House is tagged as: house, tv show, tv, drama, video game metal House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show was created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. The show revolves around Dr. Gregory House (British actor Hugh Laurie), a cynical medical genius, who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH). The show’s premise was created by Shore, who got the idea for the curmudgeonly title character from a visit to a teaching hospital. Initially, producer Bryan Singer wanted an American to play House, but British actor Hugh Laurie’s audition convinced him that a foreign actor could play the role. Shore wrote House as a character with parallels to Sherlock Holmes — both are drug users, aloof, and largely friendless. The show’s producers wanted House disabled in some way, and gave the character a damaged leg arising from an improper diagnosis. Dr. House often clashes with his boss, hospital administrator and Dean of Medicine, Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein), because his theories about a patient’s illness tend to be based on subtle or controversial insights. House’s only true friend is Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard), head of the Depa... Read More About House Biography... ![]() ![]() |
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