House Spoilers: InHouse "Baggage" with Lin Manuel Miranda and David Foster

InHouse features the episode "Baggage" with Lin-Manuel Miranda and David Foster.  Miranda talks about Alvie's return on this episode and how he is delighted to be back again on the show.  One of the writers, Foster, talks about the relationship of House and Dr. Nolan vs House and Alvie. Plus, this video has in the beginning, a promo for Nurse Jeffrey which starts on May 24.  Thanks to MsHousefan's video.

House Spoilers: "Baggage" and "24" Promo

All you need to do is watch!  Enjoy this video from Twentyfourspoilers.

House Spoilers: "Baggage" Promo 3

Tonight on FOX!  House tries to solve the puzzle involving a patient who has no recollection of herself.  Dr. Nolan is in the "House" again as the shrink whom we saw in the pilot episode "Broken".  Watch "Baggage" promo from MsHousefan:

House Spoilers: "Baggage" Promo 2

Get ready to see Dr. Nolan, House's shrink and Alvie too, the roommate from "Broken 1&2".  Although this video doesn't show Alvie, we know that he will drop by and visit House according to the sneak previews days ago.  This video is from MsHousefan, watch it and enjoy.  Dont miss "Baggage" tomorrow night on FOX.

House Spoilers: Lin-Manuel Miranda Returns for Another "House" Call

Hugh Laurie, ready with his cane, was spotted filming an episode of "House" at L.A.with co-star Lin-Manuel Miranda.  Remember Alvie?  Oh, I know you won't forget him on "Broken".  He is such a roommate.  Here are some photographs of the two together from Zimbio.  Photos by PacificCoastNews.com.

House Spoilers: Hugh Laurie's Spoiler TV Interview

Hugh Laurie fans, watch this . . . from Fox

House Spoilers: Cast of House Previews Monday's Season Premiere

From Fox All Access, Hugh Laurie together with some of the stars (Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Olivia Wilde) were interviewed at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood during the Preview of the Season Premiere. Katie Jacobs and David Shore were also there to share some insights regarding the show. They have yet to see the reaction of the people with the season premiere. But generally they think that it was really amazing, different, and they hope the people will like their work. I haven't seen it, but I trust the people behind the show, including the actors. I know that "Broken" will leave a legacy to the TV industry.

Will you be watching?

House Spoilers: Fall TV Preview 2009 of House and NCIS

Here is the Fall TV Preview 2009 video of House and NCIS from TV Guide:

Tomorrow night is going to be a different night for all of us House fans. =)

House Spoilers: 7 Sneak Peeks for Episode 6.01 - Broken

From SpoilerTV, here are the 7 sneak preview of Monday's episode "Broken"

Season Premiere: House Negotiates

Season Premiere: House Has a Goal

Season Premiere: House Has a Roomie

Season Premiere: Group Therapy

Season Premiere: House Plays Dr.

Season Premiere: Battle of Wills

Season Premiere: Friendly Advice

House Spoilers: Alvie (House's Roommate) Speaks

Lisa Chambers at TV Guide Magazine was able to get in touch with Lin-Manuel Miranda who plays House's roommate.  He is Alvie, a talkative crazy roommate who in real life is a great composer, lyricist, and actor.  Here it is: 

If painfully detoxing from Vicodin while locked up in a mental institution isn’t enough to make Greg House even more sour than usual, in the House season premiere (Monday, 9/21, 8.7c, Fox), he also has to put up with a roommate so manic he puts Roger Rabbit to shame. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the composer, lyricist and actor behind Broadway’s Tony-winning "In The Heights," plays the garrulous gadfly who bunks with House. We talked with him by phone from his vacation in Greece about his first big TV gig and working with Hugh Laurie.

How did the House job come about?

[Executive producer] Katie Jacobs came to see “In the Heights” in New York, and she saw me in it, and told me that once they realized House was going to be going to a mental facility she thought of me. I don’t know if that’s good or bad [Laughs], but they basically called my manager and said, “We’ve written a part for him.” And I said yes, script unseen.

Were you a fan of the show?

I’m a huge House fan. I’m a huge Hugh Laurie fan, since the days of Black Adder. I got obsessed with Black Adder in college, like all of my British-comedy nerd friends. So it was a no-brainer! I had no idea what was in store, I just said yes.

When you saw what your character, Alvie, was like, did it give you pause—because he’s a little bit annoying?

No, not at all. He is a little bit annoying and incredibly manic, but beneath the manic-ness he’s a real sweetheart. I was very touched when I read it.

Did you do anything to prepare for the role?

There wasn’t time to do much research, although what we did do—which never happens, and Hugh kept turning to me and saying, “We’ve never done this!”—is we had a solid week of rehearsal before we shot the two-hour season premiere. I got a whole week to just play with Hugh and the other inmates and Katie in the room, and that was a real gift.

Had you met Hugh Laurie before?

No, I met him the day we read the first script and basically the entire thing was like a master class in acting. Mentally I took notes and just did what I could.

Is he a musical fan? Was he familiar with your work?

Definitely a musical fan. I don’t know if people know, I think he has a lot of musical input on the show as well. He talked a lot about music for specific moments in the scenes.

You wrote “In the Heights,” and the Spanish-language dialogue for the Broadway revival of “West Side Story.” There’s a scene in the House premiere where music plays a major role—did you write any lyrics for that?

Basically no, they wrote it. I added a couple of internal rhymes here and there. I think that was the hardest part for me. You know, I’m in this hip-hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme, where we literally do these improvised hip-hop shows: We get a word from the audience and we freestyle the rest of it. So pretending that I didn’t have a rhyme handy was the hardest thing I had to do the whole House shoot. As soon as they would yell cut I’d say 50 rhymes that I wasn’t allowed to say.

Hugh gets in on the musical action a little bit too, and of course we’ve seen him play the piano on the show. How did he do?

He did great! He’s an incredible musician, there’s nothing I could teach Hugh Laurie at all.

What are you working on now?

Right now I’m working on my tan! House was my summer vacation. It’s so different from doing eight shows a week [on Broadway]. But I am working with Dreamworks Animation on an animated musical and writing the score for that, and then I’m working on this hip-hop concept album about the life of Alexander Hamilton. Lord [Andrew] Webber wrote a rock musical about Jesus, I’m writing a rap album about Alexander Hamilton!

Full story on TV Guide Magazine

House Spoilers: Hugh Laurie and His Cute and Hot Tie

Watch this video from Korbi TV of Zap2It and see Hugh Laurie's cute and hot tie.  He looks dashing while talking about the movie-like 2-hour TV premiere.  Working with new actors in "Broken" was new for him but he said that the chemistry was great!  They got closer to each other in filming this, giving everyone a one of a kind experience.

House Spoilers: Advance Review of "Broken"

An advance review of Broken was released by IGN Entertainment and here it goes:

House: "Broken" Review

They didn't break me. I am broken.

by James Chamberlin

September 17, 2009 - Advance Review: Gregory House's (Hugh Laurie) voluntary admission into a psychiatric hospital was a fitting end to season five. Those delusions had him imagining all sorts of things and now it's time for House to get better - get off the Vicodin and get his life back on track. After seeing the season six premiere, I'm honestly happy to see that things may be improving for House, not just the character, but the show as well.

After going through a painful withdrawal (as opposed to that lame withdrawal shown in season five), House is ready to check himself out of the hospital, but not going through all of the therapy sessions means he wouldn't be allowed to practice medicine. He needs the attending physician to write a letter to the state recommending House be permitted to resume his job.

Regular viewers are well accustomed to House's antics. He'll use every ploy imaginable to get what he wants. He doesn't have a problem with breaking a few rules or hurting some feelings in order to reach the outcome which he desires. Unable to practice medicine means it's time to do whatever it takes to get Dr. Darryl Nolan (Andre Braugher) to write that letter. True to form, House tries everything in the book.

The antisocial House begrudgingly finds a friend in his roommate Alvie (Lin-Manuel Miranda). They're quite the odd couple. House isn't about to make too many friends. He's far too judgmental to befriend people with this many problems.

As time passes, House begins to change. House has been a frustrating character to watch over the previous five seasons because he really never changed for the good. Those hoping to see an entirely new person will be disappointed, but House's journey is a real joy to watch. He goes through an awful lot in this episode.

The two-hour season premiere feels more like a movie than a TV show. It's long and a little slow in portions, but is well worth the time. With very few good dramas on this summer (it's all reality TV with a few exceptions), it's been a while since I've seen an emotional TV show. "Broken" is a very well produced and written episode. – so much so that I didn't miss Princeton-Plainsboro one bit and I'm sure many of you will agree after seeing the episode.

Two days more and all anticipation and longing for a good TV show will be over.  Now we have a reason to stay up late watching TV on Mondays.  We won't say, "I don't like Mondays" anymore.  Instead, we'll say "Thank God for Mondays".