House used to be great. He jumped the shark awhile ago though. And yeah he is a rip off of the scrubs dude for sure.
I remember seeing an episode where House was on a plane. That was their idea of shaking the show up. "Let's put House on a plane. We'll go through the exact same motions as we would any other episode, but it'll be on a plane."
At least Scrubs has acknowledged its formula and short comings.