Tagged: House

House loses Cuddy

Lisa Edelstein has opted out of returning for a ninth, and likely final, season of the FOX hit drama, HOUSE. While Dr. House’s season-ending actions leave room for Cuddy’s exit, it will be intriguing to see how the show resolves the remaining conflicts and unanswered questions left hanging at season’s end.

Sure, House is better when he’s solving medical mysteries surrounding hgh releasers or whatever, but the mini-soap-opera in the Huddy coupling will now end on House’s house-wrecking moment, which may not be the final word on the relationship long-time viewers were hoping for.

One former LOSTie moves to House

One-time LOST star Cynthia Watros is setting up House as her post-Lost career. The actress has been cast as the first of Wilson’s three ex-wives, and word has it that when Watros joins the show in April, she’ll be on board for several episodes as… his new girlfriend.

Watros becomes the first Wilson romantic interest since the death of Amber a couple years ago, a season finale that sent both House and Wilson spinning all through last season and much of this season.

So get out your plasma mounts and DVRs… House is worth getting Lost in!

This week’s fall debuts

This information my not be as hard to find as quality Ferrari parts, but it is good information to have handy. The fall TV debut season really swings into full gear this week, with several favorites making their opening bow.

Here’s a list:

Monday 2009-09-21
Castle
Heroes
House

Tuesday 2009-09-22
The Forgotten

Wednesday 2009-09-23
Eastwick
Flash Forward

Thursday 2009-09-24
Mentalist

Friday 2009-09-25
Ghost Whisperer
Dollhouse
Medium
Smallville

Sunday 2009-09-27
Dexter

With the exception of Ghost Whisperer, I’m interested in all these series! At least initially…

Laurie joins top-paid TV actors club

Hugh Laurie won’t need to work behind a retail counter hawking auto parts any time soon, thanks to a new deal that will make him one of the highest-paid actors on television. Laurie is the star of the second-highest rated scripted drama on network TV, Fox’s House M.D.

When the medical drama began in 2004, Laurie wasn’t even making six figures per episode; he received his first bump two seasons ago, and has been hauling in $250,00 to $300,000 per episode over the past two seasons. The new deal will net Laurie around $400,00 per episode, or about $9 million a year.

Only William Peterson of CSI ($600,000 per epi) and Keifer Sutherland of 24 ($500,000 per epi) make significantly more than Laurie, and their shows don’t match the ratings performance of House MD, so the remuneration is well-earned. The contract extension guarantees Laurie will stick with the role of grumpy doc Gregory House for four more seasons, through 2011-2012.