House M.D.

House (also House M.D.) is an American medical drama that David Shore created for Fox. It aired from 16 November 2004 to 21 May 2012, for eight seasons and 177 episodes of about 42 minutes. Each episode follows the hunt for the right diagnosis of an illness that is often life-threatening. In 2008 it was the most-watched television programme in the world, shown in more than sixty countries. It won five Emmys, two Golden Globes, a Peabody and nine People's Choice Awards.

At the centre is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), who leads a diagnostic team at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey: an unconventional, people-averse, painkiller-dependent but brilliant doctor. His disregard for hospital rules brings him into regular conflict with administrator Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), while James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), head of oncology, is his only real friend. His first team is Jesse Spencer, Jennifer Morrison and Omar Epps, later joined by Olivia Wilde, Peter Jacobson and Kal Penn. Laurie won Golden Globes for the role in 2006 and 2007.

The idea came from Paul Attanasio, while Shore developed the title character. Katie Jacobs and Bryan Singer were among the executive producers, and filming took place largely in Century City, Los Angeles. Fox announced on 8 February 2012 that season eight would be the last; the series ended on 21 May 2012 after an hour-long retrospective.