How I Met Your Mother is an
Emmy Award winning American sitcom that premiered on
CBS on September 19, 2005. The show was created by
Craig Thomas and
Carter Bays. As a
framing device, the main character,
Ted Mosby (
Josh Radnor), in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting their mother, which explains the title and allows for a narration in the past tense.
How I Met Your Mother's other main characters are
Marshall Eriksen (
Jason Segel),
Robin Scherbatsky (
Cobie Smulders),
Barney Stinson (
Neil Patrick Harris), and
Lily Aldrin (
Alyson Hannigan).
Production
Inspired by the idea "let's write about our friends and the stupid stuff we did in New York."
is Bays and Thomas's idea. The two drew from their friendship in creating the characters, with Ted based loosely on Bays, and Marshall and Lily based loosely on Thomas and his wife.
[www.whedon.info/Alyson-Hannigan-How-I-Met-Your,14745.html] The series is produced by
20th Century Fox Television.
