Thoughts on Televison Shows Today

I find many television shows in today's media to still contain many stereotypes. While these stereotypes are not as obvious as racial or gender stereotypes as they were in the past, they are still present. While these show still have them some show use the reverse of these stereotypes to enforce a particular point of there show. One of these shows that I will be talking about is House.

The show House is about a team of doctors who diagnose extremely difficult cases that other doctors can not. The title character is named Gregory House, a brilliant doctor, with poor people skill and a great dislike for personally interaction. House's best friend and fellow doctor is James Wilson. He is a good doctor but is the exact opposite of House's personality. He enjoys talking to people and personal relationship and tries to encourage House to do the same. The boss of both these men is Lisa Cuddy. The entire hospital is administrated by her, and is the only person who can keep House in line. The people who work for House, and help him in his diagnostic work are Eric Foreman, Allison Cameron, and Robert Chase.

House is a person who sees his patients as puzzles to be solved, having no real connection to them at all. Wilson constantly tries to encourage him to connect more with his patients and have relationship. Typically what a female character would in more stereotypical show, Wilson is the more emotionally oriented character. On the other hand Cuddy is the strong Administrator who uses her authority to control the wild and sometimes dangerous House. She matches House's blunt demeanor with same force and some times more. She holds both a position and a demeanor most often associated with a man. The underlying point of the show comes down to what assume to make something good, be it a doctor, administrator of a person may not necessary be to true.