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How I Met Your Mother tv series

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How I Met Your Father (TV Series)

Original title

How I Met Your Mother

Year

2005

Running time

20 min.

Country

United States

Director

Carter Bays (Creator), Craig Thomas (Creator), Pamela Fryman, Rob Greenberg, Michael J. Shea, Neil Patrick Harris

Screenwriter

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris, Kourtney Kang, Stephen Lloyd, Jamie Rhonheimer, Matt Khun, Joe KellySee 4 More

Cast

Music

John Swihart

Cinematography

Chris La Fountaine, Steven V. Silver

Producer

Broadcast by: CBS

Genre

TV Series. Comedy | Sitcom. Friendship

Synopsis

TV series (2005-2014). 9 seasons. 208 episodes. The idealistic and romantic Ted (Josh Radnor) tells his two sons how he met his mother and how his life was until he found true love. He enlists the help of his best friends: flirty Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), good-natured Marshall (Jason Segal) and his girlfriend, kindergarten teacher Lily (Alyson Hannigan). When Ted meets Robin (Cobie Smulders), a pretty young Canadian girl who has just moved to New York, he's pretty sure it's love at first sight.

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Rankings Position

#12 The 100 Best Sitcoms Of All Time
#113 Best TV Series of the 21st century

Awards: 2012: Emmy: Best Editing. 4 Nominations, Including Best Artistic Direction

2011: Emmy: 5 Nominations, Including Best Directing and Editing

2010: Emmy: 4 Nominations, Including Best Sup. Actor (Neil Patrick Harris)

2009: Emmy: Best Artistic Direction 4 Nominations, Including Best Supporting Actor

2008: Emmy: Best Artistic Direction. Nominated for Best Sup. Actor (Harris)

2007: Emmy: Best Artistic Direction. 3 Nominations, Including Best Sup. Actor

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Critics' reviews

"The script is humorous, though not hilarious, and the show boasts a fine cast (...). Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Robert Bianco: USA Today
"A considerably above-average Generation Y sitcom that manages to be both sharp and sentimental, like 'Seinfeld' with feeling"

Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times
"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."

Matthew Gilbert: Boston Globe
"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."

Linda Stasi: New York Post
"We never thought we'd laugh out loud with a laugh track again"

Entertainment Weekly
"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-urbanite juggernaut"

Robert Abele: LA Weekly
"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"

Tom Shales: The Washington Post
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15 TV Series that I have seen more than once (22)
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39 TV Series that Get Better as They Progress (9)
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