House M.D. first premiered on Fox in 2004.
The series debuted in the United States on November 16, 2004, with the episode “Pilot.” It introduced Dr. Gregory House, a physician specializing in diagnostic medicine whose unconventional methods and difficult personality drive the series.
David Shore created the show, and its early success helped establish Fox as a major home for scripted medical drama. The program stood out from many hospital series because its stories focused less on routine emergency medicine and more on rare, puzzling illnesses solved through differential diagnosis.
The premiere year is sometimes confused with 2005 because the show’s first season continued into the following calendar year and because its international release schedules varied. In the United States, however, the premiere date was in November 2004. The series then continued for eight seasons before ending in 2012.