Hugh Laurie's TV doctor, Gregory House, has topped a new U.S. survey of trustworthy medics. The House character beat off Grey's Anatomy doc Derek Shepherd, played by Patrick Dempsey, and ER's Dr. Luka Kovac (Goran Visnjic) in the TV Guide magazine poll.

ER will provide a showcase for several marquee Emmy Award-winning and nominated guest stars this fall with a roster that includes Andre Braugher, John Mahoney and a return appearance of Oscar and Emmy winner Sally Field, who reprises the series role that won her an Emmy.

Hunky actor Goran Visnjic is set to star in a new film about war crimes in Croatia, an issue which holds painful memories for him. Croatian-born Visnjic, who plays Dr. Luka Kovac in hospital drama ER, will play Ante Gotovina, a Croatian general who was arrested in December 2005 for alleged involvement in crimes against ethnic Serbians in the 1990s.