“House” to End Show at The End Of This Season

The producers of the smash hit “House” have announced that after 8 seasons the show will be coming to an end. The FOX medical drama has reached the end of its run and will end after this season’s 177th episode.

Producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Laurie called the decision “a painful one,”. They also said that after all the awards and acclaim the show has brought House stands as “a source of great pride to everyone involved.”

David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie, who are all of the show’s Executive Producers released a statement to Fox News saying,

“After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the 8th, should be the last. By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004. The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years – but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved.”

The show stars Laurie as the eccentric Gregory House, a genius Vicodin addicted doctor who only takes the most ridiculous medical cases. He and his team solve the cases while House verbally abuses everyone involved in his life. House’s masochistic behavior has landed him in jail, prison and psychiatric hospitals throughout the show’s last 8 seasons.

FOX Broadcasting President Kevin Reilly said of the executive producers decision, “While it’s with much regret, and a lump in our throats, we respect the decision. For eight seasons, the entire ‘House’ team has given us — and fans around the world — some of the most compelling characters and affecting stories ever seen on television,”

How do you feel about House leaving television after this season?