When 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 with the episode “Pilot,” introducing Dr. Gregory House and his diagnostic team at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

The series was created by David Shore and developed with executive producer Bryan Singer. Its central idea combined difficult medical mysteries with House’s unconventional reasoning, abrasive personality, and dependence on a cane. The premiere established the show’s recurring structure: a patient presents with puzzling symptoms, the team tests competing diagnoses, and House challenges assumptions.

House became one of Fox’s most successful scripted dramas and eventually ran for eight seasons. The pilot was broadcast in the United States in November 2004, although international release schedules varied. This date is sometimes confused with the show’s later season premieres or with the date of its series finale, which aired in 2012.