Kate Walsh was on Letterman last night, she said Private Practice will resume shooting this month and it'll be ready by late April. If it is possible for Private Practice why won't FOX do the same with House?

Futon Critic is contradictory at best, one of their pages, the Breaking News section says "May resume production, decision forthcoming". that was as of 1:37 today. Another section, the Strike Guide, updated on Feb 11, lists House has having no new episodes scheduled and currently on hiatus. ETA: Futon Critic breaking news section is now listing House as resuming production on 4-6 episodes.

Russ Friend (producer and writer on the show) told TV Guide that new House episodes will be on the air in five to eight weeks. So now we have two people from the show (him and David Shore) saying that they're back to work and new episodes will definitely air this season. That should take care of the contradiction.

It's official as of a few minutes ago—the strike is over: http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/

From the New York Times: On Fox’s “House,” for example, the planned story arc for the second half of the season “is pretty much being thrown out,” David Shore, the show’s executive producer, said. “We have to see how much we can salvage.” The series, among the most popular on television, is not likely to broadcast new episodes until late April or early May, Mr. Shore said. But “House,” like several other hits, may stay in catch-up mode through the early summer. “I think we’re just going to keep on producing episodes now that we’re back in production,” he said. “We’ll start working on next season.”

Here's some pretty specific information from Russ Friend, picking up the quotes from TV Guide, apparently: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/house/writer-speaks-on-house-resumin-16557.aspx The article also includes information about the process of making the show, and how long it will be before new episodes can be completed. My husband, who has worked as an AD, said most dramas he worked on were on 7-day schedules, so I found it interesting that House would have a 9-day schedule.

Was he scheduled for a movie this summer? As an RSL fan it makes me sad if he won't be able to cheer on Gaby in her qualifying trials and/or the Olympics.

Here's something to chew on - how does a thirteen week regular season sound to you? It could very well be in the wind. Shorter TV Drama Seasons: Better TV, Good For Marketers?

That sounds awful, warycary. I don't get enough House as it is. I love Sopranos, Big Love, and Weeds, but I grow tired of them by the end of their short seasons. After a few months off though, I get excited for new episodes. But because of the long wait between seasons (sometimes it was 18 months for Sopranos), I sometimes started to lose interest. It's too long to wait. But even though I lost interest, I watched anyway, because I have to see things through. I never tire of House, The Office, Scrubs. There's already not enough GOOD tv shows on network tv... it would really suck to shorten the seasons of the few really good shows we have. It seems to me it's more efficient to produce more episodes of fewer shows than it is to produce a few episodes of double the number of shows.

That's a great idea. FX, HBO, and shows of the non-American persuasion do that all the time. There is no 'season' to speak of, shows run year round so there's continuous new programming. The writers don't have to try to stretch storylines that would be best dealt with in three episodes into ten (sound familiiar?). Viewers get 13 straight weeks of entertainment. If only American TV would adopt that practice. I'm a huge fan of TV shows but after the strike I'm not sure if I'm going to be much of a fan of watching TV. The TV season is too spread out to hold my interest.