House season 1 explained

Season Number:1
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Num Episodes:22
Network:Fox
Next Season:Season 2
Episode List:List of House episodes

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] 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 was not added. While there were possibilities of the character returning, he was generally disliked by viewers and critics and therefore not brought back to the show.[5] 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.[6]

Cast and characters

See also: List of House cast members.

Main cast

Recurring cast

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 Gazelle, 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.[7] It was the 24th most-watched television show of the 2004–2005 television season.[7]

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.[8]

Episodes

See main article: List of House episodes.

Home media

Set detailsSpecial features
CountryNorth AmericaUnited KingdomAustralia
  • Bonus Featurettes:
    • Dr. House
    • Medical cases
    • Casting session with Hugh Laurie
    • The Concept
    • Set Tour
    • House-isms
  1. episodes
22
Aspect ratio1.78:11.33:1
Running time972 minutes999 minutes972 minutes
AudioDolby Digital 5.1
SubtitlesEnglish, Spanishnone
  1. of discs
36
Region1 (NTSC)2 (PAL)4 (PAL)
RatingNOT RATED15M
Release date[9] [10] [11]
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.[12]

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: film.com. House Season 1 guide. July 8, 2009.
  2. News: New 'House' guest. https://archive.today/20130131210720/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/786970251.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+31,+2005&author=ZAP2ITCOM&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=28&desc=New+'House'+guest. dead. January 31, 2013. Chicago Tribune. 28. January 31, 2005.
  3. Web site: TVsubtitles.net - Subtitles for House M.D. episode 1x16 - "House M.D.". www.tvsubtitles.net. 2019-02-13.
  4. News: Chi McBride is in the House. The Philadelphia Tribune. Roberts. Kimberly C.. January 28, 2005.
  5. News: 'House,' Already Strong, Gets a Boost. The New York Times. Carter. Bill. January 30, 2007. July 8, 2009.
  6. News: TV Tonight: House with Sela Ward. McCollum. Charlie. August 30, 2005. San Jose Mercury News. July 8, 2009.
  7. Web site: Season 1 Ratings. The Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen Business Media. May 27, 2005. July 4, 2008.
  8. News: EMMY AWARDS Previous Year Episode Submissions. 2005-09-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20070209015210/http://goldderbyforums.latimes.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1106078764/m/4121063191. dead. 2007-02-09. The Envelope Forum, Los Angeles Times. 2007-07-04.
  9. Web site: House on DVD, Release Info, News. TVShowsOnDVD.com. February 27, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090301055918/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shows/House/8540. March 1, 2009.
  10. Web site: House Season 1 Region 2. February 27, 2006 . Amazon.co.uk. June 12, 2009.
  11. Web site: House Region 4 releases. DVD Orchard. June 12, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090703005648/http://www.dvdorchard.com.au/productfound.asp?Qno=TBCTIC0TPC0&SearchString=house+MD&NoRecs=&Images=&Disc=False&S1=True&S2=True&S3=True&NoCache=0.6644709. July 3, 2009.
  12. Web site: House DVD news: Announcement for House – Season 1 (repackaged, anamorphic). TVShowsOnDVD.com. 2012-04-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222144604/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/House-Season-1-Repackage/11207. 2014-02-22.

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