House is a dramatic work focused on medicine.
A house is a building that functions as a home , ranging from simple dwellings such as rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes and the improvised shacks in shantytowns to complex , fixed structures of wood , brick , concrete or other materials containing plumbing , ventilation and electrical systems . House is a 1986 American comedy horror film directed by Steve Miner , produced by Sean S. Cunningham , and starring William Katt , George Wendt , Richard Moll , and Kay Lenz . House is a Canadian drama film , released in 1995 . House ( also called House , M.D. ) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons , from November 16 , 2004 to May 21 , 2012 . The series ' main character is Dr. Gregory House ( Hugh Laurie ) , an unconventional , misanthropic medical genius who , despite his dependence on pain medication , leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton -- Plainsboro Teaching Hospital ( PPTH ) in New Jersey .