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A comedy series about a father telling his kids how he met their mother through flashbacks of his adventures with his friends. IMDb provides information on the show's creators, stars, awards, ratings, reviews, trivia, and more.
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How I Met Your Mother (often abbreviated as HIMYM) is an American sitcom, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014, follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in New York City's Manhattan.
It's the year 2030 and an older Ted Mosby is telling the story to his son and daughter about how he met and will eventually marry their mother. This is where we meet for the first time Ted, Lily, Marshall, Barney and Robin.
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- International Broadcasts and Streaming
- Awards and Nominations
How I Met Your Mother drew from the friendship of Bays and Thomas (the creators) in creating the characters, with Ted based loosely on Bays, and Marshall and Lily based loosely on Thomas and his wife. Thomas' wife Rebecca was initially reluctant to have a character based on her, but agreed if they could get Alyson Hanniganto play her. Fortunately, ...
Books
1. The Bro Code, cited by Barney many times throughout the series, is a set of written rules for bros to follow, and has been published as a tie-in novel and an audiobook. Barney alleges it was written by Barnabas Stinson, a contemporary of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin (an assumed relative of Barney). 2. Bro on the Go: a companion to The Bro Code, released in 2009. 3. The Playbook, (based on the fifth season episode of the same name), by Barney Stinson and Matt Kuhn. 4. Bro Code fo...
Soundtrack
1. A soundtrack album entitled How I Met Your Music: Original Songs from the Hit Serieswas released digitally to iTunes on September 24, 2012, featuring songs from the first seven seasons 2. A second soundtrack album entitled How I Met Your Music: Deluxewas released digitally to iTunes on September 23, 2014, featuring songs from the final two seasons.
Websites
1. Main article: Tie-in sites 1. Barney's Blog — Throughout the series, Barney makes references to his blog. The blog is written by Matt Kuhnand hosted by CBS. 2. Barney's TwitterCBS also updates a Twitter account for Barney. 3. Internationalsuitupday.com- International Suit Up day 4. swarley.com — At the end of the episode Swarley, Barney tries to pretend he loves his new name to avoid being called Swarley again. Though not shown in the episode, there used to be a website called swarley.com...
The show has been shown in several countries through national broadcasters and local streaming services.
Trivia
1. The last two episodes of Season 2 and Season 8 are a rhymn. 'Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Something Old, Something New'.
Ted's epic search for his soul mate is told largely through flashbacks, as an adult Ted recounts to his kids how he met their mother. Watch trailers & learn more.
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How I Met Your Mother. A half-hour comedy series about Ted and how he fell in love. It all started when Ted’s best friend, Marshall, drops the bombshell that he’s going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily, a kindergarten teacher.
