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 (182 episodes, 2005-2013)
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen (182 episodes, 2005-2013)
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky (182 episodes, 2005-2013)
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson (182 episodes, 2005-2013)
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin (182 episodes, 2005-2013)
Bob Saget	...	Narrator (182 episodes, 2005-2013)
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter (57 episodes, 2005-2013)
David Henrie	...	Son (57 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 [us] 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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cobie Smulders and her character, Robin Scherbatsky, are from Vancouver.

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Goofs

When Lily is approached by the girl that's been sabotaging Barney while he's trying to pick up girls, the girl's hair is wavy/curly - and her voice definitely not Britney Spears. Later we find out that the girl who talked to Lily was Abby, Britney's character, and the scene is shown again - this time with the actual Britney in it, straight hair and all.

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Quotes

Marshall: A drumroll? So what? that's it? You just said good night, went home and... performed the drum solo?

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Connections

Referenced in Conan: Quoth the Hipster, 'Whatevermore.' (2011)
Mentioned while introducing Neil Patrick Harris and during his interview

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Soundtracks

"Hey Beautiful"
(theme song)
by The Solids

User Reviews

My favorite show on TV behind only Seinfeld.

What can I say about this show? The cast is awesome. The writers rock. The show is great. My favorite character is Barney. He is probably the main person I watch the show for. He is funny and brings a certain "something' to TV that it needs. It is totally the best new comedy in awhile. While it does have a laugh track - it isn't needed. Bob Sagget is right at home on this show playing the Dad. I think it is very fitting for him to be playing that role. The rest of the cast is great also. The guy who plays Ted is great at being the 'every day' guy and Marshall and his soon to be wife, Lilly are perfect together. As for Robin, well she is Robin and there is nothing wrong with her. I think everyone on this show including the regular cab driver are great. This show has everything and I hope everyone gives it a chance. I love it. It is legendary. Till next week Barney.