


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.
