This might enlighten you. We have the cancellation news from TV Guide:
According to insiders, star Hugh Laurie and his fellow executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs were eager to bring the long-running Fox drama back for one more year, despite conventional wisdom that everyone was ready to move on. One exec believes that Laurie, one of the highest-paid actors on TV (he makes $700,000 an episode), was even prepared to take a pay cut in order to return.
The network wasn’t looking to let go of House, which averages a 3.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 9.1 million viewers — good numbers for a drama in its eighth season. Universal TV, the studio behind House, was also anxious to keep producing the show, which adds millions of dollars to NBCUniversal’s bottom line. “Universal was the lead horse, the one driving a renewal,” one source says. “It had the most desire and ambition to do another season.”
But Fox, which currently spends $5 million an episode for House, wanted to see a cut in the show’s license fee before considering a renewal. And although Universal was willing to take back some costs, it wasn’t as large a discount as Fox wanted. Insiders also say Universal was pursuing a 22-episode order, while Fox would only commit to a final 13-episode season. “Universal came off as aggressive,” one exec says. “It was such a big gap that [Fox] didn’t pursue the discussions.” Universal insiders say the studio was surprised by the decision and had been willing to work out a compromise.
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