House M.D. premiered on Fox in 2004. The medical drama debuted in the United States on November 16, 2004, introducing Gregory House, a brilliant but abrasive diagnostician who leads a team at a fictional New Jersey teaching hospital.
The series was created by David Shore and produced with contributions from Katie Jacobs and David Foster. Its format combined difficult medical mysteries with the personal conflicts surrounding House’s unconventional methods, addiction, disability, and strained relationships.
The show became one of Fox’s major international successes. Although its title is usually written as House, the full title House M.D. is widely used to distinguish it from unrelated works called House. The series ran for eight seasons and concluded in 2012, making its 2004 premiere the beginning of an unusually long network television run for a medical mystery drama.