The premiere attracted approximately seven million viewers in the United States , making it the 62nd-most-watched show for the week of November 15 – 21 , 2004 . The United Kingdom terrestrial premiere was broadcast on June 9 , 2005 , by Five and garnered a ten percent share ( 1.8 million viewers ) . Christopher Hoag , who composed the music for " Pilot " and the first season of '' House '' , was nominated in the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Music Composition for the episode . Shore received a Humanitas Prize nomination for writing the episode , but lost out to John Wells , who wrote the episode of '' The West Wing '' entitled " NSF Thurmont "
2005 Primetime Emmy Awards
57th Primetime Emmy Awards
Pilot (House)