I love house, but i don't think i'd like a spin off unless hugh laurie was in it. and was the same pretty much.

Okay... So here's what we have going on. Sherlock Holme's was a fictional private investigator based on a real doctor. House is a real doctor based on Sherlock Holmes. And the new spinoff would star a private investigator based on House?

I get testing out characters on a show first to see if they are well liked before plunking down all that coin to create and market a new series... It is actually smart, but inserting a character into a show that doesn't fit into the locale of the show, i.e a PI in a Hospital, seems a little odd... And I agree that I would not call it a spin-off.

They already have the actor that they plan to use for this.His name is Michael Weston he had roles in 6 Ft. Under and SVU). Next season there will be a multiple episode arc to test the waters before they make a final decision. The guy is going to play a P.I. who is somehow introduced to House--not sure if he is a patient or what.

This type of spin-off is actually called and Engineered Spin-off, where a character is introduced for the express purpose of creating a spin-off. For example, Grant Show's character Jake Hanson was on "Beverly Hills 90210" for a couple of episodes just to try to get some of that audience to watch the upcoming "90210" spin-off, "Melrose Place." I agree that something like that is a spin-off by only the most technical definition.

My question is, just DAYS (5/14 or so)ago there were articles all over the net about Cuddy getting her own show. I wonder if the producers were trying to make a decision about which premise they wanted to run with. Or maybe there will be, eventually, two different spin-offs? I think a Cuddy spin-off, or even a spin-off with Cameron or Chase, would be more like a real spin-off.

NOO...why cant they just leave a good thing alone? The show is a hit because the character House is awesome...seriously i'm addicted to the show...so a spin off would just be lame and would reflect badly on an awesome show! Just make is on its own and if it worth it then I will watch it.

I read that Fox okayed a one-hour pilot of Paul Attanasio's project "Courtroom K" about a judge, a prosecutor and a public defender. Attanasio is one of the producers of House and husband of Katie Jacobs. Could this be the spin off?

They should get an American actor to talk with a Sherlock Holmes style accent.

It could be called Car P.I.

Or if he carries a big gun, Magnum P.I. (wait....I think that name was already used.. :D)

If they do a spin-off character of anyone from House it should be the detective played by David Morse from a couple of seasons ago. I think this actor is vastly underrated, people generally like him in the movies and television he is in but is so often regulated to being a supporting player, and rarely ever is the title character in movies and television. It would be good to see him in a weekly series again, and he was really good on "House".

In my Tivo guide it says Tom Sizemore guests as a PI in one of the upcoming episodes of House.

A Tom Sizemore spin-off? Really?