House (Fox, 2004–2012)
Hugh Laurie as a diagnostician with Holmes’s method and a Wilson for a Watson.
Deduction is diagnosis, so move Holmes into a hospital and let the patient be the case.
You want the mind without the deerstalker, and eight seasons of hospital does not scare you.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the method, the arrogance, and the one friend who puts up with him.
Changes: everything on the surface: the setting, the names and the century. No one in it is called Holmes.
Whose story is it?
House’s, with James Wilson as the friend who keeps him human.
How much time does it ask?
Eight seasons on Fox. The Globe and Mail reported that creator David Shore has said the character grew partly from his lifelong fascination with Sherlock Holmes — hence the name.
Hugh Laurie is Dr. Gregory House; Robert Sean Leonard is Dr. James Wilson.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: The complete series on DVD — Amazon · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
Common questions
Is House based on Sherlock Holmes?
In part. The Globe and Mail reported that creator David Shore has said the character grew partly from his lifelong fascination with Sherlock Holmes — hence the name. No one in the show is called Holmes; the method and the friendship with Wilson are where it shows.
More versions: Sherlock Holmes, Granada Television (1984–1994) · Sherlock (BBC, 2010–2017) · Sherlock Holmes (2009) and A Game of Shadows (2011)