How I Met Your Mother (2005– )

Ted searches for the woman of his dreams in New York City with the help of his four best friends.

Creators:

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 50 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin (185 episodes, 2005-2013)
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter (56 episodes, 2005-2013)
David Henrie	...	Son (56 episodes, 2005-2013)

Storyline

The year is 2030. Ted Mosby is relaying the story of how he met his wife to his daughter and son. The story starts in the year 2005, when then twenty-seven year old architect Ted was spurred on to want to get married after his best friends from his college days at Wesleyan, lawyer Marshall Eriksen, who was his roommate at the time and kindergarten teacher Lily Aldrin, got engaged after nine years of dating each other. Ted's new quest in life was much to the dismay of his womanizing friend, Barney Stinson. But soon after Marshall and Lily's engagement, Ted believed that his life mate was going to be news reporter and aspiring news anchor Robin Scherbatsky, who, despite having had a romantic relationship with her after this time, ended up being who the kids know as their "Aunt" Robin. As Ted relays the story to his kids, the constants are that their Uncle Marshall, Aunt Lily, Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin are always in the picture and thus have something to do with how he got together ...

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Plot Keywords:

architect | 2030s | new york city | teacher | friendship | 

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Taglines:

A love story in reverse.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

CBS [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

H.I.M.Y.M

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min 25 min (22 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an online poll, Victoria (Ashley Williams) was voted the all time favorite love interest of Ted (Josh Radnor) on the show. Zoey (Jennifer Morrison) was voted the least favorite.

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Goofs

In Single Stamina (2.10), Lily and Marshall are married at Barney's brother's wedding, as evidenced by the rings on her finger, and Marshall's reference to her as his wife. At the scene, Ted and Robin dance, which indicates that they might be still together, even though during Something Blue (2.22), in which Marshall and Lily get married, Ted and Robin are broken up. However, the fact that Ted and Robin are not tired at the wedding (having Single Stamina) while Marshall and Lily are tired (having Couple's Coma) indicates that they are broken up, just on good enough terms to dance with each other.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Lily: You son of a bitch!

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Connections

Referenced in Special Collector's Edition: B.A.D. Cats (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Hey Beautiful"
Written by The Solids
Performed by The Solids

User Reviews

Grows on you

Watched the show, thought "Hm, I haven't decided if it'll stay or not". But then the next day, my husband and I are quoting it and want to watch it again.

We try again the next week, again with the quoting. I haven't watched a show where there are lines that stick with me like this for a very long time. The show wouldn't be anywhere without "Barney", but somehow none of its faults matter because I enjoy it just too darn much. Every episode there's a new line, haven't been disappointed so far, hoping it continues and gets even better.

I mean come on, with lines like: "Suit up!" "Phone Five!" "Not awkward guys, its only awkward if we make it awkward"

And the numerous variations of "suit up" are a hoot "Snow suit up!" "Flight suit up" I gotta say, I just enjoy it.

There isn't great philosophy, it has a laugh track, but I don't miss it and end up watching the episode a couple times because its the only things worth watching sometimes.