The BMJ gives House, M.D. three out of four stars
“But, like so many top-class US series, this is fantasy with a knowing edge. It is a rebellion against blandness—ratings were tepid until House was scheduled immediately after American Idol, a talent show in which Britain’s Simon Cowell lacerates wannabe pop stars. Verbal brutality sells these days.
Doctors may well enjoy watching a stubbly, tieless consultant who fights with hospital management (and wins), challenges patients to sue him if they dare, and unleashes vitriolic sarcasm on a trendy mum who refuses to have her child vaccinated.” (via Medpundit)
