On what date did House, M.D. premiere on American television?

House, M.D. premiered on American television on November 16, 2004.

The medical drama debuted on Fox and introduced Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House, an unconventional diagnostician at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. The premiere episode, “Pilot,” established the series’ central format: House and his diagnostic team investigate an unusual illness while House challenges conventional medical thinking.

The date is sometimes confused with the show’s international debut dates, which varied by country. It is also separate from the date when production began or when later seasons first aired. House, M.D. became one of Fox’s major scripted successes and remained on the network for eight seasons.

The series was created by David Shore and inspired partly by the medical mystery structure of Sherlock Holmes stories. Its first broadcast season helped establish the character’s distinctive combination of medical expertise, sarcasm, and refusal to follow ordinary hospital procedures.