How I Met Your Mother

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As his 31st birthday nears, an all-nighter to try to get business has Ted realizing he may need to pursue another career...

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Status

Returning Series

Premiered

September 19, 2005

Genre

Comedy

Theme

Married Life

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How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all starts when Ted's best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), drops the bombshell that he's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realizes that he had... more »

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anybody know where to find them, im particularly looking for "game night"

anybody know where to find them, im particularly looking for "game night"less «

Mahoo31 Last online Feb 20, 2009

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What does everyone expect from season 5?

Almost 3 months to go now. What i wanna see from season 5 is Robin and Barney being the funniest couple ever. I want Ted to ...more »

Almost 3 months to go now. What i wanna see from season 5 is Robin and Barney being the funniest couple ever. I want Ted to find the mother. I want to see more of Barney flashbacks. I want to see more silent conversations between Marshall and Lily. I want Lily to come back with a vengeance after the pregnancy and be totally awesome. How about you?less «

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Remember when.....

I saw this on a thread for another show and thought it would be fun since there are so many great moment in How I Met Your Mother. The point is to put Remember when...and put a memory you have from How I Met Your Mother. Remember when Ted got the butterfly Tramp Stamp.

I saw this on a thread for another show and thought it would be fun since there are so many great moment in How I Met Your Mother. The point is to put Remember when...and put a memory you have from How I Met Your Mother. Remember when Ted got the butterfly Tramp Stamp. less «

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10 Perfect

When I Met Your Mother... well dont know haven't met your mother so far ;) but to make a long story a bit shorter this show is in the same line as Friends for me hide « show »

How I Met Your Mother.... LEGENDARY!

to bad this review has to be 100 words min because legendary would be a pretty good description if you ask me. But i'll write some more. HIMYM is about 5 people who life in New York some of them are friends since college and others became friends after a visit in the restroom ;)

The story begins when Marshall asks Lilly to marry him ted suddenly realizes that he also wants to be married and his quests begins.. and that's about it ;) i can tell you everything you need to know but you really need to experience this show for your self! but let me tell you 1 thing....

SUIT UP!!

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Korumera Added 5 days ago All my reviews
10 Perfect

The perfect show hide « show »

How I Met Your Mother is awesome, and probably my favorite sitcom ever. What really makes a sitcom is the characters, which is why HIMYM is so great. not a single character is annoying or boring! Also, like jimforlife391 said, it IS a perfect balance of drama and comedy. But as i was saying about the characters is that the only character that i KIND OF go awwwww when i realize the episodes about her is robin, but she still isnt TOO bad. Usually every show has at least one character that i cant stand, but How i Met Your Mother doesnt have any!

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abyss50 Added 8 days ago All my reviews
9 Superb

How I Met Your Mother is a diffrent comedy show which is why its awesome! hide « show »

This show first aired September 19, 2005 and is still running with high rating. In the first season .It starts in 2030 older Ted (Bob Saget)telling his children on how he met thier mother. Ted (Josh Radnor) was trying to get Robin (Cobie Smulders) to date Ted. While the engaged couple Marshall (Jason Segel)and Lily (Alyson Hannigan). As Barney ( Neil-Patrick Harris) doing his own thing day through day. How I met your mother is a unique diffrent show as I said before. This show is ended their fourth season and still getting high rating I think this show will go far. I rate this show superb 9.0.

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jimforlife391 Added 12 days ago All my reviews
9.5 Superb

After Friends, it is the best comedy series. hide « show »

I think "How I met your mother" is the best comedy series after friends.
I dont realize how time passed when I am watching this show. I akso watch the reruns and still laughing.
Every one in the show is superb, Marshall, Lily, Ted ,Robin and Barney.
My favourite couple is Barney and Robin.
I am so curios about "who is the mother, did we met with her or maybe no".
I hope all of the actors and actreses will get lots and lots of "Emmy".
And also I hope to see Barney in the big screen, in a comedy film.
I wish it will lasts more and more seasons.

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remycathy Added Jun 21, 2009 All my reviews
10 Perfect

"how i met your mother" is one of my favourite ways to spend 20 minutes.

This show strikes the perfect balance of drama and comedy for a sitcom, but also has many of its own unique enjoyable features. hide « show »

I would and have recommended HIMYM to anyone. It seems anyone can enjoy it; it appeals to so many areas of life:

1. It's hilarious
2. From time to time there is a lot of drama: Ted's constant search for the mother. Relationships between the main cast and recurring characters.
3. Great Music choices
4. The show is insanely clever. The episodes jump around in time, but it is very easy to follow. Moreover, episodes refer to future/past episodes. Recurring jokes are created. They even put in very subtle jokes for the audience to spot.

However, as a comedy, the 1st point is the most important. This show is so funny. It is a bold statement to say that it is the new FRIENDS, but it is. I solely believe the reason it is currently less popular is that it is not globally broadcast. Apparently is here in the UK, but on some very weird channel. But the basic structure is the same

Group of 6 = Group of 5 + potential mother
Monica's Apartment = Ted's Appartment
Central Perk = MacLaren's
Ross and Rachel = Ted and Robin (but not as much - thankfully!!)

However, the whole narration from the future, and way the writers play with time, and storylines and make everything relevant to the quest to find the mother makes for a very interesting show.

Season 1 - Fastest start to a show ever. Really does only take the 1st episode to feel at home with these characters. Very funny.

Season 2 - Ted in a relationship with Robin, so allows for further development of characters, we delve into their hilarious pasts!

Season 3 - The writers strike has never worked better for a show, with the Stella stroyline.

Season 4 - The writers changed tack halfway through (episode 7). Saying they would start writing more like a sitcom. I.e. more haha, less emphasis on storylines. So people could tune in to any episode. In my opinion this worsened the show. This is because the show lost momentum, and the "whole episode jokes" were good, but not standard HIMYM funny. However, they reverted back to the usual way for the last 7 episodes of the season.

...and they were INCREDIBLE!!! doing all the things I said above, in the best, funniest and most surprising ways. So, I have high hopes for Season 5!!!

WATCH THIS SHOW!!! GET IT GLOBAL!!!!!

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