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The Most Charming Doctor ‘House M.D.’ comes to town this Republic Day in a day long marathon!

20 January 2016

FX, India’s edgy English entertainment channel is known for showcasing some of the most iconic and edge-of-seat content for its discerned audience. Taking this offering a notch higher, the channel is all-set to air back to back episodes of one of the greatest dramas of all time – House M.D.on January 26, Tuesday entertaining you all day from 10 AM onwards. 

House M.D. is a highly acclaimed American medical drama television series. Doctor Gregory House is played by famous multifaceted British actor Hugh Laurie. The series trails Doctor House as he leads an elite medical team to solve bizarre illnesses and save lives despite his own constant physical pain. He is portrayed as a brilliant - a pure genius and extremely charming in his own fundamentally arrogant and cranky way. He is not just any ordinary doctor fighting off patients’ illnesses. He takes up medical cases that only prove to be the rarest and most interesting to him. 

Gregory House is well known in the show for his sarcastic replies and to build a closer connect with the character amongst viewers, FX is launching an engagement activity on digital medium. A Twitter contest #HouseOfSarcasm will run in parallel during the airing of this marathon. In this contest, 6 situations will be shared with the viewers. The viewers will get an opportunity to step into House’s shoes for the day and reply in quintessential House’s sarcastic manner to these situations. The best responses will stand a chance to win merchandise from FX. 

Gregory House is considered to be one of the most well written characters of a television series and House M.D. went on to become the most watched television series globally in 2008. The show won numerous renowned awards including five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody Award, and nine People's Choice Awards. Hugh Laurie had made his mark as an actor and comedian with Fry & Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster and few big screen appearances including Stuart Little. But it was through House that he skyrocketed to fame airing back to back episodes, this Republic Day, entertaining you all day from 10 am onwards on FX and FX HD.
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