David Shore to Writer's Guild magazine Īfter Fox picked up the show, it acquired the working title Chasing Zebras, Circling the Drain (" zebra" is medical slang for an unusual or obscure diagnosis, while "circling the drain" refers to terminal cases, patients in an irreversible decline). But I quickly began to realize that we needed that character element. We knew the network was looking for procedurals, and Paul came up with this medical idea that was like a cop procedural. Jacobs has said that this stipulation was one of the many influences that led to the show's ultimate form. Fox bought the series, though 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". 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.
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In 2004, David Shore and Paul Attanasio, along with Attanasio's business partner Katie Jacobs, pitched the series (untitled at the time) to Fox as a CSI-style medical detective program, a hospital whodunit in which the doctors investigated symptoms and their causes. The series finale aired on May 21, 2012, following an hour-long retrospective. On February 8, 2012, FOX announced that the eighth season, then in progress, would be its last. The show received numerous awards, including five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody Award, and nine People's Choice Awards. Distributed to 66 countries, House was the most-watched television program in the world in 2008. House was among the top 10 series in the United States from its second season through the fourth season. Chi Park ( Charlyne Yi) join House's team. Cuddy and Masters depart before season eight Foreman becomes the new Dean of Medicine, while Dr. Thirteen takes a leave of absence for most of season seven, and her position is filled by medical student Martha M. Kutner dies late in season five early in season six, Cameron departs the hospital, and Chase returns to the diagnostic team. Chase and Cameron continue to appear occasionally in different roles at the hospital. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley ( Olivia Wilde), Dr. Rejoined by Foreman, House gradually selects three new team members: Dr. At the end of the third season, this team disbands. Allison Cameron ( Jennifer Morrison) and Dr. James Wilson ( Robert Sean Leonard), head of the Department of Oncology.ĭuring the first three seasons, House's diagnostic team consists of Dr. His flouting of hospital rules and procedures frequently leads him into conflict with his boss, hospital administrator and Dean of Medicine Dr. 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. The show received high critical acclaim, and was consistently one of the highest rated series in the United States. It was filmed largely in a neighborhood and business district in Los Angeles County's Westside called Century City. The series's executive producers included Shore, Attanasio, Attanasio's business partner Katie Jacobs, and film director Bryan Singer. The series's premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character. Gregory House ( Hugh Laurie), an unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who, despite his dependence on pain medication, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. House (also called House, M.D.) is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from Novemto May 21, 2012.