House

2004 • TMDB 8.6 • 8 seasons • Drama

Overview

At Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, Dr. Gregory House is the doctor other doctors call when every answer has failed. Brilliant, abrasive and addicted to painkillers, House treats every patient as a puzzle and every colleague as a suspect, because as he insists, everybody lies. With his team of young diagnosticians, he chases impossible symptoms through wrong turns, risky gambles and last-minute revelations, while his friendship with oncologist James Wilson and his battles with hospital administrator Lisa Cuddy give the medicine its human cost. House is a medical drama built like a detective story, where the mystery is the human body and the detective is the most difficult man in the hospital.

Creator and Main Cast

House was created by David Shore for FOX. The cast includes Hugh Laurie as Gregory House (176 episodes), Robert Sean Leonard as James Wilson (176 episodes), Omar Epps as Eric Foreman (176 episodes), Jesse Spencer as Robert Chase (176 episodes), Lisa Edelstein as Lisa Cuddy (154 episodes), Jennifer Morrison as Allison Cameron (132 episodes), Peter Jacobson as Chris Taub (105 episodes), and Olivia Wilde as Thirteen (86 episodes).

Seasons Snapshot

House has run for 8 seasons and 176 episodes on FOX. Season 1 premiered on November 16, 2004, and the series closed with Season 8, which aired 22 episodes, ending with the finale “Everybody Dies” (8×22) on May 21, 2012.

Why Watch House?

House is the rare procedural that is as addictive as its hero’s painkillers: every episode is a clever mystery, and Hugh Laurie’s performance turns a deeply flawed man into one of television’s most magnetic leads. The show balances sharp wit, genuine emotion and medical puzzles that keep you guessing until the final scene. If you love detective stories with bite, House will have you hooked from the first differential diagnosis.

Trailer

Watch the official trailer on YouTube: House Season 1 | Trailer | iflix

Where to Watch

In the US, House streams on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Philo. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 29, 2026, and may change over time.