The first season of ''
House
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'' premiered November 16, 2004,
and ended May 24, 2005.
The season follows Dr.
Gregory House
Gregory House, M.D. is the titular protagonist of the American medical drama series ''House''. Created by David Shore and portrayed by English actor Hugh Laurie, he leads a team of diagnosticians and is the Head of Diagnostic Medicine at the f ...
and his team as they solve a medical case each episode. The season's sub-plot revolves around billionaire
Edward Vogler
This page is a comprehensive list and description of the various characters who appear, from time to time, in the television series ''House (TV series), House''. The list is divided episode-wise, as well as character-wise, and includes recurring ...
making a $100 million donation to the hospital.
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".
Chi McBride
Kenneth "Chi" McBride ( ; born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He has appeared in films, where he is known primarily as a character actor, and in television, where he has had numerous starring roles.
In film, he has played prominent ro ...
joined the cast as Vogler in five episodes of the season.
His character was brought in after
Universal Studios
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president
Jeff Zucker
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threatened that the season would be cut short by six episodes if a "boss" character wasn't 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.
Sela Ward
Sela Ann Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American actress, author, and producer. Her breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series ''Sisters'' (1991–1996), for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...
, who would return as the main recurring character of season two, appeared in the final two episodes as
Stacy Warner
Stacy Warner is a fictional recurring character portrayed by Sela Ward on the Fox Broadcasting Company's medical drama ''House''. She was in a relationship with Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), when a clotted aneurysm in his right thigh led to an ...
, House's former girlfriend.
Cast and characters
Main cast
*
Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. The two men acted together in a ...
as
Dr. Gregory House
*
Lisa Edelstein Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
as
Dr. Lisa Cuddy
*
Omar Epps
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as
Dr. Eric Foreman
*
Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Lawrence Leonard (born February 28, 1969), known by his stage name Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He is best known for playing Dr. James Wilson in the television series ''House'' (2004–2012) and Neil Perry in the film ''Dea ...
as
Dr. James Wilson
*
Jennifer Morrison
Jennifer Marie Morrison is an American actress, director, producer, and former child model. She is mainly known for her roles as Dr. Allison Cameron in the medical-drama series ''House'' (2004–2012) and Emma Swan in the ABC adventure-fantasy s ...
as
Dr. Allison Cameron
*
Jesse Spencer
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as
Dr. Robert Chase
Recurring cast
*
Chi McBride
Kenneth "Chi" McBride ( ; born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He has appeared in films, where he is known primarily as a character actor, and in television, where he has had numerous starring roles.
In film, he has played prominent ro ...
as
Edward Vogler
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*
Sela Ward
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as
Stacy Warner
Stacy Warner is a fictional recurring character portrayed by Sela Ward on the Fox Broadcasting Company's medical drama ''House''. She was in a relationship with Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), when a clotted aneurysm in his right thigh led to an ...
* Stephanie Venditto as
Nurse Brenda Previn
*
Kenneth Choi
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as
Dr. Lim
* Ron Perkins as
Dr. Ron Simpson
*
Currie Graham
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as
Mark Warner
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*
Maurice Godin as
Dr. Lawrence Hourani
Guest cast
Andrew Airlie
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Early life
Airlie was born in Glasgow, Scotland on September 18, 1961.
Career
He has starred in television series including ''Breaker High'' and his TV credits include g ...
,
John Patrick Amedori
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Amedori appeared in the film ''The Vatican Tapes'' (2015). He has also appeared in a number of television shows, including '' ...
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Skye McCole Bartusiak
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,
Patrick Bauchau
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Nicole Bilderback
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Brandy
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Hedy Burress
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Nestor Carbonell
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Ever Carradine
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John Cho
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Sarah Clarke
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David Conrad
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Early life
Conrad is the youngest of three sons born to James Watson Conrad, an ...
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Christina Cox
Christina Cox (born July 31, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actress and stuntwoman.
Early life
Christina Cox was born in a town on the outskirts of Toronto, the youngest of three daughters. She is Canadian of Caribbean (Jamaican) descen ...
, Missy Crider,
Myndy Crist
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Award at the 2019 Riverside International Film Festival for her role in the 2018 fi ...
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Nicholas D'Agosto
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Ann Dowd
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Stacy Edwards
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Carmen Electra
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Cynthia Ettinger
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Scott Foley
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Erin Foster
Erin Taylor Foster is an American writer, performer and entrepreneur.
Career
Foster was a writer on the NBC sitcom '' The New Normal''. With her sister Sara Foster, she created the TV series ''Barely Famous'' on VH1. It is a mockumentary satire ...
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Kurt Fuller
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, Wendy Gazalle,
Michael A. Goorjian
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Peter Graves
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Stanislav Grof
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Mark Harelik
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Early life
Harelik was born in Hamilton, Texas.
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,
Roxanne Hart
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David Henrie
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Aaron Himelstein
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Marin Hinkle
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Leslie Hope
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Lucinda Jenney
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Jenney was born in Long Island City in 1954.
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She began her acting career in 1979 with the film ''Impostors''. Several roles followed throughout the 1980s, with app ...
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Andrew Keegan
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Shirley Knight
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Harry Lennix
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Eddie McClintock
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Scott Mechlowicz
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Tracy Middendorf
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Elizabeth Mitchell
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Meredith Monroe
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Joe Morton
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Danny Nucci
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Faith Prince
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Dominic Purcell
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Daryl Sabara
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Amanda Seyfried
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Alex Skuby
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Jennifer Stone
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Robin Thomas
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* Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae
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Sam Trammell
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Robin Tunney
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, Kristoffer Ryan Winters,
Kevin Zegers
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and
Josh Zuckerman
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.
Reception
Season one gained high
Nielsen ratings
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, averaging 13.3 million viewers an episode.
It was 24th most-watched television show of the 2004–2005 television season.
Hugh Laurie submitted the episode "
Detox
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" for consideration at the
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
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The ceremony, which aired three weeks after H ...
in 2005. This resulted in his first
Emmy Award
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nomination, for
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Gregory House.
Episodes
Home media
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.
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