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Forget Valentine's Day. Tonight we celebrate our greatest, most enduring and generally least complicated love affair.

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: 'Smash,' 10 p.m., NBC. In last week's splendid opener, songwriters considered a musical about Marilyn Monroe. A producer (Anjelica Huston), needing a quick success, rushed them along, even landing a talented director. Now they must cast it for a showcase. They could choose Ivy (Megan Hilty) — blonde, eager, experienced; or Karen (Katharine McPhee), inexperienced, introspective, incredibly talented. We'll find out tonight, after some stunning music moments. It's another great hour. TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE II: 'House,' 8 p.m., Fox. "House" has now made it official: This season — its eighth brilliant year — will be its last. Starting with a great character — perfectly played by Hugh Laurie — "House" has put layers of dark humor alongside medical mysteries. Tonight, it detours to Dr. Chase; his relationship with a patient — a cloistered nun who is ready to make her vows — compromises his judgment. TONIGHT'S ALTERNATIVE: 'Slavery By Another Name,' 10 p.m., PBS (KQED 9). In the decades after the Civil War, this strong documentary says, a subtle slavery re-emerged. Jails and prisons began leasing prisoners to plantations. Young black men found themselves being arrested for slim reasons — or none at all. It's a chilling story that includes descendants on both sides. Other choices include: 'How I Met Your Mother,' 8 p.m., CBS. On the eve of Valentine's Day, you can catch four straight CBS comedies about the holiday. This one has Marshall and Lily on a Valentine getaway; they invite Robin and Kevin (Kal Penn).

The news that House will end this May, after eight seasons, is most welcome. Enough already.

The happiest news? "Bones" will return at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 5. The plot from Fox: "an expectant Brennan and Booth [are] at odds over plans for the upcoming birth of their daughter." "Hotel Hell," featuring Gordon Ramsay fixing up hotels, takes up residence at 8 p.m. Fridays on April 6. "Kitchen Nightmares" offers its season finale in the same ... (more)

Odette Annable will have had a relatively brief "House" call. FOX's Monday medical drama will call it a wrap at the end of its eighth and current season May 21.

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It was announced this week that this current season will be the last. "A true original, on the page and amazingly brought to life by Hugh Laurie, there is only one Dr.

Today's installment of Spoiler Chat features a whole lot of scoop on the highly-anticipated return of several fan-favorite characters on various fan favorite shows: The Vampire Diaries ' Jeremy and Tyler and House 's Cuddy.

LOS ANGELES : The producers of the medical drama 'House, M.D.' on Wednesday announced the popular television series will end after the current season.

Fox and the show's producers announced Wednesday this will be the final season for the medical drama.

Fox and the show's producers announced Wednesday this will be the final season for the medical drama.

The patient had been diagnosed some time ago by TV-biz observers, but Wednesday Fox called House M.D. 's time of death for the end of this season, after eight years on air.

There aren't as many "House" fans as there once were. During the show's eighth season, it's averaged 7.75 million viewers per episode.

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy talk about their new roles while director Jason Bobin celebrates 'The Muppets' Best Song Oscar nod and Miss Piggy's inimitable sense of style.

The executive producers of the Fox drama "House" announced Wednesday that the series will end this spring after eight seasons.

Of course, by now you've heard the news that House, M.D. will wrap permanently with a May series finale. There is much speculation already about how the show will end, and I suspect that as the second half of season eight airs, we'll get a much clearer picture of where it's heading.

Knowing when to quit is a valuable trait in television. Did House, which is to disappear from screens after eight seasons, keep going long past its creative peak? 'But I was so sure that it was lupus' ... Hugh Laurie's House is hanging up his cane.

'House MD', the medical drama starring British actor Hugh Laurie as the cantankerous doctor, will come to an end after its eighth season, according to the show's production team who released a statement on Wednesday .

Executive producers David Shore, Katie Jacobs and Hugh Laurie revealed in a statement released on Wednesday that the medical drama will draw to a close later this year.

One of the most popular and highly regarded television dramas of the last decade, the medical series "House," will come to an end this season, the show's producers and the Fox network announced Wednesday.