How I Met Your Mother (2005)

Written by

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Cast

Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor, Bob Saget, Cristin Milioti, David Henrie

Genre

sitcom, comedy drama, romantic comedy television program

Country

United States

Length

9 seasons, 208 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 5,795 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ted Mosby tells his kids the long story of how he met their mother, starting from his younger days in New York City. The show follows him and his close friends as they navigate careers, relationships, and the ups and downs of life in their twenties and thirties.

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What happens

How I Met Your Mother (often abbreviated HIMYM) is an American sitcom created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014, follows main character Ted Mosby and his group of friends in New York City's Manhattan. As a frame story, Ted (in 2030) recounts to his children Penny and Luke the events from September 2005 to May 2013 that led to him meeting their mother. The series was loosely inspired by Thomas and Bays' friendship when they both lived in New York. The vast majority of the episodes (196 out of 208) were directed by Pamela Fryman. The other directors were Rob Greenberg (7 episodes), Michael Shea (4 episodes), and Neil Patrick Harris (1 episode). Known for its non-contemporary structure, humor, and incorporation of dramatic elements, How I Met Your Mother was popular throughout its run. It received positive reviews initially, but reception became more mixed as the seasons went on. The show was created towards the end of when multi-camera shows were popular, so, despite being multi-camera, the laugh track is very quiet. The show was nominated for 91 awards and received 21. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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