I LOVE the opening and want it to stay just as it is.
Did you notice who was named an Executive Producer during the credits?

House is full of hidden artistic references. Everyone has talked about the Sherlock Holmes influence. But there are tothers. The reason why they haven't changed the opening credits? Because the credits contain symbols and allusions. Why does Jennifer Morrison's name appears over a boat gliding in a river? I think I have the answer to that. The great artist/writer William Morris had a daughter, Jenny, who became an epileptic after a boating accident. Get it? "Jenny Morris"-boat?

i prefer the 3 replacements, the jennifer and that aussie dude suck! no chemistry at all

There is a show on NBC coming back next week, whose season premiere is on Hulu, who added more people to their opening credits this season. These people aren't major characters even. But they were added to the opening credits.

The three new people who have the fellowship on House should have at least their names on a extra title card.

It drives me nuts every week...I don't care if they are not billed higher than the original three...its just the "also" in front of them that is annoying. Get rid of it and get a clip of the new threesome in the intro and it'll be fine.

For a tv critic you're remarkably ignorant. Credits have nothing to do with screen time, they have to do with the actor's contract. Jen Mo & JS have higher starring status based on their contracts.

Politically its also because David Shore is trying to hang on to the Chase & Cameron loyalists in the face of a huge ratings collapse this season (House got beat by NCIS this week by 5 million viewers).

I'm guessing cause the theme song is badass. Maybe it was only licensed for that particular opening, and they would have to re-license if they redid it. Maybe?

Or it's in their contracts. COuld be as simple as that.

I'd like to know why Jennifer Morrison's credit is the only one that is over a pastural picture of a boat rowing on the river, while every one else's is over some graphic medical illustration or picture.

watch next time and see. it goes something like:

head
vein
chest x-ray
brain
BOAT
spinal column

Why?

Opening credits are not so much about the characters prominence as they are about the prominence of the actors on the show. First position is the most important (and reserved for title/focus characters). Last follows, and the less important actors float in the middle. Placement has as much, if not more, to do with an actor's pay grade, previous career, and internal politics than the actor's role in the show. I think the best example of this is The West Wing. In the early years, Rob Lowe was listed first because he was the biggest name aside from Sheen (who got the "and Martin Sheen"). When Lowe left and others were added, they were added in the middle of the credits. When Alda and Smits were added to the cast in the later seasons, they outranked (and probably out-earned) the rest of the ensemble (Whitford, Molina, Maloney, Janney, Spencer, etc.) and Alda therefore earned first billing (most prominent), Smits got "with" (3rd most prominent), and Sheen retained his "and."

A more convoluted example was the recent Kidnapped. Jeremy Sisto got first billing but Delroy Lindo, Dana Delaney, and Timothy Hutton EACH got a variation of "with," "and," & "So-and-so as such-and-such."

I'm guessing House hasn't gone the Lost all-alphabetical route because of an agreement with the original cast.