The network wasn’t looking to let go of House, which averages a 3. 5 rating among adults 18-49 and 9. 1 million viewers-good numbers for a drama in its eighth season. Universal TV, the studio behind House, was also anxious to keep producing the show, which adds millions of dollars to NBCUniversal’s bottom line.
Here is a news article from 1995, when the show was canceled that may help: In the movie The Unauthorized Full House Story, Jeff Franklin tells the cast that the show is cancelled because ABC wanted it to be over, in short. So, why didn’t that network move come to fruition in 1995?
After that there were some budget cuts, but the negotiations were dragged for too long and Fox had other shows performing well enough to let House go. Fox execs and (David) Shore (executive producer) agreed to wrap things up, and on February 8, the cast and crew were informed.
In the movie The Unauthorized Full House Story, Jeff Franklin tells the cast that the show is cancelled because ABC wanted it to be over, in short. So, why didn’t that network move come to fruition in 1995?
How many seasons of House are there?
The decision to end House after eight seasons wasn’t easy — and, it turns out, didn’t necessarily have to come at all this year. According to insiders, star Hugh Laurie and his fellow executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs were eager to bring the long-running Fox drama back for one more year, despite conventional wisdom that everyone was ready to move on. One exec believes that Laurie, one of the highest-paid actors on TV (he makes $700,000 an episode), was even prepared to take a pay cut in order to return.
Universal TV , the studio behind House, was also anxious to keep producing the show, which adds millions of dollars to NBCUniversal’s bottom line. “Universal was the lead horse, the one driving a renewal,” one source says. “It had the most desire and ambition to do another season.”.
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