“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.”

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• De 1e aflevering van Seizoen 6 van How I Met Your Mother is te zien op 20 September (season premiere).
• Neil Patrick Harris zal binnenkort te horen zijn in de film: Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Hij heeft de stem van Lou ingesproken.
• Neil Patrick Harris gaat de stem inspreken van Spider-Man voor de video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
• Opnames van de nieuwe Muppets film (The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made) staan binnenkort op het programma. Jason Segel zal hierin de hoofdrol spelen naast de Muppets uiteraard. Disney heeft nog wel de hulp van tekenfilmstudio Pixar ingeroepen bij het uitwerken van het script voor de film ‘The greatest Muppet movie ever made’. De studio hoopt zo mogelijke script problemen te ontdekken vooraleer de draaidagen beginnen,

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.
Wel is Neil Patrick Harris genomineerd voor zijn rol in HIMYM. Niet alleen daarvoor is NPH genomineerd maar ook voor zijn gastoptreden in Glee (Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series).

HIMYM is genomineerd voor de volgende Emmy’s

• Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series (Duel Citizenship • Of Course • Hooked)
• Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Dopplegangers)
• Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics (Girls Vs. Suits (Song title: Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit))
• Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series (Neil Patrick Harris)

De winnaars van de felbegeerde beeldjes worden 29 Augustus bekend gemaakt.

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.

Well, we might find out in a few years. In a recent interview with GQ, Segel noted that he has three years left on his How I Met Your Mother contract. The actor/director/writer intends to leave the sitcom when that time comes.

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