How I Met Your Mother (2005)
How I Met Your Mother is a 2005 comedy series created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays. It stars Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel.
In the far future, Ted Mosby sits his kids down and starts the longest story imaginable: how, years earlier in Manhattan, he met their mother. The telling loops back to 2005 and a tight circle of friends, architect Ted, showman Barney, lovebirds Marshall and Lily, and journalist Robin, working through bars, jobs and relationships in New York City. Craig Thomas and Carter Bays built the CBS sitcom around that frame device, letting the narration jump through time, plant callbacks and tease where every romance is heading. The comedy is affectionate, and the group's chemistry is the real engine.
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What is How I Met Your Mother about?
In the far future, Ted Mosby sits his kids down and starts the longest story imaginable: how, years earlier in Manhattan, he met their mother. The telling loops back to 2005 and a tight circle of friends, architect Ted, showman Barney, lovebirds Marshall and Lily, and journalist Robin, working through bars, jobs and relationships in New York City. Craig Thomas and Carter Bays built the CBS sitcom around that frame device, letting the narration jump through time, plant callbacks and tease where every romance is heading. The comedy is affectionate, and the group's chemistry is the real engine.
When was How I Met Your Mother released?
How I Met Your Mother was released on 19 September 2005.
How many episodes does How I Met Your Mother have?
How I Met Your Mother has 208 episodes across 9 seasons.
Who made How I Met Your Mother?
How I Met Your Mother was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.
Where can I watch How I Met Your Mother?
How I Met Your Mother is available on DirecTV On Demand, Hulu, YouTube TV, Spectrum On Demand, Google Play and Amazon.
Where to watch How I Met Your Mother
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, Hulu, YouTube TV
Watch free: Spectrum On Demand
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Cast
- Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby
- Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
- Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen
- Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin
- Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky
- Lyndsy Fonseca as Daughter
- David Henrie as Son
- Cristin Milioti as Tracy McConnell
- Marshall Manesh as Ranjit Singh
- Charlene Amoia as Wendy
- Suzie Plakson as Judy Eriksen
- Ashley Williams as Victoria
Reviews
Great show. Finale ruined things for a lot of people, I thought it was okay, and the journey there is great.
martin rated it 9/10
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A few thoughts on How I Met Your Mother
For more warm, funny storytelling built on friendship, Trevor Noah's memoir Born a Crime brings the same blend of laughs and heart in prose, told with a natural gift for the well-placed callback. Its personal, anecdote-driven voice suits anyone who stayed with Ted's story for the people rather than the puzzle of the frame.
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How I Met Your Mother lived in one Manhattan bar with five friends whose romances and jobs kept tangling. These sitcoms run on the same chemistry, a fixed group who become each other's family, turning a regular hangout into the center of everyone's world.
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Ted's whole show is one long story told with wit, callbacks and heart. These comic plays, memoirs and books share that verbal spark, trading sharp banter, romantic misunderstandings and narrators who clearly love a good tangent as much as a punchline.
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