The main character, Dr. House, is a Dr. who hates patients, he is a diagnostician (he has to figure out diagnosis of strange ailments based on the symptoms), but he figures that actually seeing the patients ruins it because as he says "patients lie". When he is forced to actually see the patients (as opposed to just reading their med history) he is the rudest, crudest Dr. you will ever meet. It's great!
And Dr. House is played by a great English actor, Hugh Laurie!
I'll have to check that out. Thanks. (o: