“I hope no one will throw the word ‘sitcommy’ at us after Season 6.”
Those are the words of Craig Thomas, executive producer and co-creator of “How I Met Your Mother.”
He and Carter Bays, his fellow executive producer and co-creator, gave a group interview to several TV writers and critics Wednesday evening at the Television Critics Association press tour. They talked about beginning the show’s overall endgame and what’s to come in Season 6 (and much of that information is at the end of this post).
And for almost an hour, Thomas and Bays talked about Season 5, which many critics, including myself, found uneven at best and, yes, broad and sitcommy at worst. Though they say that their decision to experiment and not give the season an overall arc produced some of what they consider “HIMYM’s” best episodes, such as “Girls Versus Suits” and “Doppelgangers,” they said they ultimately realized the season felt “rudderless.”
De 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy nominaties zijn gisteren bekend gemaakt. How I met your mother is dit jaar niet geselecteerd in de categorie Outstanding Comedy Series.
Not since Friends has there been a more tightly-knit group of sitcom characters than those on How I Met Your Mother. It’s hard to imagine what the show would be without Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, or Neil Patrick Harris.
If Jason Segel sounds a bit restless in this interview, it’s understandable: He’s contractually obligated to stick around his CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother through an eighth season even though he’s got Muppets movies to make and substantial supporting roles in films with
The mother’s identity may or may not be revealed on How I Met Your Mother next season, but one thing is certain: a variety show.