House’s new sounding boards cast?

It looks like Hugh Laurie will have three new apprentice doctors to torture this season on his hit Fox drama, HOUSE M.D., not two as originally planned. Although series originals Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer and Omar Epps remain on the show in new capacities, online sources indicate the network has settled on Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson as Dr. House’s new playmates and sounding boards.

In the episodes aired to date, House has made candidates for the open positions endure reality-show style trials in order to “survive the next rounds of cuts.” About the only humiliation not endured to date is House demanding they all wear baby clothes while performing surgery – but that portion of the storyline isn’t over yet, so you never know!

In reality, producers had a handful of actors they were seriously considering for different roles, but wanted to test their on-screen chemistry with Laurie before committing to any casting decisions.