How I Met Your Mother 

A father recounts to his children, through a series of flashbacks, the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

Creators:

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 25 wins & 90 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby / ... 208 episodes, 2005-2014
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen / ... 208 episodes, 2005-2014
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky 208 episodes, 2005-2014
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson / ... 208 episodes, 2005-2014
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin / ... 208 episodes, 2005-2014

Storyline

Ted Mosby sits down with his kids, to tell them the story of how he met their mother. The story is told through memories of his friends Marshall, Lily, Robin, and Barney Stinson. All legendary 9 seasons lead up to the moment of Ted's final encounter with "the one."

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Plot Keywords:

group of friends | friendship | best friend | canadian abroad | male camaraderie | 

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Taglines:

A love story in reverse.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Persian Chinese

Release Date:

19 September 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

H.I.M.Y.M

Filming Locations:

Stage 22, 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:

22 min 4,576 min (Entire series)

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Each character in the series has had their own musical number except Lily. Ted had his own musical number called "Super Date" in the episode "Of Course" (2010) Barney has his own musical number called "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" in the episode "Girls vs. Suits" (2010) Robin had her own musical number (and many others) called "Lets Go To The Mall" in the episode "Slap Bet" (2006) and Marshall has his own musical number called "Marshall vs. the Machines" (2010) and that leaves Lily without ever having her own musical number. This is down to actress Alyson Hannigans (Lily) dislike of singing.

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Goofs

Because during most of filming of season 3, Marshall had longer hair there are several flashback moments of Marshall in the time line of the first two seasons where he has long hair, but when the first 2 seasons actually took place he had shorter hair.

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Quotes

Barney: Ted, your problem is all you do is think, think, think. I'm teaching you how to do, do, do.
Marshall: Doo-doo!
[laughs]
Barney: [chuckles] Totally.

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Connections

Referenced in Someone Has to Review It!: A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

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Soundtracks

I'm gonna be (500 Miles)
Written by Charlie Reid (as Charles Reid) and Craig Reid
Performed by The Proclaimers
Courtesy of EMI Records Group/Chrysalis Records
by arrangement with CEMA Special Markets

User Reviews

Cute Little Show

I don't have much in the way of a review other than to say that based on the pilot, I think this show has a lot of potential to be a really good show. The cast is funny and endearing and the premise is fun. It might not be the most original idea for the show (think Wonder Years) but it has it's own little twist that should make for some interesting episodes. Hopefully next weeks episode will be just as watchable and entertaining. If you haven't checked it out, I recommend that you do. Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris are the perfect complements to the show. The rest of the cast is somewhat unfamiliar to me though I must admit. I recall seeing Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks, but I haven't really seen him in anything as impressive since so hopefully he'll bring the same originality he showed as Nick to his new character, Marshall. Josh Radnor is the newcomer in the bunch and he is just perfect for the part. He's cute yet dorky, with a lovable charm that will certainly endear him to many female viewers. I see only good things on the horizon for this show and I hope it finds a permanent home at CBS.