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How Lisa Sanders' NYT 'Diagnosis' Column Inspired Fox's Medical Drama 'House'

Michael Boyle

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This article explains that Fox's hit medical drama "House" was inspired not only by Sherlock Holmes but also by Lisa Sanders' "Diagnosis" column in The New York Times, which began in 2002. Executive producer Katie Jacobs described how the column presented mysterious symptoms that unfolded over 1,200 words to reveal a diagnosis, a format that influenced the show's medical mystery structure.

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Executive producer Katie Jacobs explained in a 2012 interview with TV Guide how the weekly column 'Diagnosis,' written by Lisa Sanders, would list 'a serious of incongruous symptoms ... and then it took 1,200 words to discover the mystery of what the diagnosis was.'

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It's well-known at this point that House was inspired by Sherlock Holmes, but the show also took notes from Lisa Sanders' NYT column called Diagnoses.

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