HOUSE has received an Emmy Award for creator and executive producer David Shore (Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series) and a Golden Globe Award for Hugh Laurie (Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series) and, most recently, an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series.  In its second season, the show was honored by the American Film Institute as one of the TV Programs of the Year and received the Peabody Award for Best of Electronic Media in 2005 and the 2006 Humanitas Prize, honoring Shore.

DR. GREGORY HOUSE (Hugh Laurie) is devoid of anything resembling bedside manner and wouldn’t even talk to his patients if he could get away with it.  Dealing with his own constant physical pain, he uses a cane that seems to punctuate his acerbic, brutally honest demeanor.  While his behavior can border on antisocial, House is a brilliant diagnostician whose unconventional thinking and flawless instincts afford him widespread respect.

An infectious disease specialist, House thrives on the challenge of solving medical puzzles in order to save lives.  He has assembled an elite team of young experts to help him unravel these diagnostic mysteries: neurologist DR. ERIC FOREMAN (Omar Epps); immunologist DR. ALLISON CAMERON (Jennifer Morrison); and intensevist DR. ROBERT CHASE (Jesse Spencer).  House has a good friend and confidant in oncology specialist DR. JAMES WILSON (Robert Sean Leonard), with whom he consults with on a regular basis. 

DR. LISA CUDDY (Lisa Edelstein), the Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator, is in constant conflict with House over his duties and unconventional behavior, but even she would admit that his brilliance is worth the trouble.

In the season two finale, House suffered multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by a former patient’s husband determined to carry out retribution for House’s treatment of his wife’s case. In a shocking surprise to his co-workers, House comes through the ordeal with a slightly new perspective on his treatment of patients -- but will it affect how he makes medical decisions? And will it last? 

Also, has an experimental treatment administered during House’s surgery taken away the leg pain he has suffered for years? And, if so, will that change him, since his constant physical pain has played such a large part in shaping who he is as a person and a doctor? 

HOUSE is from Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions in association with NBC Universal Television Studio.  Katie Jacobs, David Shore, Paul Attanasio, Bryan Singer and Dan Sackheim are executive producers.