How I Met Your Mother Must Be Renewed
I've said it before and I'll say it again: How I Met Your Mother is the best comedy on television. So will someone please tell me why CBS has yet to renew it?
Many people might think I'm speaking blasphemy here, but this is how I truly feel: How I Met Your Mother is better than Friends.
The characters—Ted, Marshall, Barney, Lily and Robin—are not only more realistic than the characters on Friends, but they're funnier too. The How I Met Your Mother characters are perfect for the 18-49 (guys and girls) audience, because we all have friends like them and we all have the conversations that they have.
Last year it took CBS some time before announcing Mother's renewal, so there's still hope that we'll get a fourth season. (Right now all we know is that How I Met Your Mother will return post-strike on March 17 with nine new episodes.) Though I'm still confused as to why it wasn't renewed along with the rest of the CBS shows.
CBS renewed the dramas Cold Case, Criminal Minds, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Ghost Whisperer, NCIS, Numb3rs and Without a Trace. As for the comedies, it renewed Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory.
Two and a Half Men is a humorous show, but it's a comedy that my parents find funny and one that I can live without. The Big Bang Theory is also very cute, and I'm glad it was renewed as I watched it each week, but if I had to pick between it and How I Met Your Mother, Mother would win with flying colors. Plain and simple, How I Met Your Mother is a fantastic comedy. And in a time when great comedies are so few and far between, why would CBS take such a prized possession and treat it liked chopped liver?
Please, please, please watch How I Met Your Mother when it returns on March 17, and prove to CBS that the viewers want this realistic and hilarious show to continue for years to come. The characters on How I Met Your Mother have become our friends and we want to grow old with them—not remembering them!
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HIMYM is legendary. My fave show. Ever. HIMYM fans need to band together and find a way to save it! I will be devestated if this show ends so soon. Hopefully we will see Season 4 and beyond! Please tune in.
The Big Bang Theory is horrible! Ugh! I can't even believe they renewed that!
Love How I Met Your Mother, although best comedy on TV--I don't think so. That award goes to The Office.
thanks for writing this, jacki. you are dead on. i really appreciate your dedication to this show and for always being the viewers' voice.
you rock!
You're right, best show on television... The cast has more charisma and chemistry than that of FRIENDS but, unfortunately, HIMYM still goes unwatched. It was "on the bubble" last year, I can't imagine things are looking brighter this year, as they've already picked up a veteran and a rookie comedy.
[excerpt] More support for How I Met Your Mother
More and more of us are talking about the goodness and joy that is our weekly half-hour visit with Ted, Barney, Robin, Lilly and Marshall (a really long way of saying How I Met Your Mother). Here are a couple recent pieces arguing for keeping this great show on the air: [/excerpt]
http://popculturecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-support-for-how-i-met-your-mother.html
I love this show - it definitely needs to be renewed!!!!!
sign the i-petition to save, 'how i met your mother'!!!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savehimym/
sign the i-petition to save 'how i met your mother'!!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savehimym/
HOw i met your mother-Legendary. It has to be renewed. Its such a hysterical show! I say we should do whatever it takes to save it. It's actually a pretty realistic plot line. I really enjoy it. So I say Suit up and lets do what we can!
Absolutely. How I Met Your Mother is the best comedy on television. I get so excited for it. I think we just need to keep spreading the word. Everyone I know who never watched it was hooked after one episode. How can we make it bigger that we want the show to stay on tv. I would seriously be sad if it is canceled.
Yes! How I Met your Mother is "Legen...and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the next part of that word is...dary!" Its doing really well, so hopefully that bodes well for renewal. I actually just wrote some feedback to CBS saying how great the show was and how it should be renewed. If you want to save the show, write into CBS and let the know how awesome it is.