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Critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series, House is now the most watched program on Fox. The show was created by David Shore who won an Emmy Award in 2006 for its first season episode “Three Stories”. Lead actor Hugh Laurie was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2006 and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Male Actor in a Drama Series in 2007. In 2005, House was awarded as TV Program of the Year by the American Film Institute.

Dr. Gregory House is an infectious disease and nephrology specialist who manages the Department of Diagnostic Medicine at the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. Often devoid of bedside manner and unconventional treatments, House would not even talk to his patients. Later on, he impresses them with fast and accurate diagnoses. Always seen playing video games while colleagues or patients talk to him, he often solves medical puzzles in under a minute. Dr. House uses a cane because he was unable to diagnose his own infraction damaging his leg.

The episodes usually feature the practice of entering a patient’s room even without permission in order to search for clues. The show is somewhat of a CSI-type TV program in which “germs were the suspects”. But later on, the plot moved towards the characters instead of the environment.

Though officially based on a real-life diagnostician, House resembles Sherlock Homes in many respects. Both rely on finer details for accurate diagnoses. House is addicted to Vicodin while Holmes uses cocaine out of boredom. Both play musical instruments: House plays the piano while Holmes plays the violin. As a whole, House is an awesome show with fabulous characters. Two thumbs up!