biggest new hit of 2004–05. Shore wrote or co-wrote five episodes of that first season, including its pilot and the Season One pre-finale, "Three Stories", in which he intricately wove the stories of three patients, while also revealing the reason for Dr. House's limp and Vicodin (hydrocodone) addiction. The latter of these won the 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Shore made his directorial debut on the series House directing the Season Two finale "No Reason". Due to the success of House, Shore was granted a generous contract for fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons. The sixth season began with a two-hour season premiere titled "Broken", which he co-wrote. Shore and his co-writers won the Writers Guild of America Award for episodic drama at the February 2010 ceremony for the premiere. House was renewed for a seventh season, which began airing on September 20, 2010, as well as an eighth and final season. After House In 2009, Shore finished production of the short-lived police TV show Winters starring Famke Janssen. In February 2013, Entertainment Weekly reported that Shore would write for an upcoming ABC television show titled Doubt, about "a 'charming low-rent' lawyer battling his demons" starring Steve Coogan. In August, 2015, Amazon Video released a pilot episode for Sneaky Pete, a show Shore and Bryan Cranston created. The first season of Sneaky Pete was exclusively released in its entirety on Amazon Video on January 13, 2017. In 2019, as WGA Co-Chair, Shore joined other WGA members in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging. In May 2021, he and his Shore Z Productions company renewed his first look deal with Sony. Personal life He lived in Encino Hills, California, with his wife Judy and their three children until 2010, when the family moved to a larger home in nearby Pacific Palisades. Filmography Television The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes. Awards and nominations References External links "House creator David Shore and Katie Jacobs interview", media pundit, Paul William Tenny "More with 'House' creator David Shore", The Star-Ledger, Alan Sepinwall, August 05, 2008 "David Shore", The New York Times "The House That Dave Built ", profile of Shore in U of T Magazine 1959 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Screenwriters