Twelve years after its series ended, House has made an appearance on Netflix’s global chart. The medical drama, commonly known as House, M.D., which aired on Fox from 2004 to 2012, centres on the misanthropic yet intelligent physician named Gregory House, who works with his team of diagnosticians to solve a medical mystery in each episode.
Along with Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson, Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde, Amber Tamblyn, Odette Annable, and Charlyne Yi, Hugh Laurie is the head of the House cast.
Twelve years after its series finale aired, Netflix’s Global Top 10 listing features the well-liked medical drama. House, M.D. season 1 saw 36.5 million hours watched and 2.3 million total views during the week of February 5–11.
This came in at number seven for the week, behind the animated sitcom Regular Show season 1 on Cartoon Network and the new true-crime series American Nightmare season 1 on Netflix, which came in sixth and eighth, respectively.
House Remains A Timeless Medical Drama
In the medical mystery drama series House, a medical condition that is challenging to identify usually serves as the antagonist. It centres on Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), a well-known diagnostician with a disability who is well-known for his drug addiction.
House has established himself as one of the most intelligent physicians in the world with his group of elite medical professionals. This is an especially remarkable accomplishment considering that House rarely visits patients in person.
The fact that the program is still ranked among Netflix’s Global Top 10 shows shows how relevant House is even ten years after its conclusion. Unlike other medical dramas like ER and Grey’s Anatomy, House draws a lot of inspiration from classic books like Sherlock Holmes.
Similar to the well-known fictional investigator, Dr. Gregory House is intelligent, unorthodox, and skilled at using logical reasoning to solve challenging puzzles. To further complicate the character, the doctor also becomes dependent on painkillers, just like the detective does from time to time.
House, who struggled with himself in addition to deciphering intricate secrets, enabled the program to go beyond the parameters of the conventional medical drama. The Good Doctor, an ABC medical drama presently in its last season, is another example of this kind of television from creator David Shore.
However, because of the intricate and multifaceted diagnostician at the core of the show, House stands alone as a timeless medical drama.