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How I Met Your Mother is an American situation comedy that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. The show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.

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J.Lo Set To Guest Star on HIMYM

Posted on Jan 27, 2010

The great and terrible Jennifer Lopez is set to guest star on HIMYM this March as Anita Appleby, "a no-nonsense author of self-help books that teach women how to train men into relationship machines t... Read More

HIMYM Renewed for 6th Season

Posted on Jan 25, 2010

Sources confirm that CBS has officially picked the show up for a sixth season! ... Read More

Carrie Underwood to guest star on HIMYM

Posted on Jan 10, 2010

Country Singer Carrie Underwood will guest star on an episode of the Emmy-nominated series HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to be broadcast later this season. Carrie will play Tiffany, a gorgeous enigma who dri... Read More

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Lee Siegel's review of How I Met Your Mother for The New Republic

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Cloying [and] lackluster.... Read More

Michael Abernethy's review of How I Met Your Mother for PopMatters

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The comedy that does occur in How I Met Your Mother isn't enough to compensate for its inconsistencies.... Read More

Doug Elfman's review of How I Met Your Mother for Chicago Sun-Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The script is just poor.... Read More

Linda Stasi's review of How I Met Your Mother for New York Post

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The plot is clever and there's a nice twist at the end, but the actors haven't found a rhythm, nor have they developed any chemistry.... Read More

Aaron Barnhart's review of How I Met Your Mother for Kansas City Star

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

A viewer-friendly diversion.... Read More

Alessandra Stanley's review of How I Met Your Mother for The New York Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The writing does not yet live up to the show's premise, but the series has potential to improve.... Read More

John Leonard's review of How I Met Your Mother for New York Magazine

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Not so funny but genuinely touching.... Read More

Review of How I Met Your Mother for The Onion A.V. Club

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The premise is a winner, and the cast... couldn't be more appealing. But the overtly sitcom-y beats and one-liners seem overworked.... Read More

Tom Shales's review of How I Met Your Mother for Washington Post

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

It is a little better than most other sitcoms, past and present -- especially those featuring wacky urban friends in their twenties experiencing the bittersweet mysteries of life.... Read More

Robert Abele's review of How I Met Your Mother for LA Weekly

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Time will tell if viewers take to this quintet as completely as they did [Friends'] Central Perk crew... but it seems as if How I Met Your Mother is the most legitimate knockoff yet of that youthful-u... Read More

Verne Gay's review of How I Met Your Mother for Newsday

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Could... become a very pleasant surprise.... Read More

Melanie McFarland's review of How I Met Your Mother for Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

"How I Met Your Mother" may not break any comedic ground, but it's the sort of comfortable, reliable hitter CBS needs on Monday nights.... Read More

Rob Owen's review of How I Met Your Mother for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Cute but not overly cuddly, there's an authenticity to the relationships in "Mother" that makes it a comedy worth meeting.... Read More

David Hinckley's review of How I Met Your Mother for New York Daily News

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The format is unusual, and the ending of the premiere nicely surprising - but the element that pushes this show into the potential hit category is Neil Patrick Harris.... Read More

Mike Duffy's review of How I Met Your Mother for Detroit Free Press

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

You know you're in the presence of a fresh, original sitcom when you don't even mind the laugh track.... Read More

Mark Dawidziak's review of How I Met Your Mother for Cleveland Plain Dealer

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

What truly makes the Bays-Thomas collaboration smarter than your average sitcom is the storytelling chances taken by the script.... Read More

Maureen Ryan's review of How I Met Your Mother for Chicago Tribune

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Manages to get the balance of cuddliness and snark just right.... Read More

Matthew Gilbert's review of How I Met Your Mother for Boston Globe

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Like ''Friends," this is not a big-themed series so much as a bunch of little character jokes and relationship confusions getting batted around by an able cast.... Read More

Robert Lloyd's review of How I Met Your Mother for Los Angeles Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

A considerably above-average Generation Y sitcom that manages to be both sharp and sentimental, like "Seinfeld" with feeling.... Read More

Barry Garron's review of How I Met Your Mother for Hollywood Reporter

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

"How I Met Your Mother" introduces a level of unpredictability not usually found in comedies.... Read More

Jonathan Storm's review of How I Met Your Mother for Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

How I Met Your Mother is that rare TV comedy that relies more on character than jokes.... Read More

Robert Bianco's review of How I Met Your Mother for USA Today

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

The script is humorous, though not hilarious, and the show boasts a fine cast that could, with time, jell into a great one.... Read More

Charlie McCollum's review of How I Met Your Mother for San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

This is a cast that jells immediately, hitting on all cylinders from the very first scene.... Read More

Henry Goldblatt's review of How I Met Your Mother for Entertainment Weekly

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

We never thought we'd laugh out loud with a laugh track again. [23 Sep 2005, p.81]... Read More

Hal Boedeker's review of How I Met Your Mother for Orlando Sentinel

Posted on Sep 11, 2010

Romantic comedies depend on appealing actors, and these five are irresistible.... Read More

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Recap: How I Met Your Mother 6x5

Posted on Oct 25, 2010

One of the major topics we covered this week on How I Met Your Mother is the fact that Ted is really quick to say "I love you" when it comes to a relationship. This is called the "Mosby". Ted and Barn... Read More

Recap: How I Met Your mother 6x4 Subway Wars

Posted on Oct 13, 2010

The crew got a phone call while they were at the bar. They are told that Woody Allen is at a steakhouse a great deal away from them in Manhattan. They decide that they all have better ideas as to how ... Read More

Recap: How I Met Your Mother-Unfinished

Posted on Oct 10, 2010

In this episode of How I Met Your Mother, Robin is struggling with the fact that she isn't over Don. Not only that, but Ted isn't over the fact that he truly wants to be an architect. Barney offers Te... Read More

Recap: How I Met Your Mother-Cleaning House

Posted on Sep 27, 2010

Barney is telling the crew a story about his sex life, but he can't tonight. He doesn't want to talk about it and they start talking about Deadliest Catch. He says that his mother is selling the house... Read More

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+ Season 6

Season 6 Episode 24 -

Challenge Accepted

May 16, 2011

Robin and Barney bond when they intervene in Ted's relationship (until they run into Nora), and Marshall and Lily watch a ticking clock as he fears that he soon will be the victim of food poisoning. Meanwhile, Ted performs his Best Man duties at a very important wedding.