What is House about?
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
House (2004)
A misanthropic medical genius unravels complex cases with gritty determination and darkly-comic wit.
Cerebral and suspenseful, with dry wit. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video and Hulu.
House parents guide
Some innuendo or implied sex and some strong language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- No real violence
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is House?
- Light gore and no real violence.
- What is House rated, and is it OK for kids?
- For teens, mostly: it is rated TV-14, with some strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byDavid Shore
StarringHugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Odette Annable, Peter Jacobson
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