House season 1
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Season 1 | |
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No. of episodes | 22 |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | November 16, 2004 May 24, 2005 | –
Season chronology | |
The first season of House premiered November 16, 2004,[1] and ended May 24, 2005.[1] The season follows Dr. Gregory House and his team as they solve a medical case each episode. The season's sub-plot revolves around billionaire Edward Vogler making a $100 million donation to the hospital.[2] Through this donation, Vogler becomes the new chairman of the board and orders House to fire one of his team members. Vogler does this to show House he can control him: "I need to know that whatever I ask you to do, however distasteful you find it, you'll do it".[3]
Chi McBride joined the cast as Vogler in five episodes of the season.[4][5] His character was brought in after Universal Studios president Jeff Zucker threatened that the season would be cut short by six episodes if a "boss" character wasn't added.[6] While there were possibilities of the character returning, he was generally disliked by viewers and critics and therefore not brought back to the show.[6] Sela Ward, who would return as the main recurring character of season two, appeared in the final two episodes as Stacy Warner, House's former girlfriend.[7]
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House
- Lisa Edelstein as Dr. Lisa Cuddy
- Omar Epps as Dr. Eric Foreman
- Robert Sean Leonard as Dr. James Wilson
- Jennifer Morrison as Dr. Allison Cameron
- Jesse Spencer as Dr. Robert Chase
Recurring cast
- Chi McBride as Edward Vogler
- Sela Ward as Stacy Warner
- Stephanie Venditto as Nurse Brenda Previn
- Kenneth Choi as Dr. Lim
- Ron Perkins as Dr. Ron Simpson
- Currie Graham as Mark Warner
- Maurice Godin as Dr. Lawrence Hourani
Guest cast
Andrew Airlie, John Patrick Amedori, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Patrick Bauchau, Nicole Bilderback, Brandy, Hedy Burress, Nestor Carbonell, Ever Carradine, John Cho, Sarah Clarke, David Conrad, Christina Cox, Missy Crider, Myndy Crist, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ann Dowd, Stacy Edwards, Carmen Electra, Cynthia Ettinger, Scott Foley, Erin Foster, Kurt Fuller, Wendy Gazalle, Michael A. Goorjian, Peter Graves, Stanislav Grof, Mark Harelik, Roxanne Hart, David Henrie, Aaron Himelstein, Marin Hinkle, Leslie Hope, Lucinda Jenney, Andrew Keegan, Shirley Knight, Harry Lennix, Eddie McClintock, Scott Mechlowicz, Tracy Middendorf, Elizabeth Mitchell, Meredith Monroe, Joe Morton, Danny Nucci, Faith Prince, Dominic Purcell, Daryl Sabara, Amanda Seyfried, Alex Skuby, Jennifer Stone, Robin Thomas, Sam Trammell, Robin Tunney, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Kevin Zegers and Josh Zuckerman.
Reception
Season one gained high Nielsen ratings, averaging 13.3 million viewers an episode.[8] It was 24th most-watched television show of the 2004–2005 television season.[8]
Hugh Laurie submitted the episode "Detox" for consideration at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005. This resulted in his first Emmy Award nomination, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Gregory House.[9]
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" "Everybody Lies" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 16, 2004 | 7.05[10] |
2 | 2 | "Paternity" | Peter O'Fallon | Lawrence Kaplow | November 23, 2004 | 6.09[11] |
3 | 3 | "Occam's Razor" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 30, 2004 | 6.33[12] |
4 | 4 | "Maternity" | Newton Thomas Sigel | Peter Blake | December 7, 2004 | 6.74[13] |
5 | 5 | "Damned If You Do" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara B. Cooper | December 14, 2004 | 6.91[14] |
6 | 6 | "The Socratic Method" | Peter Medak | John Mankiewicz | December 21, 2004 | 6.73[15] |
7 | 7 | "Fidelity" | Bryan Spicer | Thomas L. Moran | December 28, 2004 | 6.91[16] |
8 | 8 | "Poison" | Guy Ferland | Matt Witten | January 25, 2005 | 12.37[17] |
9 | 9 | "DNR" | Frederick King Keller | David Foster | February 1, 2005 | 12.75[18] |
10 | 10 | "Histories" | Dan Attias | Joel Thompson | February 8, 2005 | 14.97[19] |
11 | 11 | "Detox" | Nelson McCormick | Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas L. Moran | February 15, 2005 | 14.22[20] |
12 | 12 | "Sports Medicine" | Keith Gordon | John Mankiewicz & David Shore | February 22, 2005 | 15.53[21] |
13 | 13 | "Cursed" | Daniel Sackheim | Matt Witten & Peter Blake | March 1, 2005 | 15.53[22] |
14 | 14 | "Control" | Randy Zisk | Lawrence Kaplow | March 15, 2005 | 17.33[23] |
15 | 15 | "Mob Rules" | Tim Hunter | David Foster & John Mankiewicz | March 22, 2005 | 17.34[24] |
16 | 16 | "Heavy" | Fred Gerber | Thomas L. Moran | March 29, 2005 | 18.28[25] |
17 | 17 | "Role Model" | Peter O'Fallon | Matt Witten | April 12, 2005 | 15.04[26] |
18 | 18 | "Babies & Bathwater" | Bill Johnson | Story by : Peter Blake Teleplay by : Peter Blake & David Shore | April 19, 2005 | 17.48[27] |
19 | 19 | "Kids" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow | May 3, 2005 | 17.14[28] |
20 | 20 | "Love Hurts" | Bryan Spicer | Sara B. Cooper | May 10, 2005 | 18.80[29] |
21 | 21 | "Three Stories" | Paris Barclay | David Shore | May 17, 2005 | 17.68[30] |
22 | 22 | "Honeymoon" | Frederick King Keller | Lawrence Kaplow & John Mankiewicz | May 24, 2005 | 19.52[31] |
Home media
Set details | Special features | |||
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Country | North America | United Kingdom | Australia |
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# episodes | 22 | |||
Aspect ratio | 1.78:1 | 1.33:1 | ||
Running time | 972 minutes | 999 minutes | 972 minutes | |
Audio | Dolby Digital 5.1 | |||
Subtitles | English, Spanish | — | none | |
# of discs | 3 | 6 | ||
Region | 1 (NTSC) | 2 (PAL) | 4 (PAL) | |
Rating | NOT RATED | 15 | M | |
Release date | August 30, 2005[32] | February 27, 2006[33] | July 12, 2006[34] |
The Region 1 DVD set of Season 1 was issued in non-anamorphic widescreen (meaning those with widescreen TVs would have to use the Zoom button for the show to fit their screen properly, causing the picture to be blurry) on 3 double-sided discs. However, Universal reissued the Season 1 set on February 10, 2009, in the correct anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio, which is now on 6 single-sided discs instead of the 3 double-sided ones.[35]
References
- General
- Challen, Paul (2007). The House that Hugh Laurie Built. ECW Press. pp. 101–334. ISBN 978-1-55022-803-8.
- "House Recaps". Fox. Archived from the original on September 8, 2006. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- Specific
- ^ a b "House Season 1 guide". film.com. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "New 'House' guest". Chicago Tribune. January 31, 2005. p. 28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "TVsubtitles.net - Subtitles for House M.D. episode 1x16 - "House M.D."". www.tvsubtitles.net. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Roberts, Kimberly C. (January 28, 2005). "Chi McBride is in the House". The Philadelphia Tribune.
- ^ Chi McBride at IMDb
- ^ a b Carter, Bill (January 30, 2007). "'House,' Already Strong, Gets a Boost". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ McCollum, Charlie (August 30, 2005). "TV Tonight: House with Sela Ward". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved July 8, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Season 1 Ratings". The Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen Business Media. May 27, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
- ^ "EMMY AWARDS Previous Year Episode Submissions". The Envelope Forum, Los Angeles Times. 2005-09-19. Archived from the original on 2007-02-09. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 23, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. November 30, 2004. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. December 7, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. December 14, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. December 21, 2004. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. December 18, 2004. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. January 4, 2005. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 1, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 8, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 15, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 22, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. March 1, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
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- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. March 29, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. April 5, 2005. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. April 19, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. April 26, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. May 10, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. May 17, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. May 24, 2005. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. June 1, 2005. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ "House on DVD, Release Info, News". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
- ^ "House Season 1 Region 2". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "House Region 4 releases". DVD Orchard. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "House DVD news: Announcement for House – Season 1 (repackaged, anamorphic)". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- Further reading
- Holtz, Andrew (October 3, 2006). The Medical Science of House, M.D.. Berkley Books. ISBN 978-0-425-21230-1.
- Jacoby, Henry (December 3, 2008). House and Philosophy: Everybody Lies. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-31660-3.
- Wilson, Leah (November 1, 2007). House Unauthorized: Vasculitis, Clinic Duty, and Bad Bedside Manner. Benbella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-23-6.
- Benson, Kristina (August 21, 2008). House MD: House MD Season Two Unofficial Guide: The Unofficial Guide to House MD Season 2. Equity Press. ISBN 978-1-60332-065-8.
External links
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