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/house/season-5|archive-date=April 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It also holds a 100% approval rating on aggregate review website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with an average score of 8.1 based on nine collected reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/tv/house/s05/|title=House – Season 5 Reviews|publisher=Flixster|access-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225205015/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/house/s05/|archive-date=February 25, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
''USA Today'' praised Laurie's performance and the repercussions of the season-four finale, stating "a carry-over from last season's brilliant finale, House is firmly in the forefront. And when you have an actor of Hugh Laurie's range, depth and charisma, putting him center-stage makes perfect sense, particularly when you've written a story that explores the character and his primary relationships in a way that seems integral to the series".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-09-15-house-preview_N.htm|title=House moves squarely into the limelight in season opener|author=Robert Bianco|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014110639/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2008-09-15-house-preview_N.htm|archive-date=October 14, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]'' noted that "The show pays more attention to relationships we care about, hints at a sensible number of new ones that show some promise, and thus doesn't rely on obscure medical mysteries to carry the whole dramatic burden", and noted that "the prognosis for this season could be better than last season seemed to foreshadow".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/repairs-fixed-house-article-1.324577|title=Repairs seem to have fixed 'House'|author=David Hinckley|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223130446/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/repairs-fixed-house-article-1.324577|archive-date=February 23, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Mary McNamara of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' highlighted the performances of the cast, especially Michael Weston as detective Lucas Douglas, calling him a "delightful addition". She concluded, "So different is the premiere that the savvy ''House'' (and Fox) viewer may expect the revelation that it was all a fever dream. That does not seem to be the case, and one assumes that Laurie and the writers will be bringing a different version of their now-iconic character back to Princeton. Not too different, of course, but different enough."<ref name="MMLAT" /> Conversely, The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''{{'}}s Maureen Ryan disliked Weston's character, calling him "An unwelcome distraction ... an irritating pipsqueak".<ref name="CTseason5">{{cite news|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/12/house-laurie.html|title=Thirteen + 'House' = wrong number|author=Ryan, Maureen|date=December 11, 2008|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=May 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004050/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/12/house-laurie.html|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> She continued saying "''House'' used to be one of the best shows on TV, but it's gone seriously off the rails". ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' felt that the show had "lost its sense of humour<!-- Do not change this to "humor". It is a direct quote from the following article -->".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6424140.ece|title=Hugh Laurie must hate House|author=Gill, A. A.|date=June 7, 2009|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|access-date=June 17, 2009|___location=London|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530191208/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The focus on Thirteen and her eventual involvement with Foreman also came under particular [[criticism]].<ref name="S-L1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/insideout/story.html?id=44d41edb-6039-4628-bc73-11830f2b467d&p=2 |title=Breaking up is hard to do, even with TV shows |date=April 4, 2009 |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |publisher=Canwest News Service |access-date=May 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221215944/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/insideout/story.html?id=44d41edb-6039-4628-bc73-11830f2b467d&p=2 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref>
At the end of the show's run, Steven Tong of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that "''House'' had, in its final seasons, become a rather sentimental show".<ref name="Tucker">{{cite web|last=Tucker|first=Ken|title='House' series finale review: All's well that ends musically|url=http://watching-tv.ew.com/2012/05/21/house-series-finale-hugh-laurie-robert-sean-leonard/|work=Ken Tucker's TV|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=June 3, 2012|date=May 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525051646/http://watching-tv.ew.com/2012/05/21/house-series-finale-hugh-laurie-robert-sean-leonard/|archive-date=May 25, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'''s blog 'Vulture', Margaret Lyons wrote, "More than a hospital drama or a character piece or anything else, ''House'' is a complex meditation on misery." But, continued Lyons, there is a line between "enlightened cynicism" and "misery-entropy", and "as the show wore on, its dramatic flare dimmed while its agony flare burned ever brighter."<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web|last=Lyons|first=Margaret|title=House Series Finale: The Show Was a Meditation on Misery|url=https://vulture.com/2012/05/house-series-finale-hugh-laurie.html|work=Vulture blog|publisher=New York Magazine|access-date=June 3, 2012|date=May 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221165727/http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/house-series-finale-hugh-laurie.html|archive-date=February 21, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Alan Sepinwall]] wrote, "The repetition and muck of [the] middle seasons ultimately severed whatever emotional connection I had to House's personal struggles."<ref name="SepFinale" />
In 2007, ''House'' placed #62 on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'s}} "New TV Classics" list.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The New Classics: TV|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/18/new-classics-tv/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=February 5, 2012|date=June 18, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716041112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20207339%2C00.html|archive-date=July 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was declared the second-highest-rated show for the first ten years of [[IMDb.com]] Pro (2002–2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/brad-pitt-johnny-depp-dark-knight-lost-imdb-top-10-284912|title=Johnny Depp, 'The Dark Knight,' 'Lost' Named to IMDb's Top 10 of the Last Decade|access-date=February 10, 2012|date=January 25, 2012|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|author=Schillaci, Sophie A.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422190007/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brad-pitt-johnny-depp-dark-knight-lost-imdb-top-10-284912|archive-date=April 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was ranked the 74th best-written television series in a 2013 survey of [[Writers Guild of America West]] members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HOUSE - TIE|url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/house|access-date=August 2, 2020|website=www.wga.org|language=en|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804163556/https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/house|url-status=live}}</ref>
====Critics' top ten lists====
After its first five seasons, ''House'' was included in various critics' top-ten lists; these are listed below in order of rank.
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! style="width:14em; background:#C4C3D0; text-align:left"| 2006<ref name="Best2006">{{cite web|title = Best of 2006|website = [[Metacritic]]|url = http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2006/|access-date=December 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322232659/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2006/|archive-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref>
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! style="width:14em; background:#C4C3D0; text-align:left"| 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2007/|title=Best of 2007|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722081541/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2007/|archive-date=July 22, 2010}}</ref>
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! style="width:14em; background:#C4C3D0; text-align:left"| 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2008/|title=Best of 2008|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=January 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322232704/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2008/|archive-date=March 22, 2010}}</ref>
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! style="width:14em; background:#C4C3D0; text-align:left"| 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2009/|title=Best of 2009|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=April 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314072140/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2009/|archive-date=March 14, 2010}}</ref>
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===U.S. television ratings===
In its first season, ''House'' ranked twenty-fourth among all television series and was the ninth-most popular primetime program among women.<ref name="badmood">{{cite news| last=Winters| first=Rebecca| date=September 4, 2005| title=Doctor Is in ... a Bad Mood| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101308,00.html| issn=0040-781X| access-date=October 9, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018044737/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101308,00.html| archive-date=October 18, 2007| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> Aided by a lead-in from the widely popular ''[[American Idol]]'',<ref>Challen, pp. 43–44.</ref> the following three seasons of the program each ranked in the top ten among all viewers. ''House'' reached its peak [[Nielsen ratings]] in its third season, attracting an average of 19.4 million viewers per episode.<ref name="Ratingsseason3">{{cite web |title=2006–07 primetime wrap |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025030515/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/features/e3ifbfdd1bcb53266ad8d9a71cad261604f |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |date=May 25, 2007 |access-date=June 19, 2009}}</ref> According to Jacobs, the production team was surprised that the show garnered such a large audience.<ref>Challen, p. 44.</ref> In its fifth season, the show attracted 12.0 million viewers per episode and slipped to nineteenth place overall. It remained Fox's most popular show other than ''American Idol''.<ref name="TVratings09">{{cite web|title=''American Idol, Dancing With The Stars'' Top Average Viewership For 2008–9 Season |url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/27/american-idol-dancing-with-the-stars-top-average-viewership-for-2008-9-season/19519 |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=May 27, 2009 |publisher=TV by the Numbers |access-date=May 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601021439/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/27/american-idol-dancing-with-the-stars-top-average-viewership-for-2008-9-season/19519 |archive-date=June 1, 2009}}</ref>
The most-watched episode of ''House'' is the season four episode "Frozen",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/02/house-post-supe.html|title=''House'' post-Super Bowl episode to air again, plus ''Bones'' news|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 5, 2008|author=Ryan, Maureen|access-date=December 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720133752/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/02/house-post-supe.html|archive-date=July 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> which aired after [[Super Bowl XLII]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Kubicek, John|date=October 9, 2007|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/exclusive-interview-house-star-12201.aspx|title=Exclusive Interview: 'House' Star Robert Sean Leonard|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|access-date=September 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105094153/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/exclusive-interview-house-star-12201.aspx|archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/house-postsuper-bowl-episode-f-16318.aspx|title=House: Post-Super Bowl Episode "Frozen" Recap|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|first=John|last=Kubicek|date=February 4, 2008|access-date=October 18, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329013704/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/house-postsuper-bowl-episode-f-16318.aspx|archive-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> It attracted slightly more than 29 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/02/05/top-fox-primetime-shows-jan-28-feb-3/2571 |title=Top Fox Primetime Shows, Jan 28 – Feb 3 |publisher=TV by the Numbers |author=Gorman, Bill |date=February 5, 2008 |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213101054/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/02/05/top-fox-primetime-shows-jan-28-feb-3/2571 |archive-date=February 13, 2009 }}</ref> ''House'' ranked third for the week, equaling the rating of ''American Idol'' and being surpassed only by the Super Bowl itself and the [[Super Bowl XLII#Post-game ceremonies|post-game show]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|date=February 24, 2008|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/02/24/top-timeshifted-broadcast-shows-jan-28-feb-3/2722|title=Top Time-Shifted Broadcast Shows, January 28 – February 3|work=TV by the Numbers|access-date=December 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121013714/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/02/24/top-timeshifted-broadcast-shows-jan-28-feb-3/2722|archive-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> Below is a table of ''House''{{'}}s seasonal rankings in the U.S. television market, based on average total viewers per episode. Each U.S. [[Television network|network television]] season starts in September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May [[sweeps]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ''House'' season rankings in the U.S. television market
|-
! Season
! Episodes
! Timeslot ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! TV season
! Rank
! Viewers<br />(millions)
|-
| [[House season 1|1]]
| 22
|rowspan=2|Tuesday 9:00{{Spaces}}pm
| November 16, 2004
| May 24, 2005
| [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2004–2005]]
| #24
| 13.34<ref name="abc05">{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060105_05|title=ABC Television Network 2004–2005 Primetime Ranking Report|date=June 1, 2005|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]|access-date=November 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421023509/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060105_05|archive-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 2|2]]
| 24
| September 13, 2005
| May 23, 2006
| [[2005–06 United States network television schedule|2005–2006]]
| #10
| 17.35<ref name="abc06">{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053106_05|title=ABC Television Network 2005–2006 Primetime Ranking Report|date=May 31, 2006|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]|access-date=November 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163504/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053106_05|archive-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 3|3]]
| 24
| Tuesday 8:00{{Spaces}}pm (2006)<br />Tuesday 9:00{{Spaces}}pm (2006–2007)
| September 5, 2006
| May 29, 2007
| [[2006–07 United States network television schedule|2006–2007]]
| #5
| 19.95<ref name="abc07">{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053007_08|title=ABC Television Network 2006–2007 Primetime Ranking Report|date=May 30, 2007|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323004317/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053007_08|archive-date=March 23, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 4|4]]
| 16
| Tuesday 9:00{{Spaces}}pm (2007–2008)<br />Monday 9:00{{Spaces}}pm (2008)
| September 25, 2007
| May 19, 2008
| [[2007–08 United States network television schedule|2007–2008]]
| #7
| 17.64<ref name="abc08">{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052808_06|title=ABC Television Network 2007–2008 Primetime Ranking Report|date=May 28, 2008|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]|access-date=July 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413172935/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052808_06|archive-date=April 13, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 5|5]]
| 24
| Tuesday 8:00{{Spaces}}pm (2008)<br />Monday 8:00{{Spaces}}pm (2009)
| September 16, 2008
| May 11, 2009
| [[2008–09 United States network television schedule|2008–2009]]
| #16
| 13.62<ref name="abc09">{{cite web|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05|title=ABC Television Network 2008–2009 Primetime Ranking Report|date=June 2, 2009|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Medianet]]|access-date=May 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007082952/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060209_05|archive-date=October 7, 2009}}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 6|6]]
| 22
|rowspan=2|Monday 8:00{{Spaces}}pm
| September 21, 2009
| May 17, 2010
| [[2009–10 United States network television schedule|2009–2010]]
| #22
| 12.76<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336 |title=Final 2009–10 Broadcast Primetime Show Average Viewership |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=June 16, 2010 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619131409/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/16/final-2009-10-broadcast-primetime-show-average-viewership/54336 |archive-date=June 19, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 7|7]]
| 23
| September 20, 2010
| May 23, 2011
| [[2010–11 United States network television schedule|2010–2011]]
| #42
| 10.32<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/ |title=2010–11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show Viewership Averages |first=Bill |last=Gorman |work=TV by the Numbers |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160109/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/01/2010-11-season-broadcast-primetime-show-viewership-averages/94407/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| [[House season 8|8]]
| 22
| Monday 9:00{{Spaces}}pm (2011)<br /> Monday 8:00{{Spaces}}pm (January–March 2012)<br /> Monday 9:00{{Spaces}}pm (April–May 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/house/listings/ |title=House on Fox |website=The Futon Critic |access-date=May 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912044535/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/house/listings/ |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| October 3, 2011
| May 21, 2012
| [[2011–12 United States network television schedule|2011–2012]]
| #58
| 8.69<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/complete-list-of-2011-12-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-american-idol-ncis-dancing-with-the-stars/135785/ |title=Complete List Of 2011–12 Season TV Show Viewership: 'Sunday Night Football' Tops, Followed By 'American Idol,' 'NCIS' & 'Dancing With The Stars' |first=Bill |last=Gorman |date=May 24, 2012 |publisher=TVbytheNumbers |access-date=May 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528055552/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/complete-list-of-2011-12-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-american-idol-ncis-dancing-with-the-stars/135785/ |archive-date=May 28, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}
===Awards and honors===
{{Main|List of accolades received by House}}
{{quote box|width=25em|quote=''House'' has redefined the medical television show. No longer a world where an idealized doctor has all the answers or a hospital where gurneys race down the hallways, ''House''{{'}}s focus is on the pharmacological—and the intellectual demands of being a doctor. The trial-and-error of new medicine skillfully expands the show beyond the format of a classic procedural, and at the show's heart, a brilliant but flawed physician is doling out the prescriptions—a fitting symbol for modern medicine.|source=—Judges of the [[American Film Institute]] on the show's [[American Film Institute Awards 2005|2005 honoring]]<ref name="AFI05" />|align=right}}
''House'' has received many awards and award nominations. In [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards|2005]], [[59th Primetime Emmy Awards|2007]], [[60th Primetime Emmy Awards|2008]], [[61st Primetime Emmy Awards|2009]], [[62nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2010]] and [[63rd Primetime Emmy Awards|2011]] Laurie was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series#2000s|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]].<ref>{{cite news|title=First Set Of Presenters Announced for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Airing Sunday, September 21, on ABC |url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/media/releases/2008/rel-pte60-pres1.php |date=August 21, 2008 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925022010/http://cdn.emmys.tv/media/releases/2008/rel-pte60-pres1.php |archive-date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref> The Emmy board also nominated ''House'' for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]] in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, but the show never won the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-drama-series|title=58th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners|access-date=May 21, 2016|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606045039/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-drama-series|archive-date=June 6, 2016|url-status=live}} {{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-drama-series |title=59th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |access-date=May 21, 2016 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514175037/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-drama-series |archive-date=May 14, 2016 |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-drama-series |title=60th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |access-date=May 21, 2016 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512113059/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-drama-series |archive-date=May 12, 2016 |url-status=live }} {{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-drama-series |title=61st Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners |access-date=May 21, 2016 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514121903/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-drama-series |archive-date=May 14, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the season one episode "[[Three Stories (House)|Three Stories]]", David Shore won a [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards#Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|writing Emmy in 2005]]<ref name="05emmynoms" /><ref name="ap-emmy-winners2005">{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Full list of Emmy winners |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/full-list-of-emmy-winners/2005/09/19/1126981983610.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=September 19, 2005 |access-date=January 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307173615/http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/full-list-of-emmy-winners/2005/09/19/1126981983610.html |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Humanitas Prize]] in 2006.<ref name="Huminwon">{{cite web |url=http://www.humanitasprize.org/pdf/2006%20HUMANITAS%20Winners.pdf |title=32nd Humanitas prize winners announced |date=June 28, 2006 |access-date=January 26, 2009 |publisher=[[Humanitas Prize]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080406220628/http://www.humanitasprize.org/pdf/2006%20HUMANITAS%20Winners.pdf |archive-date = April 6, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Director [[Greg Yaitanes]] received the [[60th Primetime Emmy Awards|2008]] [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]], for directing "[[House's Head]]", the first part of season four's two-episode finale.<ref name="08emmywinners">{{cite press release|title=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 60th Primetime Emmy Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |date=September 21, 2008 |url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2008/PTE60winners_pressrel.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319195301/http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2008/PTE60winners_pressrel.pdf |archive-date=March 19, 2009 |access-date=October 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The show has been nominated for six [[Golden Globe Award]]s and received two. Hugh Laurie has been nominated six times for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]; he won in [[63rd Golden Globe Awards|2006]]<ref name="gg63">{{cite news|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2006/01/63rd-golden-globe-award-winners/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309164904/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/year/2005|archive-date=March 9, 2008|title=Golden Globe Nominations and Winners (2006)|access-date=September 26, 2008|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/movies/redcarpet/16globes.html | title=Golden Globe Winners | newspaper=New York Times | date=January 16, 2006 | access-date=April 2, 2012 | agency=Associated Press | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520152140/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/movies/redcarpet/16globes.html | archive-date=May 20, 2013 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and again in [[64th Golden Globe Awards|2007]].<ref name="gg64">{{cite news |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/hugh-laurie |title=Golden Globe Awards: Hugh Laurie |access-date=June 10, 2016 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505082544/http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/hugh-laurie |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="fox">{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/winners-of-the-64th-annual-golden-globe-awards | title=Winners of the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] | date=January 16, 2007 | access-date=April 2, 2012 | agency=Associated Press | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524182437/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243823,00.html | archive-date=May 24, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> In [[65th Golden Globe Awards|2008]] the series received its first nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama]].<ref name="HFPA">{{cite web|title=HFPA – Nominations and Winners |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html |work=Hollywood Foreign Press Association |access-date=July 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303082505/http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/index.html |archive-date=March 3, 2009 }}</ref> ''House'' was nominated for best dramatic series again the [[66th Golden Globe Awards|following year]], but did not win in the category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/true-blood/golden-globes-true-bloodmad-me-25190.aspx?pollid=3001406&answer=3004694#poll3001406 |title=Golden Globes: 'True Blood','Mad Men' Among Nominees |publisher=[[BuddyTV]] |author=Williams, Don |date=December 11, 2008 |access-date=December 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214153122/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/true-blood/golden-globes-true-bloodmad-me-25190.aspx?pollid=3001406&answer=3004694 |archive-date=February 14, 2009 }}</ref>
The show received a [[List of Peabody Award winners (2000-2009)#2005|2005]] [[Peabody Award]] for what the Peabody board called an "unorthodox lead character—a misanthropic diagnostician" and for "cases fit for a medical Sherlock Holmes", which helped make ''House'' "the most distinctive new doctor drama in a decade".<ref name=peabody>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/house 65th Annual Peabody Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109032222/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/house |date=January 9, 2015 }}, May 2006.</ref> The [[American Film Institute]] (AFI) included ''House'' in its [[American Film Institute Awards 2005|2005 list]] of 10 Television Programs of the Year.<ref name="AFI05">{{cite web|title=AFI TV Programs of the Year-Official Selections |url=http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards05/tvshows05.aspx |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=September 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081001003831/http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards05/tvshows05.aspx |archive-date=October 1, 2008 }}</ref>
In 2011, ''House'' won four People's Choice Awards: favorite TV drama; favorite dramatic actor and actress for Laurie and Edelstein; and favorite TV doctor.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nordyke, Kimberly|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/twilight-house-top-peoples-choice-68828|title='Twilight,' 'House' Top People's Choice Awards|date=January 6, 2011|access-date=June 6, 2011|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102061105/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/twilight-house-top-peoples-choice-68828|archive-date=November 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
Laurie won the [[Screen Actors Guild]]'s award for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series]] in both 2007 and 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sagawards.org/nominations |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5msfncd6y?url=http://www.sagawards.org/nominations |archive-date=January 18, 2010 |title=15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominee's and Recipients |publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]] |access-date=May 10, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/28/and-the-actor-goes-to-sag-award-winners/ |title=And the Actor Goes to ... SAG Award Winners |publisher=[[TV Squad]] |author=Woo, Kelly |date=January 28, 2007 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601220620/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/28/and-the-actor-goes-to-sag-award-winners/ |archive-date=June 1, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Writer [[Lawrence Kaplow]] won a [[Writers Guild of America Awards 2005#Television|Writers Guild of America Award in 2006]] for the season two episode "Autopsy".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Award]]s|title=2006 Awards winners|access-date=September 23, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503095751/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archive-date=May 3, 2012}}</ref> In 2007, the show won a [[Creative Arts Emmy Award]] for [[prosthesis|prosthetic makeup]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=2006–2007 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |date=September 8, 2007 |url=http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2007/CTA59themmywinners.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326022610/http://cdn.emmys.tv/downloads/2007/CTA59themmywinners.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |access-date=May 29, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2005, Laurie appeared on the cover of ''[[TV Guide]]'' as "TV's Sexiest Man".<ref name="badmood" /> In 2008, House was voted second-sexiest television doctor ever, behind ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''{{'}}s [[Doug Ross]] ([[George Clooney]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/move-over-clooney-house-is-her-21907.aspx|title=Move over Clooney, 'House' is Here|author=Diaz, Glen L.|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|date=August 11, 2008|access-date=October 4, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503193439/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/move-over-clooney-house-is-her-21907.aspx|archive-date=May 3, 2014}}</ref> In 2012, ''House'' was named the most popular current TV show in the world by the [[Guinness World Records]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2012-05-10 |title='House' finale bittersweet: 'Everybody Dies' |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/house-idINDEE8490JN20120510 |access-date=2023-09-24}}</ref>
== Distribution ==
In 2008, ''House'' was distributed in a total of 66 countries. With an audience of over 81.8 million worldwide, it was the most-watched television show on the globe and far surpassed the viewership figures of the leading TV dramas the previous two years (''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' and ''[[CSI: Miami]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGRhjVWTeAVMws-iEDRJOY3IDH7g |title='House' Is World's Most Popular TV Show: Ratings |publisher=AFP |date=June 12, 2009 |access-date=June 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618102614/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGRhjVWTeAVMws-iEDRJOY3IDH7g |archive-date=June 18, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/12/house-becomes-worlds-most_n_214704.html|title='House' Becomes World's Most Popular TV Show|work=Huffington Post|date=June 12, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232109/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/12/house-becomes-worlds-most_n_214704.html|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, it placed second in the world after ''CSI''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Porter, Rick|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/06/csi-the-worlds-most-watched-show.html|title='CSI': The world's most-watched show|publisher=Zap2it|date=June 11, 2010|access-date=June 6, 2011|archive-date=June 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615082329/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/06/csi-the-worlds-most-watched-show.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
''House'' episodes premiered on Fox in the United States and [[Global Television Network|Global]] in Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.globaltv.com/entertainment/shows/house/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221001913/http://www.globaltv.com/entertainment/shows/house/index.html |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |publisher=[[Global Television Network]] |title=House |access-date=May 9, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The show was the third-most popular on Canadian television in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/canada-20-1117993384/|title=Canada: U.S. imports hold sway, but a two-way street emerges|author=McLean, Thomas|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 3, 2008|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> That same year, ''House'' was the top-rated television program in Germany,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/germany-19-1117993396/|title=Germany: Channels duke it out with mostly U.S. fare|author=Meza, Ed|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 3, 2008|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> the number 2 show in Italy,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/italy-19-1117993386/|title=Italy: Industry marches to global drummers|author=Vivarelli, Nick|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 3, 2008|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> and number 3 in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/czech-republic-6-1117993380/|title=Czech Republic: Opening the digital floodgates|author=Nadler, John|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 3, 2008|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> The series was also very popular in France,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/12/france-hugh-laurie-house-novel|title=France falls in love with Hugh Laurie, 'the greatest seducer in the world'|author=Davies, Lizzy|work=Observer|date=April 12, 2009|access-date=June 10, 2009|___location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906082644/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/12/france-hugh-laurie-house-novel|archive-date=September 6, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Spain,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/spain-15-1117993391/ |title=Spain: The good, the bad, and the digital |author=Wilson, Douglas |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 3, 2008 |access-date=June 11, 2009 |archive-date=January 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122115600/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993391 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sweden, and the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/features/house-connects-across-the-globe-1117999267/ |title='House' connects across the globe |access-date=January 25, 2021 |last=Levine |first=Stuart |date=January 29, 2009 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the first four seasons were broadcast on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Five]]. Pay satellite TV channel [[Sky1]] acquired first-run rights beginning with season five, amid interest a few years earlier from free to air rivals [[ITV1|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/20/sky-house-hugh-laurie|title=Sky1 to Air Hugh Laurie Drama House|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Holmwood, Leigh|date=April 20, 2009|access-date=May 9, 2009|___location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111223739/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/20/sky-house-hugh-laurie|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Conlan |first=Tara |date=2007-04-05 |title=ITV eyes up Five's House |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/05/ITV.channel5 |access-date=2024-08-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In Australia the show aired on [[Network Ten]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ten.com.au/house.htm |title=TV Shows: House, M.D |publisher=[[Network Ten]] |access-date=May 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415012230/http://ten.com.au/house.htm |archive-date=April 15, 2009 }}</ref> and in New Zealand, originally on [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]] and then on [[TVNZ Duke]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3.co.nz/Drama/House/tabid/128/Default.aspx?showid=13056|publisher=[[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]|title=House, M.D|access-date=May 9, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610184955/http://www.tv3.co.nz/Drama/House/tabid/128/Default.aspx?showid=13056 |archive-date = June 10, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=House - TVNZ |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/house |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.tvnz.co.nz}}</ref> and in Ireland on [[Virgin Media One|TV3]] and its sibling cable channel [[3e]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=house |title=House |publisher=[[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] |access-date=May 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523160513/http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=house |archive-date=May 23, 2009 }}</ref>
Episodes of the show are also available online for download: [[Amazon Video on Demand]], [[iTunes Store]] and the [[Zune Marketplace]] offer episodes from all of seasons 1 through 8. In 2007, [[NBCUniversal]] (the show's distributor) and [[Apple Inc.]] (iTunes' owner) had a disagreement that temporarily kept the fourth season off iTunes.<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/02/nbc-universal-takes-house-off-of-itunes/|title=New Episodes of Fox's House Won't Be on iTunes|publisher=[[TV Squad]]|author=Sassone, Bob|date=October 2, 2007|access-date=May 9, 2009|author-link=Bob Sassone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703105654/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/10/02/nbc-universal-takes-house-off-of-itunes/|archive-date=July 3, 2009|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/97190-New_Episodes_of_Fox_s_House_Won_t_Be_on_iTunes.php|title=New Episodes of Fox's House Won't Be on iTunes|author=Weprin, Alex|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=January 10, 2007|access-date=May 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729083959/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/97190-New_Episodes_of_Fox_s_House_Won_t_Be_on_iTunes.php|archive-date=July 29, 2013}}
</ref> In a statement to the press, Apple claimed that NBCUniversal wanted to drive up the per-episode price to $4.99.<ref>{{cite news|author=Claustro, Lisa|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|title=House to Cease Being Carried on iTunes|date=October 12, 2007|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/house-to-cease-being-carried-o-12311.aspx|access-date=May 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409003235/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/house-to-cease-being-carried-o-12311.aspx|archive-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> In September 2008, it was reported that the issue between Apple and NBC had been resolved.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/login/login_subscribe.jsp?id=5oqi%2BHOaP1Ii4cw0KvPMlj09VHoUU1ZntqHzmkNCG5YG9WAq6db9hzY%2FRuFNP72sUA6CTHONr3eE%0AYYI8aaMrHhLoPmfc3JSKdqZLwvBfk7Rns0b2DMNHOCKROG2UdFA94IPOHeWji5UUQfaYPQVf3Gd2%0AhWd7UtPFwxmqgWqUF54aPvv1fq16ETj6UMfNaZObHyrYArJSIu8cv%2BORZ9DfPdKO24%2BqjTHLBdD0%0A3VBNmeoVxRY81h11dKNeJElMnNXIhGGCPGmjKx4S6D5n3NyUinamS8LwX5O0HZgs6XY5pWC8rqow%0AOVQHS5WY7PjIrjGxMoeQV3imySu%2BzvuAzLnYT68T%2FHvQ%2BLBgZdKKWH4WyoLRt3tj93XQTA%3D%3D|title=NBC shows return to iTunes|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 9, 2008|access-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref> Some episodes are available in streaming video on Fox's official ''House'' webpage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=house |title=House \ Mondays 8/7c (Episodes Online 8 Days After Broadcast) |publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] |access-date=May 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512004642/http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=house |archive-date=May 12, 2009 }}</ref> and all eight seasons are available on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/other/will-house-md-return-to-netflix/|title=Will House M.D Return to Netflix?|publisher=What's on Netflix?|access-date=March 27, 2018|date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212746/https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/other/will-house-md-return-to-netflix/|archive-date=March 27, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
Seasons of the show and box sets were released on DVD encoded for regions 1, 2 and 4.<ref>{{ASIN|B0024FAD8I|title=House, M.D.: Season Five}}</ref> Special features, such as [[anamorphic widescreen]] (the original release is [[letterboxed]]), depend on region.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lambert, David|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/House-Season-1-Repackage/11207|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com|title=House New "Repackaged" Season 1 Set Coming in Two Weeks Brings Anamorphic Video|date=January 26, 2009|access-date=May 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222144604/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/House-Season-1-Repackage/11207|archive-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{ASIN|B000E0RFY0|country=uk|title=House – Season 1 (Hugh Laurie) [DVD]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/787831|publisher=EzyDVD.com|title=House, M.D. – Season 1 (6 Disc Set)|access-date=May 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513084341/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/787831|archive-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref>
===DVD and Blu-ray releases===
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! Region 4
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|Season One
|August 30, 2005<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season One|date=August 30, 2005|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B0009WPM1Q/ref=sr_1_26?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309807&sr=8-26|publisher=Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
|February 27, 2006<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 1|date=February 27, 2006|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B000E0RFY0/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=house+season+dvd&pd_rd_i=B000E0RFY0&pd_rd_r=330c32e0-6034-4c0c-ba12-2f082cf5f379&pd_rd_w=wVkmL&pd_rd_wg=10g4P&pf_rd_p=7dc56c0d-8a5f-4d97-9143-7233b106859a&pf_rd_r=0ZWD47RHMV6XMK38EVND&qid=1570308764&s=dvd|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310234925/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B000E0RFY0/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=house%2Bseason%2Bdvd&pd_rd_i=B000E0RFY0&pd_rd_r=330c32e0-6034-4c0c-ba12-2f082cf5f379&pd_rd_w=wVkmL&pd_rd_wg=10g4P&pf_rd_p=7dc56c0d-8a5f-4d97-9143-7233b106859a&pf_rd_r=0ZWD47RHMV6XMK38EVND&qid=1570308764&s=dvd|url-status=live}}</ref>
|July 12, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2007598/House-MD---Season-1|title=House, M.D. - Season 1|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211932/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2007598/House-MD---Season-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| colspan="2" rowspan="5" {{n/a}}
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|Season Two
|August 22, 2006<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season Two|date=August 22, 2006|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B000FVQLIO/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=house+season+2&qid=1570309831&sr=8-3|publisher=Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
|October 23, 2006<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 2|date=October 23, 2006|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-Hugh-Laurie-DVD/dp/B000HXDSUY/ref=pd_bxgy_74_img_3/261-2099117-3187901?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000HXDSUY&pd_rd_r=375b7189-9c9a-4af4-920f-99269dd74b1d&pd_rd_w=kLTVZ&pd_rd_wg=AOVfR&pf_rd_p=7a9d3b22-47b7-4932-be38-57f4219c3325&pf_rd_r=BYW7E11BQ1Q1HF7VG9M1&psc=1&refRID=BYW7E11BQ1Q1HF7VG9M1|publisher=Universal|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308194900/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-Hugh-Laurie-DVD/dp/B000HXDSUY/ref=pd_bxgy_74_img_3/261-2099117-3187901?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000HXDSUY&pd_rd_r=375b7189-9c9a-4af4-920f-99269dd74b1d&pd_rd_w=kLTVZ&pd_rd_wg=AOVfR&pf_rd_p=7a9d3b22-47b7-4932-be38-57f4219c3325&pf_rd_r=BYW7E11BQ1Q1HF7VG9M1&psc=1&refRID=BYW7E11BQ1Q1HF7VG9M1|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 25, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2011501/House-MD---Season-2|title=House, M.D. - Season 2|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211950/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2011501/House-MD---Season-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Season Three
|August 21, 2007<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season Three|date=August 21, 2007|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B000R9YLKY/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=house+season+3&qid=1570309836&sr=8-11|publisher=Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
|November 19, 2007<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 3|date=November 19, 2007|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B000SLY0H0/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=house+season+dvd&pd_rd_i=B000SLY0H0&pd_rd_r=330c32e0-6034-4c0c-ba12-2f082cf5f379&pd_rd_w=wVkmL&pd_rd_wg=10g4P&pf_rd_p=7dc56c0d-8a5f-4d97-9143-7233b106859a&pf_rd_r=0ZWD47RHMV6XMK38EVND&qid=1570308764&s=dvd|publisher=Universal Pictures Video|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312220238/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B000SLY0H0/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=house%2Bseason%2Bdvd&pd_rd_i=B000SLY0H0&pd_rd_r=330c32e0-6034-4c0c-ba12-2f082cf5f379&pd_rd_w=wVkmL&pd_rd_wg=10g4P&pf_rd_p=7dc56c0d-8a5f-4d97-9143-7233b106859a&pf_rd_r=0ZWD47RHMV6XMK38EVND&qid=1570308764&s=dvd|url-status=live}}</ref>
|September 19, 2007<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2097698/House-MD---Season-3|title=House, M.D. - Season 3|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211933/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2097698/House-MD---Season-3|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Season Four
|August 19, 2008<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season Four|date=August 19, 2008|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B001A4VH2U/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=house+season+4&qid=1570309844&sr=8-7|publisher=Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308165444/https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B001A4VH2U/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=house+season+4&qid=1570309844&sr=8-7|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 27, 2008<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 4 - Complete|date=October 27, 2008|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-4-Complete-DVD/dp/B001D1F8PW/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=house+season+dvd&pd_rd_i=B001D1F8PW&pd_rd_r=330c32e0-6034-4c0c-ba12-2f082cf5f379&pd_rd_w=wVkmL&pd_rd_wg=10g4P&pf_rd_p=7dc56c0d-8a5f-4d97-9143-7233b106859a&pf_rd_r=0ZWD47RHMV6XMK38EVND&qid=1570308764&s=dvd|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308114515/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-4-Complete-DVD/dp/B001D1F8PW/ref=sxbs_sxwds-stvp?keywords=house+season+dvd&pd_rd_i=B001D1F8PW&pd_rd_r=330c32e0-6034-4c0c-ba12-2f082cf5f379&pd_rd_w=wVkmL&pd_rd_wg=10g4P&pf_rd_p=7dc56c0d-8a5f-4d97-9143-7233b106859a&pf_rd_r=0ZWD47RHMV6XMK38EVND&qid=1570308764&s=dvd|url-status=live}}</ref>
|August 20, 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2111677/House-MD---Season-4|title=House, M.D. - Season 4|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211937/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2111677/House-MD---Season-4|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Season Five
|August 25, 2009<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season Five|date=August 25, 2009|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B0024FAD8I/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-13|publisher=Universal Studios|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315093947/https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B0024FAD8I/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 5, 2009<ref>{{Citation|title=House Season 5|date=October 5, 2009|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B001PR1QDW/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=house+season+5&qid=1570309001&s=dvd&sr=1-2|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313035915/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B001PR1QDW/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=house%2Bseason%2B5&qid=1570309001&s=dvd&sr=1-2|url-status=live}}</ref>
|September 30, 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2132008/House-MD---Season-5|title=House, M.D. - Season 5|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211954/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2132008/House-MD---Season-5|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|Season Six
|August 31, 2010<ref>{{Citation|title=House, M.D.: Season 6|date=August 31, 2010|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B002JVWR7M/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-14|publisher=Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319142814/https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B002JVWR7M/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-14|url-status=live}}</ref>
|September 20, 2010<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 6|date=September 20, 2010|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B002YGSZLE/ref=pd_sim_74_1/261-2099117-3187901?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002YGSZLE&pd_rd_r=61018acd-3f4c-450a-bca4-c69f252a68cd&pd_rd_w=sBOpU&pd_rd_wg=R8ERo&pf_rd_p=32ad4a08-4896-4172-a2ea-821c9be00310&pf_rd_r=YHZ3QWC0A42194266QCQ&psc=1&refRID=YHZ3QWC0A42194266QCQ|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310191834/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B002YGSZLE/ref=pd_sim_74_1/261-2099117-3187901?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B002YGSZLE&pd_rd_r=61018acd-3f4c-450a-bca4-c69f252a68cd&pd_rd_w=sBOpU&pd_rd_wg=R8ERo&pf_rd_p=32ad4a08-4896-4172-a2ea-821c9be00310&pf_rd_r=YHZ3QWC0A42194266QCQ&psc=1&refRID=YHZ3QWC0A42194266QCQ|url-status=live}}</ref>
|November 3, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2191187/House-MD---Season-6|title=House, M.D. - Season 6|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
|August 31, 2010
|September 27, 2010
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|Season Seven
|August 30, 2011<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season Seven|date=August 30, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B003R0MF3A/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-10|publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314022729/https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B003R0MF3A/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
|September 26, 2011<ref>{{Citation|title=House Season 7|date=September 26, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B004G5Z0AA/ref=pd_sbs_74_4/261-2099117-3187901?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B004G5Z0AA&pd_rd_r=66df93d2-67bd-450a-a740-e7548e53bd4e&pd_rd_w=Grgf5&pd_rd_wg=jwN4Q&pf_rd_p=2b420a2f-6593-478e-8b5f-cb43865ff16f&pf_rd_r=RWAQJ1RE99CWDJAGFJHP&psc=1&refRID=RWAQJ1RE99CWDJAGFJHP|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308122636/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B004G5Z0AA/ref=pd_sbs_74_4/261-2099117-3187901?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B004G5Z0AA&pd_rd_r=66df93d2-67bd-450a-a740-e7548e53bd4e&pd_rd_w=Grgf5&pd_rd_wg=jwN4Q&pf_rd_p=2b420a2f-6593-478e-8b5f-cb43865ff16f&pf_rd_r=RWAQJ1RE99CWDJAGFJHP&psc=1&refRID=RWAQJ1RE99CWDJAGFJHP|url-status=live}}</ref>
|August 24, 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2200296/House-MD---Season-7|title=House, M.D. - Season 7|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211933/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2200296/House-MD---Season-7|url-status=live}}</ref>
|August 30, 2011<ref>{{Citation|title=House: M.D. - Season 7|date=August 30, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-7-Blu-ray/dp/B003R0MF3K/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=house+season+blu&qid=1570309950&sr=8-13|publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318193205/https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-7-Blu-ray/dp/B003R0MF3K/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=house+season+blu&qid=1570309950&sr=8-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
|September 26, 2011
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|Season Eight
|August 21, 2012<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season Eight|date=August 21, 2012|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Season-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B0053O89JM/ref=sr_1_16?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-16|publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref>
|October 22, 2012<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 8|date=October 22, 2012|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B007P3Q9E6|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211931/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-DVD-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B007P3Q9E6|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 11, 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2213486/House-MD---Season-8|title=House, M.D. - Season 8|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211938/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2213486/House-MD---Season-8|url-status=live}}</ref>
|August 21, 2012<ref>{{Citation|title=House: Season 8|date=August 21, 2012|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-Season-Blu-ray-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B0053O89K6/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=house+season+blu&qid=1570309950&sr=8-6|publisher=Universal Studios|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317140750/https://www.amazon.com/House-Season-Blu-ray-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B0053O89K6/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=house+season+blu&qid=1570309950&sr=8-6|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 22, 2012
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|The Complete Series
|October 2, 2012<ref>{{Citation|title=House: The Complete Series|date=October 2, 2012|url=https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Complete-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B008P9M614/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-3|publisher=Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313024816/https://www.amazon.com/House-M-D-Complete-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B008P9M614/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=house+season&qid=1570309624&sr=8-3|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 22, 2012<ref>{{Citation|title=House - Season 1-8|date=October 22, 2012|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-1-8-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B008DCXZUY|publisher=Universal Pictures UK|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211949/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Season-1-8-Hugh-Laurie/dp/B008DCXZUY|url-status=live}}</ref><br />May 29, 2017 (reissue)<ref>{{Citation|title=House: The Complete Seasons 1-8|date=May 29, 2017|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Complete-Seasons-1-8-DVD/dp/B071ZFSMK8|publisher=Universal|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005211936/https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Complete-Seasons-1-8-DVD/dp/B071ZFSMK8|url-status=live}}</ref>
|October 11, 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2213487/House-MD---Season-1-8--Boxset|title=House, M.D. - Season 1-8 {{!}} Boxset|website=Sanity|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005212030/https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2213487/House-MD---Season-1-8--Boxset|url-status=live}}</ref>
|January 28, 2025<ref>{{Citation|title= House M.D.: The Complete Series Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/House-MD-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/375123|publisher=Blu-ray.com|language=en|access-date=31 January 2025}}</ref>
|June 23, 2014
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==Merchandise==
For a charity auction, T-shirts bearing the phrase "Everybody Lies" were sold for a limited time starting on April 23, 2007, on Housecharitytees.com. Proceeds from sales of those shirts and others with the phrase "Normal's Overrated" went to the [[National Alliance on Mental Illness]] (NAMI).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvfodder.com/house/archives/2007/04/house_items_for_sale_and_chari.shtml |title="House" Items for Sale and Charity Auction |access-date=June 18, 2009 |date=April 23, 2007 |publisher=TV Fodder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620025601/http://www.tvfodder.com/house/archives/2007/04/house_items_for_sale_and_chari.shtml |archive-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/index.php?v=usa_house_charitytees |title=NBCUniversal Store – House Charity Tees |access-date=June 18, 2009 |publisher=NBCUniversal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930150058/http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/index.php?v=usa_house_charitytees |archive-date=September 30, 2011 }}</ref> ''House'' cast and crew members also regularly attended fundraisers for NAMI and have featured in ads for the organization that appeared in ''[[Seventeen (American magazine)|Seventeen]]'' and ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. The show's efforts raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the charity. Jacobs said that through their association with NAMI, they hoped to take "some of the stigma off that illness".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/features/nami-benefits-from-house-support-1117999266/|title=NAMI benefits from 'House' support|author=Weisman, Jon|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 29, 2009|access-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref>
[[Nettwerk]] released the ''[[House M.D. Original Television Soundtrack]]'' album on September 18, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/get-ready-for-some-house-music-10307.aspx|title=Get Ready for Some 'House' Music|author=Claustro, Lisa|date=September 4, 2007|publisher=[[BuddyTV]]|access-date=November 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019154345/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/get-ready-for-some-house-music-10307.aspx|archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> The soundtrack includes full length versions of songs featured in ''House'' and previously unreleased songs especially recorded for the series.<ref name="IGNnews">{{cite news|title=House Gets A Soundtrack |url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/812/812827p1.html |publisher=[[IGN Music]] |date=August 14, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2008 |author=Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326000050/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/812/812827p1.html |archive-date=March 26, 2009 }}</ref> In 2008, the Spanish game company Exelweiss designed a cellphone game for the show, which was released in both Spanish and English versions.<ref name="EX">{{cite web|url=http://www.exelweiss.com/desarrollo/videojuegos/movil/java/house.php|title=House, the mobile game based on the TV series|publisher=Exelweiss|access-date=August 21, 2008|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807023822/http://www.exelweiss.com/desarrollo/videojuegos/movil/java/house.php|archive-date=August 7, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2009, [[Legacy Interactive]] announced a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group (UPDPG) to develop a video game based on the series, in which players step into the roles of House's diagnostic team to deal with five unusual medical cases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacygames.com/news/press_release/2009/legacy_announces_house_and_murder_she_wrote |title=Companies Announce House M.D. for the PC and Nintendo DS and Murder, She Wrote for the PC |publisher=Legacy Interactive |date=June 2, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102165005/http://legacygames.com/news/press_release/2009/legacy_announces_house_and_murder_she_wrote |archive-date=January 2, 2010 }}</ref> The game, released in May 2010, included a minigame calling upon the player to "navigate a restaurant-placemat-style maze, in which a giant sandwich must avoid hungry physicians on its way to Dr. House's office." It received an [[F (grade)#United States|F]] from ''[[The A.V. Club]]'';<ref name="AVC">{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/house-m-d-1798220056|title=House M.D|newspaper=The A.V. Club|first=David|last=Wolinsky|date=May 17, 2010|access-date=November 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104011623/http://www.avclub.com/articles/house-md%2C41188/|archive-date=November 4, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> however, Legacy updated the game by August 2010.<ref name="AVC" />
==See also==
*''[[Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective]]'' – A Japanese manga and anime television series that follows a similar premise
==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{cite book|last1=Benson |first1=Kristina|title=House M.D.: House MD Season Two Unofficial Guide: The Unofficial Guide to House MD Season 2|publisher=Equity Press|year=2008|isbn=978-1-60332-065-8}}
* {{cite book|last1=Challen|first1=Paul|title = The House that Hugh Laurie Built: An Unauthorized Biography and Episode Guide|___location=Toronto |publisher = ECW Press|year = 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFdE9kXVgDkC&pg=PP1|isbn = 978-1-55022-803-8}}
* {{cite book|last1=Holtz|first1=Andrew|author-link=Andrew Holtz|title=The Medical Science of House, M.D|___location=New York|publisher=Berkley Trade|year=2006|isbn=978-0-425-21230-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/medicalscienceof0000holt}}
* {{cite book|last1=Jacoby|first1=Henry|title=House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies |___location=Hoboken, New Jersey |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tuLybRiuip4C&pg=PP1|isbn=978-0-470-31660-3}}
* {{cite thesis |last1=Law |first1=Locky |title=House M.D. and creativity: A corpus linguistic systemic functional discourse analysis approach |year=2018 |type=PhD dissertation |url=https://theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/9777 |via=PolyU Electronic Theses |publisher=The Hong Kong Polytechnic University}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Law |first1=Locky |title=Creativity and television drama: A corpus-based multimodal analysis of pattern-reforming creativity in House M.D. |journal=Corpora |year=2019 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=135–171 |doi=10.3366/cor.2019.0167|s2cid=201903734 | issn = 1749-5032 }}
* {{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Leah|title=House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner |___location=Dallas Texas |publisher=BenBella Books Distributed by Independent Publishers Group|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ds6sPYerO8AC&pg=PP1|isbn=978-1-933771-23-6}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last = Hockley |first =Luke |year = 2011|title =House the Wounded Healer on Television |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6V2g26HUNFUC&q=House%20the%20Wounded%20Healer%20on%20Television&pg=PP1|publisher= Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-47912-7 }}
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