High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! House (also known as House, M.D.) is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show`s central character is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) in New Jersey. The show`s premise originated with Paul Attanasio, while David Shore, who is credited as creator, was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character. The show`s executive producers include Shore, Attanasio, Attanasio`s business partner Katie Jacobs, and film director Bryan Singer. It is largely filmed in Century City.