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 & 91 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:

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

Zoey (Jennifer Morrison) is the only guest star to appear in half the episodes of a given season (in her case season 6, when she appeared in 12/24 episodes)

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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

Lily: [Lily sees Barney hitting on Claudia] Oh, hell. No!
[grabs Barney by the ear and yanks him away from Claudia]
Lily: Claudia is getting married tomorrow and so help me God if I catch you even so much as breathing the same air as her I will take those peanuts you're trying to pass off as testicles and I will squeeze them so hard until your eyes pop out and then I'll feed them to you like grapes.
Barney: [confused] Wait... my eyes? Or my testicles?
Lily: [pause, thinks about it] One of each!

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows: 2000s (2014)

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Soundtracks

Hey Beautiful
Written by The Solids
Performed 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.