'House' exclusive: Will Hugh Laurie check out next year?

House is brilliant! I think they could go on and do a few more series but I don’t think they should drag it on for to long like they did with E.R. The first 4 series of House were the best for me.

I hope this show does continue.. It is one of the best shows on tv!

Season Seven was, apparently, Jump the Shark Season. There were a number of episodes I simple turned off or tuned out of. The final episode was no “Crowning Glory” unless you consider House revealing an honest emotion at the cost of a car, several friendships, and, essentially, his life. If there is a season 8, Sure, I’ll watch at least the start of it if for no other reason than to see how in any way they recover from this ending “Oh, what, it was another dream sequence, just an internal expression of anger? Yep, you did that once, why not do it again”

House started out as a Medical Drama heavy on the Medical, light on the Drama. It’s now occasional medical that seems to be getting in the way of overpowering, and frankly uninteresting Drama.

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The season was weaker………….but it has been an
artistic delight to watch. ON THIS SEASON,
THOUGH, these closing episodes are so………..amazing that I wish it could stay on…………if they could just do it one more year……….they are getting on track again. And Hugh Laurie is a genius……the whole show is so great……In any event, thank you to the entire cast and Hugh Laurie.
It was a memorable experience………

Sadly, I agree. I’ll be upset without more House… but I think it’s time to stop, before it just gets worse. At least I have my seasons 1-4 dvds to keep me company!

I think it could go on, definitely, but I’d rather the show go out at the top, creatively, and leave fans clamouring for more, than the show continuing for a few more years and somehow losing its charm and creativity.

that’s a terrible comment. it’s a fantastic show, it has fantastic ratings, and a fantastic cast. do you really want to put FOX out of business by canceling it?

i like house but if you watch like 3 or 4 episodes in one day you see that every episode is nearly the same: new mysterie, wrong medicine, wrong medicine, house finds the answer… that’s boring!

I’m really going to miss 24. If House goes too it will be too sad. I think House has at least a season left – if only to explore the relationship between House and Cuddy that just got re-ignited at the end of last season!

Just because the show changed a bit doesn’t mean it’s now stale. They changed the dynamic by moving around characters. It made it more interesting. I hope they go for as long as they have good writing, and interested actors.

Alex, I agree. Seasons 1-3 were perfect and House has been trying to regain the magic ever since. I still believe the show can go out on a high note (and have an amazing run overall), but 8 seasons should be the max.

In season 7 they can get Huddy out of their system and then tackle the serious issues in season 8; like will House finally amputate his leg.

I agree Alex. While I do think S4-S6 had some good moments (mostly House/Wilson scenes), they don’t hold a candle to S1-S3. They should’ve stuck with the Law and Order format/Sherlock HolmesWatson medical drama it started out as. I was sad when Seinfeld when off the air, but totally agree with LD/JS that it was best to go out on top than on the bottom. Next year will be make or break for House. Here’s hoping they can rekindle some of their old magic.

This show can easily go to season nine with out becoming trite. Since the departure of 24, FOX’s heavy hitters include House, Fringe and AI. If house goes after next year, FOX would be in deep sh** to fill the ever-so-important Monday prime time slot.

I love the program House and would hope it continues well past season 8! No reason it can’t. Hell, it just got better with a whole new angle of plot directions thanks to the killer finale. Lets see House become a daddy!!! That ought to be a riot!

yup thats what fox wants, a show that CONSISTANTLY gets 5Million viewers and the low 2′s in the demo

House will blunder on — if they can convince Laurie to stay — for the simple reason that without 24 and with AI in deep trouble without Simon, Fox simply can’t lose the viewers. I have to say, being a huge Jennifer Morrison fan, I stopped watching when she left and apparently missed some good shows this spring.

The problem with what’s happened in the season finale – ie Huddy becoming a relationship for next season – is that the viewers don’t have any alternative. In other hit shows – Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Friends, etc. the supporting characters were always important enough that if you didn’t like the “main” couple on the show you didn’t have to watch them, you could focus on other characters – like the Mer-Der storyline. Now they’ve gotten together they’re not such a big feature anymore, but that’s okay. The problem with “Huddy” is that “House” will always HAVE to be the main character – it’s all in the name. So if you don’t like Huddy, you’re going to be forced to watch it, because the show is essentially all about House. And I think the creators have grossly overestimated the number of people who actually want to watch this romance.

a coworker and I actually mapped this out on our whiteboard at work during season 5. It was a picture of Fonze approaching the ramp to jump the shark. Halfway down the ramp was labeled “Huddy” and actually over the shark was labeled “House = happy”. On the approach to the ramp were smaller bullets like Kutner’s ridiculous and unnecessary suicide. Point being – the show hasn’t necessarily jumped the shark -yet-, but the momentum is going in a very very bad direction.

LOL @Liz. Good one!

@Sofia, have you never kept watching a once great show in hopes that it would reclaim its former quality?

You suck if you think that everyone that doesn’t share your opinion sucks.

Agreed. They can keep going, for sure, it’s still a very successful show in terms of rating but, as you, I want to see ‘House’ going out on a high note.

What storylines House changing diapears and do this what cuddy want. Awful stuff

i think Season 8 would be a perfect place to end. Get Huddy out of the way, and end like Katie Said here. i wouldn’t even mind if House/Cuddy were just friends. the complete lack of Wilson in s6 finale was appalling. I think season 7 should be about getting Huddy over with, and let Season 8 wind things down, with House and Wilson being the best friends they used to be.

I couldn’t agree more. TPTB think that because the tweenage Huddy fangirls are loud, obnoxious, and swarm every board with their juvenile comments that they are a majority (and people like Ausiello don’t help, either). The truth is, the majority of people DO NOT WANT HUDDY. Huddy is/will be the nail in the coffin for House, MD.

@Liz

Yes, it’s true that total viewers have declined, but the show still ranks very high in the 18-49 demographics which is what most shows and advertisers crave for. The finale had a 4.2 rating. Compare it to most shows that average in the mid 2+ ratings. Besides Glee, House is the highest scripted show for Fox.

@Liz

Yes, it’s true that total viewers have declined, but the show still ranks very high in the 18-49 demographics which is what most shows and advertisers crave for. The finale had a 4.2 rating. Compare it to most shows that average in the mid 2+ ratings. Besides Glee, House is the highest scripted show for Fox.

Mine too HATE WILSON And HILSON

The ratings were in the toilet for season six due to
too much Wilson -Hilson played for Sitcom laughs
Boring Patient-Diabala
Too much Luddy
NOT ENOUGH CUDDY AND HUDDY
Not enough drama

I really think you should take it lightly and with a grain of salt. it’s only about joking with House. no harm intended. and i agree, Canada rules!

Oh, Huddy is for idiots? Yet Huddy haters, represented by Liz’s eloquent comment, can’t seem to comprehend the difference between “lose” and “loose”. Pretty sure that means you have no right to call anybody an idiot.

I expect that the House/Cuddy romance next season will be complicated, contentious, hilarious, sexy as hell, unconventional, and devastatingly engaging. I do not expect a cotton-candy approach from this terrific show or its creative team.

And I am a 59 year old grandmother who had all the idealism knocked out of me several decades ago. Which is why I absolutely love the House/Cuddy romance and can’t wait to see it explored in season 7.

Stolen underware, stinky bombs, trip wires, yes huddy is such a complicated, adult relationship.
I’m curious to see how many people will see the huddy show, I bet I’ll have a lot of fun when the viewers’s erosion wil get bigger and bigger

Erin, what the hell? Are you five? Do us a favor and grow up.

It got 16 million, not 20. And that’s only because it didn’t have Dancing With The Stars as a competition.

Who is Stephen Frye ?
and why do I care. MORE LISA E.

You guys are just reinforcing your opinion with words and nothing more. You have no way of knowing that Season 7 will be all about Huddy and I think you guys should stop making so many assumptions. It’s obvious your Huddy hate comes from wanting House w/ another person but few will say that. I’m left wondering how many will come back and swear they don’t support a ship at all, they just don’t like Huddy. The Huddy hate and rude comments about Huddy fan girls make you all sound bitter and very biased. Too bad it pretty much negates your opinions.

I agree with you. The ratings are dropping, so you are not the only one who thinks to changes are toob big. I also enjoyed the show very much till last season, now just all these relatinship & drama storylines don’t get me… I just wishfor more humore, clinic and medicine in MD. At least I hope there’s a slight chance the next season will be better. 13-free episodes definately will make me happy

This season was ok….and i didn’t think this season finale was anywhere near the best work house has done….i thought it was ok…

Ellen, don’t forget that this year Chase killed a dictator! And Cameron suddenly left because she is “unfixable,” and House was able to replace his Vicodin pain medication with ibuprofen, and House and Cuddy – a crippled diagnostician and a hospital administrator – were the two who got to crawl through wreckage to rescue victims in a crane disaster. And that’s all from Season 6! Maybe House and Cuddy will attend their senior prom in next season’s finale, and a tornado comes and…

:p- If I were being nice, I’d say check the DVR numbers, the Hulu views, and so on and then come back and talk about ratings. If I’m not being nice then I’d that’s what happens when you schedule a thought provoking genre show against an easy to follow show about pretty doctors with problems. You decide which one you want.

I don’t get the feeling that Hugh is about the money. He has more than enough and he is multi-faceted in his talents, if the show ends, he will move along to something else and be as success. The man is a class act and I will forever watch him in whatever he does.

They did that during season 4 and we all know what happened: ratings when down

Let’s see: the huddy promo at the end of season 5, then season 6 with House being pathetic because of Cuddy, Lucas used just as a twist for huddy, DS and KJ talking all the time about huddy: yes, it was all about huddy. Even professional critics define House as ‘a ludricous soap opera’.
We’ll see

Or Huddy md
Really, it’s easy to say that things won’t be good for the show

Chase adds hotness to the show. That’s enough for me

Jennifer Morrison was never fired , Cameron’s storyline was coming to an close . Jen will be back for a few episodes to tie up a few loose ends to Cameron ‘s story which shoukd be interesting .

The man is an absolite freak of nature…with that TALENT – There is not a trace of an accent and I love his smile it’s kinda impish and very sexy at the same time. You’re right he does make fun of everybody – I just wondered if there was a reason for the Canada thing. I guess there isn’t….
Suzanne from Montreal Canada

EVERY show needs development and change or else it does get boring. The ONLY shows that can sustain good ratings and popularity without messing with the format are the Law & Order franchises. But we’ll see how L&O LA turns out.

It was not a ” jump the shark ” moment , it was a progression . A “jump the shark ” moment would be if House finds himself stumbling into an invisible time portal in his apartment and finding himself transported back a year later . A progression means House will change into a better person , if not 100 percent , and he will still be rude and crude , but only to those who truly deserves it .

He can’t jump the shark he is a cripple. Cripples don’t jump
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“They want to go home and have him do stuff for the BBC.”

Yes please. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen him do the stuff he does bast at home.

““I have the brain of a hamster and I can’t think beyond 5 o’clock this afternoon. I really am that stupid.”

Yeah, right. Where was it he met Stephen Fry? One of the top universities on the planet. That’s all. He’s wasted in something as formulaic as this show.

Lisa E Says Your Welcome,No Problem at all

Erin, you have a big problem: you’re an idiot! Keep spamming, you’re giving me a good laugh, no wonder that only people like you love this huddy crap: stupidity likes company

@Lor – the tragedy is that DS & Co. have catered to those moronic Huddy fangirls and destroyed a once great show. Changing character’s histories and creating backstories where there were none is not only a bad idea, it’s just plain lazy.
I adore Hugh Laurie and think he’s an amazing actor, and House was an amazing character, but DS has done Hugh a huge disservice with his ridiculous pandering to a small minority of fans.
DS deserves everything he gets.

Yes, those “Huddy morons.” What clever people you are. Thank God! we have you brilliant prophets of wisdom to condescendingly tell us how ignorant we truly are.

I do,I do, I do Would love a Huddy and Wilsam double date

we know why the ratings were bad this season : No Huddy, no Lisa edelstein… Season 7 will be interesting. I love this show, the actors so much.
And I don’t understand the haters.

YOU ARE AN IDIOT!

Come on, for a huddy that means a lot! I mean, huddy and huddy sex are the only things in their brains

Oh yeah? How do you know all [or even most of the] 16 million stopped watching because of the ‘boring huddy thing.’ Take a personal poll of all 16 mil., did you? Or are you just another Enrico Fermi and deduced by averages that that many people HAD to hate huddy and thus left because of it?

“Even LisaE said that this story wasn’t there from the start and that she suggested it to Shore. ”
Umm.. when did she say that? can you tell me the source, please?

*high five* I agree with you

Ppl should learn that 1- this is not real life, 2- actress is not the caracter.

This is called ass kisser

Yes, let ignore millions and millions of viewers that left the show, and according to you they are all hamerons. I’m impressed with hams then

Let’s see: a poster reported LE interview, few posters said they were disappointed and then huddies came here screaming about a Bashing LE fest? For few posts among 500?
huddies are such drama queens!

Even if she did come up with an idea about Huddy who cares? What’s the big deal? People are acting like she came up with the idea for genocide or something. Why should anyone have to make excuses if she had ideas for her character and one idea or more for Huddy? Is that a crime? Is that a bad thing? Has she come up with all or most of the Huddy written in almost every single episode of the series? No. If she likes Huddy does that make her bad? No. Huddy haters can be jerks, but people who try to twist things around to hate on Lisa because of it are just sad. She is the favorite whipping boy of the other ships. They need someone to blame and lash out at irrationally after all.

You could not be more wrong. Wilson and House/Wilson are the best parts of the show. There is no such thing as too much House/Wilson. Yeah, some of the House/Wilson episodes this season were a bit silly, the drama and angst is where RSL and the whole House/Wilson relationship really shines, but still, it is in fact Huddy that is ruining the show. The best thing about the show for the first few seasons was that it didn’t waste time on stupid soapy storylines like Huddy. If they want to improve the show the best way to do that is have much, much more Wilson and House/Wilson, and get rid of all the stupid, ridiculous Huddy nonnsense.

Because huli or whatever you idiots call it, has more sense of that hunnifer idiocy. Huddies and hams have this in common: they’re all morons

Oh wait, she played a whore in an episode of west wing, wow she is the best actress of the whole wide world, really she deserves an oscar

Sorry for the multiple posts

Erin Bowers, um, wow. You’re comment really saddens me quite a lot.

Part of the buzz? Let’s say a big big part of the buzz. The problem is that an even bigger part is simple not interested anymore

And indeed he accepted a role in the movie Orange. See, he’s already searching for something else

IA.

WRONG!!!!!!! House is far from being the best scripted show, NCIS is, and the rating prove that.

You are right…it would have been axed after the first huddy scene!

When one of the best writer decides to leave a show, it’s never a good sign for that show!