- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 19, 2005
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Romantic comedies depend on appealing actors, and these five are irresistible.
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We never thought we'd laugh out loud with a laugh track again. [23 Sep 2005, p.81]
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This is a cast that jells immediately, hitting on all cylinders from the very first scene.
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The script is humorous, though not hilarious, and the show boasts a fine cast that could, with time, jell into a great one.
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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.
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Manages to get the balance of cuddliness and snark just right.
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What truly makes the Bays-Thomas collaboration smarter than your average sitcom is the storytelling chances taken by the script.
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"How I Met Your Mother" introduces a level of unpredictability not usually found in comedies.
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A considerably above-average Generation Y sitcom that manages to be both sharp and sentimental, like "Seinfeld" with feeling.
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How I Met Your Mother is that rare TV comedy that relies more on character than jokes.
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You know you're in the presence of a fresh, original sitcom when you don't even mind the laugh track.
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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.
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Could... become a very pleasant surprise.
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Cute but not overly cuddly, there's an authenticity to the relationships in "Mother" that makes it a comedy worth meeting.
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"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.
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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.
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A viewer-friendly diversion.
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The writing does not yet live up to the show's premise, but the series has potential to improve.
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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.
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The A.V. ClubThe premise is a winner, and the cast... couldn't be more appealing. But the overtly sitcom-y beats and one-liners seem overworked.
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Not so funny but genuinely touching.
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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.
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The script is just poor.
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The comedy that does occur in How I Met Your Mother isn't enough to compensate for its inconsistencies.
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Cloying [and] lackluster.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 841 out of 959
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Mixed: 50 out of 959
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Negative: 68 out of 959
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HRJan 7, 2010
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DeanWDec 9, 2009
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KevinSep 4, 2006Awful. Not funny, poorly acted, boring.