House | |
---|---|
Season 1 | |
![]() Season 1 DVD cover | |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | November 16, 2004 – May 24, 2005 |
Season chronology | |
The first season of House premiered November 16, 2004, [1] and ended May 24, 2005. [1] The season follows Dr. Gregory House and his team as they solve a medical case each episode. The season's sub-plot revolves around billionaire Edward Vogler making a $100 million donation to the hospital. [2] Through this donation, Vogler becomes the new chairman of the board and orders House to fire one of his team members. Vogler does this to show House he can control him: "I need to know that whatever I ask you to do, however distasteful you find it, you'll do it". [3]
Chi McBride joined the cast as Vogler in five episodes of the season. [4] [5] His character was brought in after Universal Studios president Jeff Zucker threatened that the season would be cut short by six episodes if a "boss" character was not added. [6] While there were possibilities of the character returning, he was generally disliked by viewers and critics and therefore not brought back to the show. [6] Sela Ward, who would return as the main recurring character of season two, appeared in the final two episodes as Stacy Warner, House's former girlfriend. [7]
Andrew Airlie, John Patrick Amedori, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Patrick Bauchau, Nicole Bilderback, Brandy, Hedy Burress, Nestor Carbonell, Ever Carradine, John Cho, Sarah Clarke, David Conrad, Christina Cox, Missy Crider, Myndy Crist, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ann Dowd, Stacy Edwards, Carmen Electra, Cynthia Ettinger, Scott Foley, Erin Foster, Kurt Fuller, Wendy Gazelle, Michael A. Goorjian, Peter Graves, Stanislav Grof, Mark Harelik, Roxanne Hart, David Henrie, Aaron Himelstein, Marin Hinkle, Leslie Hope, Lucinda Jenney, Andrew Keegan, Shirley Knight, Harry Lennix, Eddie McClintock, Scott Mechlowicz, Tracy Middendorf, Elizabeth Mitchell, Meredith Monroe, Joe Morton, Danny Nucci, Faith Prince, Dominic Purcell, Daryl Sabara, Amanda Seyfried, Alex Skuby, Jennifer Stone, Robin Thomas, Sam Trammell, Robin Tunney, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Kevin Zegers, and Josh Zuckerman.
Season one gained high Nielsen ratings, averaging 13.3 million viewers an episode. [8] It was the 24th most-watched television show of the 2004–2005 television season. [8]
Hugh Laurie submitted the episode "Detox" for consideration at the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005. This resulted in his first Emmy Award nomination, for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Gregory House. [9]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Pilot" "Everybody Lies" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 16, 2004 | 7.05 [10] | |
Rebecca Adler (Robin Tunney), a 29-year-old kindergarten teacher, becomes aphasic and collapses from a seizure in her classroom. Dr. Gregory House initially refuses the case until Dr. James Wilson tells him that Rebecca is his cousin. When Dr. Lisa Cuddy tries to make House fulfill his clinical duties, he refuses but is forced to do them when his authorization to the MRI is revoked. He diagnoses Rebecca with cerebral vasculitis and her condition improves with treatment. To find the source of Rebecca's seizures, House convinces Dr. Eric Foreman to break into Rebecca's house. At the hospital, Rebecca suddenly loses her vision and suffers another seizure. Foreman discovers ham at Rebecca's house, revealing both Wilson's lie (Wilson is Jewish and the presence of ham indicates Rebecca is not, thereby suggesting the two are not related) and the cause of the seizure—tapeworms (namely, a tapeworm larva embedded in her brain). When Rebecca refuses treatment, House persuades her otherwise by proving her condition with a non-invasive X-ray suggested by Dr. Robert Chase, which depicts a tapeworm larva embedded in her leg, supporting their diagnosis. Final diagnosis: Neurocysticercosis | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Paternity" | Peter O'Fallon | Lawrence Kaplow | November 23, 2004 | 6.09 [11] | |
A 16-year-old high school student, Dan (Scott Mechlowicz), starts suffering night terrors and frequent hallucinations after playing lacrosse at school. Dan's parents take him to see Dr. House after receiving a letter that Cameron sent in House's name. Upon meeting the family, House begins a bet to determine whether they are his biological parents. After Dan exhibits more symptoms, including a myoclonic twitch and a blocked blood vessel, House diagnoses Dan. Dan suffers from an auditory hallucination during a procedure, however, ruling out House's diagnosis. Using coffee cups from the parents, House does an unauthorized paternity test and discovers that neither parent is biologically related to Dan. House flashbacks to a case he had earlier that involved a mother who did not want her baby to be vaccinated and theorizes that Dan is suffering from a measles virus contracted during his childhood. House confirms his diagnosis with a retinal biopsy and successfully cures Dan. Final diagnosis: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis | |||||||
3 | 3 | "Occam's Razor" | Bryan Singer | David Shore | November 30, 2004 | 6.33 [12] | |
A college student named Brandon (Kevin Zegers) collapses after having sex with his fiancée. His symptoms seem too numerous to be explained by just one disease. Foreman and House suggest different diagnoses with each one arguing that his own respective theory better conforms to Occam's razor. But then Brandon's white blood cell count drops, proving both doctors wrong. At the clinic pharmacy, House theorizes that the pharmacist accidentally gave Brandon colchicine instead of cough medicine, which explains all of his symptoms aside from his cough. House gives Brandon the cure, and he immediately begins to recover, though nobody believes the pharmacist made a mistake. However, when Brandon comments that his old cough medicine did not have letters on it like his current pills, House discovers colchicine pills that look similar to cough medicine, revealing the source and confirming House's diagnosis. Final diagnosis: Colchicine poisoning and mild chest infection | |||||||
4 | 4 | "Maternity" | Newton Thomas Sigel | Peter Blake | December 7, 2004 | 6.74 [13] | |
After overhearing a conversation about a sick baby, House investigates the maternity ward and predicts an epidemic. After realizing the severity of the disease, Cuddy quarantines the maternity ward. In an effort to discover the source of the epidemic, House begins treating the children. However, when the kidneys of two of the children shut down, House is forced to test which drug caused the failure, resulting in one of the babies dying. Following an autopsy, the team discovers the presence of echovirus 11, CMV, and parvovirus B19 antibodies. They test the mothers and decide the cause of the epidemic is the Echovirus. Using an experimental antivirus, they successfully cure the remaining babies. House, determined to find the entry point of the virus, finds an elderly hospital volunteer coughing and wiping her nose as she pushes around a cart of baby toys and blankets and makes the connection. Final diagnosis: Echovirus 11 | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Damned If You Do" | Greg Yaitanes | Sara B. Cooper | December 14, 2004 | 6.91 [14] | |
Sister Augustine (Elizabeth Mitchell) arrives at the hospital with her hands covered in severe rash, which her fellow nuns think looks like stigmata and which House diagnoses as dermatitis caused by a dish soap allergy. When the antihistamines he gives her cause an asthma attack, House administers epinephrine, and she suffers a minor heart attack. House's team suspects that House made a mistake with the epinephrine, but when they try to find the source of her problems, she suffers hallucinations, convulsions and a rash appears on her leg. Cuddy pulls House off of the case when she hears of House's methodology. An investigation of the convent reveals figwort tea, which explains only the reaction with the epinephrine. She is placed in a hypoallergenic room but inexplicably still has an allergic reaction. But when she begins shouting that she has God inside her, it allows House to find a copper IUD inside her uterus. The device is surgically removed and she fully recovers. Final diagnosis: Allergy to Copper IUD | |||||||
6 | 6 | "The Socratic Method" | Peter Medak | John Mankiewicz | December 21, 2004 | 6.73 [15] | |
A mother, Lucille Palmeiro (Stacy Edwards), collapses after a blood clot travels from her leg to her heart. After arriving in the hospital, she begins to vomit blood, causing House to expect a Vitamin K deficiency. House's team discover unused Ampicillin and frozen microwave burgers, supporting House's diagnosis. An ultrasound of Lucille's liver reveals cirrhosis and a cancerous tumor. The tumor is too large to resect but House orders the team to shrink the tumor with an injection of ethanol so that the surgeon will operate. They are still unable to explain the cirrhosis. However, Lucille, in a decision House claims to be inconsistent with her schizophrenia, calls Social Services to take her son. The team consider that Wilson's disease could explain all symptoms and an eye exam shows copper-colored rings around her irises. Lucille receives treatment, is healed, and reunites with her son. Final diagnosis: Vitamin K deficiency, hepatocellular carcinoma, and Wilson's disease | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Fidelity" | Bryan Spicer | Thomas L. Moran | December 28, 2004 | 6.91 [16] | |
After returning from jogging with his best friend, Ed (Dominic Purcell) is uncharacteristically abused by his bedridden wife, Elise (Myndy Crist). House concludes that she either has rabbit fever from cooking rabbits or African sleeping sickness, which must have been sexually transmitted since neither of them has been to Africa. They both strongly deny having an affair so House starts treatment for rabbit fever. When this fails he successfully treats her for sleeping sickness. She confesses to an affair with her husband's best friend, causing her husband to leave her. Final diagnosis: Human African trypanosomiasis | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Poison" | Guy Ferland | Matt Witten | January 25, 2005 | 12.37 [17] | |
House and his team investigate the mysterious poisoning of high-school student Matt Davis (John Patrick Amedori), until another teen is brought in with all of the same symptoms but almost nothing else in common with Matt. Eventually it is discovered that both youths bought very cheap pairs of jeans at a car boot sale. The jeans were exposed to high doses of pesticides. Meanwhile, House has an old lady hit on him who turns out to have Neurosyphilis. Final diagnosis: Phosdrin poisoning | |||||||
9 | 9 | "DNR" | Frederick King Keller | David Foster | February 1, 2005 | 12.75 [18] | |
John Henry Giles (Harry Lennix), a legendary jazz musician with ALS, is brought in to be treated by Foreman for pneumonia. House's attempt to prove that he doesn't really have ALS causes John Henry to suffer respiratory failure. House intubates him in violation of his DNR and tries to keep him on life support using a legal technicality. Cameron notices a blood clot, which is removed, and MRI reveals an Arteriovenous malformation which is operated on restoring his ability to walk. Meanwhile, Foreman receives a lucrative job offer from John Henry's doctor, his former mentor. Final diagnosis: Arteriovenous malformation | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Histories" | Dan Attias | Joel Thompson | February 8, 2005 | 14.97 [19] | |
Dr. Foreman believes an uncooperative homeless woman (Leslie Hope) is faking seizures to get a meal ticket at the hospital. But her situation strikes a chord with Dr. Wilson and he resolves to keep her from falling between the cracks. Meanwhile, House gets an audience of two medical students who are learning how to conduct medical histories. The patient is ultimately diagnosed with both a tuberculoma and rabies which is far beyond the point of treatment and the patient dies. Due to being bitten by the patient, Foreman is required to undergo rabies treatment himself. Remorseful for his disbelief in the patient's story, Foreman searches for her family with Wilson, eventually discovering that the woman became homeless after losing her husband and son in a car accident two years earlier. To give her peace as she dies, Foreman pretends to be her husband and forgives her. Final diagnosis: Tuberculoma and rabies | |||||||
11 | 11 | "Detox" | Nelson McCormick | Lawrence Kaplow & Thomas L. Moran | February 15, 2005 | 14.22 [20] | |
While trying to figure out why a young patient (Nicholas D'Agosto) will not stop bleeding after getting into a car wreck with his girlfriend (Amanda Seyfried), House accepts Cuddy's challenge and goes off Vicodin for a week in exchange for no clinic duty for a month. As House's withdrawal symptoms become severe, his methodology for his patient is more harsh and risky, and Foreman and Cameron are afraid he may not be thinking clearly enough in order to save the patient's life. House does solve the case though by exhuming the family's recently deceased cat and performing an autopsy on it. He finds high doses of naphthalene, which is excreted by termites as a repellent. The patient has been exposed to the poisonous vapors due to a termite nest behind the walls of his bedroom. Final diagnosis: Naphthalene poisoning | |||||||
12 | 12 | "Sports Medicine" | Keith Gordon | John Mankiewicz & David Shore | February 22, 2005 | 15.53 [21] | |
A severely broken arm reveals a bizarre case of bone loss and ends the comeback plans of major league pitcher Hank Wiggen (Scott Foley). House suspects Hank – with a history of drug abuse – is lying about using steroids, as his condition worsens. When Hank's kidneys start to fail, his wife (Meredith Monroe) offers to donate hers, but she will have to abort her early pregnancy, something Hank does not want. Eventually House finds out the wife suffers from loss of smell, indicating the pair have smoked cannabis which was grown on cadmium polluted soil. Meanwhile, Foreman dates a pharmaceutical representative and House goes to a monster truck rally with Cameron. This episode features a cameo appearance by the series' director and executive producer Bryan Singer. Final diagnosis: Cadmium poisoning | |||||||
13 | 13 | "Cursed" | Daniel Sackheim | Matt Witten & Peter Blake | March 1, 2005 | 15.53 [22] | |
After consulting a Ouija board, a young boy (Daryl Sabara) believes he is going to die, and is sent to Princeton-Plainsboro after suffering from pneumonia. Meanwhile, Chase's estranged father (Patrick Bauchau) comes to the hospital and helps House and his team diagnose the kid. Suspicious of Chase's father's seemingly random visit, House questions him and he reveals that he has terminal cancer. Chase and his father briefly reconcile before his father departs by taxi for the airport. Final diagnosis: Anthrax and leprosy | |||||||
14 | 14 | "Control" | Randy Zisk | Lawrence Kaplow | March 15, 2005 | 17.33 [23] | |
Billionaire entrepreneur Edward Vogler (Chi McBride) donates $100 million to Princeton-Plainsboro, officially becoming the new Chairman of the Board. Vogler intends to turn the clinic into a profitable venue for his biotech venture and also plans to eliminate House's financially draining department for good. Meanwhile, a businesswoman (Sarah Clarke) has it all – perfect life, perfect body, perfect job – until she finds herself inexplicably paralyzed. When he diagnoses her condition, House must risk his job and his medical license to save her. Final diagnosis: Congestive heart failure onset by bulimia and regular use of ipecac | |||||||
15 | 15 | "Mob Rules" | Tim Hunter | David Foster & John Mankiewicz | March 22, 2005 | 17.34 [24] | |
House is placed under a court order to determine what is ailing a mobster (Joey Arnello, played by Joseph Lyle Taylor) due for federal testimony and the Witness Protection Program. The witness' brother, a lawyer, works against the team and the testimony when his brother is diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Cuddy continues to battle Vogler over House's importance to the hospital. Final diagnosis: Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency | |||||||
16 | 16 | "Heavy" | Fred Gerber | Thomas L. Moran | March 29, 2005 | 18.28 [25] | |
House and his team investigate an overweight ten-year-old girl (Jennifer Stone) who has a heart attack and her mother (Cynthia Ettinger) insists that House and his team look past her weight to find the diagnosis. Adding to his stress, Vogler demands House get rid of a member of his team. It is revealed that Chase has been feeding Vogler information about House's cases. When House tells Cuddy and Vogler he chooses to fire Chase, Vogler rebuffs him and tells him to choose Foreman or Cameron instead. Final diagnosis: Cushing's disease | |||||||
17 | 17 | "Role Model" | Peter O'Fallon | Matt Witten | April 12, 2005 | 15.04 [26] | |
A popular U.S. senator (Joe Morton) and presidential candidate succumbs to illness at a fundraiser and Vogler assigns House to his case. He also tells House he can keep his whole team if he endorses Vogler's pharmaceutical company. The Senator's initial diagnosis seems to point to AIDS, but House digs deeper for another answer. Meanwhile, he also handles a case of a woman who apparently gets pregnant without having sex. House deduces that Chase is Vogler's mole. House insults Vogler and his company during the speech, reigniting their feud. Cameron leaves the team and quits. Final diagnosis: Toxoplasmosis and delayed-onset CVID secondary to phenytoin-mediated Epstein-Barr virus infection. | |||||||
18 | 18 | "Babies & Bathwater" | Bill Johnson | Story by : Peter Blake Teleplay by : Peter Blake & David Shore | April 19, 2005 | 17.48 [27] | |
House informs Chase and Foreman that Cameron quit. A pregnant woman (Marin Hinkle) [28] arrives at the hospital with brain and kidney problems and House must contend with her condition and Vogler's eagerness to see the doctor removed by using the board members. The patient and her husband must decide between her life and their unborn child's, after the team discovers small cell lung cancer. Vogler proposes that the board to revoke House's tenure and fire him but Wilson opposes. Vogler then proposes the board remove Wilson, which they do, to which Wilson resigns. At the following meeting, Cuddy responds to Vogler's proposal by asserting that he too is out of control and the board members are subservient to his desires. Four other board members agree causing Vogler to leave as chairman and revoke his $100 million donation. The team celebrates Vogler's departure with champagne as Cuddy reminds House this conflict was unnecessary but caused by his temperament. At the clinic, a malnourished baby is presented to House with pneumonia. The parents are arrested and charged with child endangerment under the assumption it was caused by their and the baby's vegan diet. The charges are revoked after a CT scan reveals the baby has DiGeorge syndrome, causing the malnourishment. Final diagnosis: LEMS secondary to small cell lung carcinoma | |||||||
19 | 19 | "Kids" | Deran Sarafian | Thomas L. Moran & Lawrence Kaplow | May 3, 2005 | 17.14 [29] | |
House fights off a meningitis outbreak and Cuddy gives his team an hour to produce results after he singles out a young patient (Skye McCole Bartusiak) [30] who does not quite fit the criteria. House tries to get Cameron to return in the wake of Vogler's departure, but she demands House tell her why he really wants her back. House and Wilson interview potential replacements for Cameron's position. Cameron agrees to return in exchange for a dinner date with House. Final diagnosis: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to pregnancy | |||||||
20 | 20 | "Love Hurts" | Bryan Spicer | Sara B. Cooper | May 10, 2005 | 18.80 [31] | |
The hospital buzzes with rumors of House's upcoming date with Cameron. After House is harsh to an awaiting clinic patient (John Cho), the man develops a mysterious stroke. At the same time, House also deals with an elderly couple whose overactive sex life is seemingly causing them problems. Final diagnosis: Fulminating osteomyelitis | |||||||
21 | 21 | "Three Stories" | Paris Barclay | David Shore | May 17, 2005 | 17.68 [32] | |
House receives a visit from an ex-girlfriend, Stacy Warner, who seeks his help for her husband, Mark. In the meantime, Cuddy forces House to give a lecture to medical students on diagnosing patients and presents three scenarios, each with different reasons for their leg pain (with guest star Carmen Electra). Final diagnosis: Streptococcal infection (farmer), osteosarcoma (volleyball player), Thigh muscle infarction (House) and lead paint poisoning (Professor Riley) | |||||||
22 | 22 | "Honeymoon" | Frederick King Keller | Lawrence Kaplow & John Mankiewicz | May 24, 2005 | 19.52 [33] | |
House diagnoses Mark (Currie Graham), Stacy Warner's husband. Although the tests do not indicate a condition and Mark claims to be fine outside of stomach pain, it appears his brain is dying. House finds abdominal epilepsy, but cannot detect any memory loss. After Mark begins developing paralysis, House decides to treat him for Guillain–Barré syndrome. After confiding in Stacy that he still has feelings for her, House realizes that Mark had experienced delusions, and actually suffered from acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). With support from Stacy, but not from his team, House gives Mark a dangerous drug cocktail to confirm that he really has AIP. Cuddy decides to hire Stacy as the hospital's lawyer. Final diagnosis: Acute intermittent porphyria |
Set details | Special features | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Country | North America | United Kingdom | Australia |
|
# episodes | 22 | |||
Aspect ratio | 1.78:1 | 1.33:1 | ||
Running time | 972 minutes | 999 minutes | 972 minutes | |
Audio | Dolby Digital 5.1 | |||
Subtitles | English, Spanish | — | none | |
# of discs | 3 | 6 | ||
Region | 1 (NTSC) | 2 (PAL) | 4 (PAL) | |
Rating | NOT RATED | 15 | M | |
Release date | August 30, 2005 [34] | February 27, 2006 [35] | July 12, 2006 [36] |
The Region 1 DVD set of Season 1 was issued in non-anamorphic widescreen (meaning those with widescreen TVs would have to use the Zoom button for the show to fit their screen properly, causing the picture to be blurry) on 3 double-sided discs. However, Universal reissued the Season 1 set on February 10, 2009, in the correct anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio, which is now on 6 single-sided discs instead of the 3 double-sided ones. [37]
The first season of the television series Lost commenced airing in the United States and Canada on September 22, 2004, concluded on May 25, 2005, and contained 25 episodes. It introduces the 48 survivors of a plane that broke apart in mid-air, scattering them on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. Forced to work together to survive, they come to realize it is no ordinary island.
The third season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered September 28, 2003 on ABC and concluded May 23, 2004 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 7, 2004. Guest stars in season three include Vivica A. Fox, Isabella Rossellini, Ricky Gervais, Griffin Dunne, Djimon Hounsou, Peggy Lipton, and Quentin Tarantino.
The fifth and final season of the American drama/adventure television series Alias premiered September 29, 2005, on ABC and concluded May 22, 2006, and was released on DVD in region 1 on November 21, 2006. Guest stars in season five include Gina Torres and Lena Olin.
The sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons began airing on Sunday, November 7, 2004, and finished airing on Sunday, May 15, 2005. It contained 21 episodes, beginning with Treehouse of Horror XV. The season contains six hold-over episodes from the season 15 (FABF) production line. Season 16 was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 1 on December 3, 2013, Region 2 on December 2, 2013, and Region 4 on December 11, 2013.
The nineteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between September 23, 2007, and May 18, 2008. It was the final complete season to be broadcast in 4:3 and in standard definition, although the first nine episodes of season 20 would also retain this standard.
The first season of CSI: NY originally aired on CBS between September 2004 and May 2005. It consisted of 23 episodes. Its regular time slot was Wednesdays at 10pm/9c.
The second season of The O.C. commenced airing in the United States on November 4, 2004, concluded on May 19, 2005, and consisted of 24 episodes. It aired Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ET in the US on FOX, a terrestrial television network. In addition to the regular 24 episodes, two special episodes aired before the season premiere. "The O.C.: Obsess Completely" documented the show's influence on popular culture in its first year. The following week, "Welcome to The O.C.: A Day in the Life," provided a behind-the-scenes look at the show.
The second season of Two and a Half Men originally aired between September 20, 2004 and May 23, 2005. The season consisted of 24 episodes. The DVD was released on January 8, 2008.
The eighth and final season of Charmed, an American supernatural drama television series created by Constance M. Burge, premiered in the United States on The WB from September 25, 2005 through May 21, 2006.
The second season of House premiered on September 13, 2005 and ended on May 23, 2006. During the season, House tries to cope with his feelings for his ex-girlfriend Stacy Warner, who, after he diagnosed her husband with acute intermittent porphyria, has taken a job in the legal department of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
The third season of House aired on FOX from September 5, 2006 to May 29, 2007. Early in the season, House temporarily regains the use of his leg due to ketamine treatment after he was shot in the season two finale. Later in the season, he leaves a stubborn patient in an exam room with a thermometer in his rectum. Because House is unwilling to apologize, the patient, who turns out to be a police detective, starts an investigation around House's Vicodin addiction.
The fourth season of the American comedy television series Scrubs premiered on NBC on August 31, 2004, and concluded on May 10, 2005, and consists of 25 episodes. Heather Graham guest starred for an extended run for the first 8 episodes and then another appearance later in the season. Colin Farrell, Matthew Perry, Molly Shannon, Clay Aiken, and Tara Reid guest starred. This season was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
The first season of the American television series Bones premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on May 17, 2006, on Fox. The season aired on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET before moving to Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET in 2006. The season consisted of 22 episodes and averaged 8.9 million viewers.
The second season of the American television series Bones premiered on August 30, 2006, and concluded on May 16, 2007, on Fox. The show maintained its previous time slot, airing on Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET for the entire season. The season consisted of 21 episodes and averaged 9.4 million viewers.
The third season of the American television series Bones premiered on September 25, 2007, and concluded on May 19, 2008, on Fox. The show moved back to its original time slot, airing on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET before moving to Mondays at 8:00 p.m. ET in 2008. Although a full slate of 20 episodes were produced, the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike interfered with the writing of Season 3, and the network rearranged the broadcast schedule to compensate. One episode from the second production season, "Player Under Pressure", was moved to the third broadcast season, and six episodes from the third production season were moved to the fourth broadcast season. Due to this rearrangement, the show had an extended hiatus after "The Santa in the Slush" aired on November 27, 2007; the show returned on April 14, 2008. The season averaged 8.9 million viewers.
The first season of Chuck originally aired between September 24, 2007, and January 24, 2008. The season, cut short by the Writers' Strike, contains thirteen episodes. It introduced the series' main characters and established the general plot of the title character, Chuck Bartowski, having to adapt to his new life as a spy after the only remaining copy of the U.S. government's spy secrets are embedded into his brain. He is forced to juggle his responsibilities as a spy and the supervisor of a technical support team, called the "Nerd Herd", at his local Buy More store. Having become the most important asset of the U.S. government, Chuck is under the constant surveillance of his CIA handler, Sarah Walker, and NSA agent John Casey, who remind him that he cannot reveal his spy life to his sister Ellie, nor his best friend Morgan Grimes.