It would feature a new group of New York friends and chronicle a female member of the group’s quest to meet her future husband. I hear the new characters could be introduced in the HIMYM series finale, and Ted, Barney, Marshall, Lily and Robin’s favorite hangout, MacLaren’s Pub, may be featured on the new show, serving as a link between the two gangs
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Not sure how I feel about this...
ReplyDeleteWhat we want is a Charmed 3-4 hour TV Movie CBS...
ReplyDeleteI don't know what to say.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I know what to say now.
ReplyDeleteI am sure CBS wants it to replace HIMYM with this next fall. I don't know how they can pull this off without it being considered a derivative of the original show. And it will always be compared to HIMYM and it will fail if doesn't meet the expectation of the fans. I will obviously give it a shot, but I don't think it will replace HIMYM for me.
The spinoff should be called How I Beat a Dead Horse.
ReplyDeleteUmm no. Just no. Don't tarnish the already tarnished legacy of the show.
ReplyDeleteI got a feeling they will re-cast the Mother...
ReplyDeleteWhile I did not have any issue with not meeting the mother sooner like some people did, and I like the concept of flashing back on the highlights and low-lights of one person's life, I'm not sure I like this idea very much at all.
ReplyDeleteI am not against spin-offs, I am not even against remakes, but this just seems desperate and lazy.
No, you misunderstood - It's a completely different set of characters to be introduced in the series finale - New Mother and New Father.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like something the creators are undertaking at the behest of the network rather than something they'd be eager to do on their own.
ReplyDeleteI would be fine with this if the spin off was about the mother and ted or just the mother before meeting ted, but this? No. Just no. Move on like the rest of us, CBS.
ReplyDeleteindeed.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of a tile for it like you did below,
How I Sold Out to Pressure?
Of course they want a spin-off. Most television networks these days are too afraid of trying something brand new and instead opts for the "safe" alternatives, as in for spin-offs, continuations and all kinds of ways to make sure that people who liked one show will return for the next.
ReplyDeleteNice. This is fun. How about...
ReplyDeleteHow I Bought that Second House in the Hamptons
Exactly.
ReplyDeleteI think the premise is gender neutral and could be reversed to How I Met Your Father easily enough, but I don't think the premise is what truly made the series. It was the characters.
As Marshall's brunch buddy bromance Brad would say,
Redonkulous!
AKA
ReplyDeleteHow I met My Mortgage?
Interesting, I don't think I'll watch a Mother spinoff. As much as I like her I really don't see myself watching but we'll see how it is.
ReplyDeleteHow CBS Enraged Fans with a Mediocre Spin-off
ReplyDeleteCBS could always use younger demo numbers so how about...
ReplyDeleteHow I Get Dat Money
Can I sue CBS for intellectual property theft? About 5 years ago, I joked and had the idea for this exact thing. I'm going to go all The Social Network on you, CBS! :p
ReplyDeleteNo, you're misunderstanding. It's not about The Mother - It'd be about a completely different group of friends and this Mother is looking for The Father.
ReplyDeleteThen again they would likely fall back to their comfort zone...
ReplyDeleteHow I Paid for Retirement. (a 401k in reverse)
How 9 Years Isn't Enough and We Need 9 More in a Spin-Off
ReplyDeleteHow Mondays Won't Survive if We Don't Do This
How We Didn't Even Give Any Original Idea A Chance
I'm not in the "young demo", I think, but I would certainly watch a show that combines a meme and money! CBS, YOU LISTENING!?
ReplyDeleteMaybe they can franchise it out like all their other alphabet spin-offs...
ReplyDeleteHIMYM: LA
Or if they want to go the gender route...
HIMYM: XX.
Different group, same concept.
ReplyDeleteHow My Integrity Takes a Back Seat to All That Cash
ReplyDeleteOoh, Ooh. How about:
ReplyDeleteHow NOBODY ASKED CBS FOR A SPIN-OFF!!!
And it will obviously have Patrice as the member of the new group.
AKA
ReplyDeleteHow I Lost My Integrity
God, I am absolutely loving this whole thread. A+ everyone.
ReplyDeleteOh, CBS, come on.
ReplyDeleteWhat's next? HIMYM in Wonderland?
Maybe in HIMYM in Wonderland... you can do basically the same, but recast all the roles with Wonderland characters.
How I Met Your Mother: Father Edition
ReplyDeleteIf CBS did a spinoff called Damn it, Patrice! I'd have to at least check the pilot out. :)
ReplyDeleteI'd watch that show! :P
ReplyDeleteOh my god, I am laughing so hard at this.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I wrote exactly that, hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteGood god! XD
ReplyDeleteThat was such a terrible idea the first time, no network would make that mistake a second time would they?
Ooops, my bad.
I forgot, networks never learn...
AKA
ReplyDeleteHow I Lost The Audience? XD
NCIS: HIMYM Los Angeles
ReplyDeleteDidn't Alysson Hannigan push for a Liily & Marshal spin-off ? I would totally watch that...
ReplyDeleteHow I Met Your Mother: Father Edition: Los Angeles
ReplyDeleteAnd then we get
How I Met Your Mother: Sister Edition: Las Vegas
And of course
How I Met Your Mother: Brother Edition: Wonderland (thanks for that idea for a name Cathy! :P)
Please don't.
ReplyDeleteHow I Met Your Mother Over And Over And Over Again In Every City Until CBS is Finally Ready to Let Go of Something That Should Have Been Done Years Ago. Suddenly, the abbreviation HIMYM was kinda short :P
ReplyDeleteIf they want a real ratings grab they'll go for
ReplyDeleteThe Big Bang HIMYM
This reminds me of the flashback where Marshall and Lily are about to have sex again in their university dorm and Ted asks them not to do so from the top bunk.
ReplyDeletePerfect title if Marshall was the main focus: How I Already Met My Wife. Fuck You Ted, It's Not That Difficult.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of every reaction I've ever had to any spin-off ever.
ReplyDeleteOR CBS can attempt to jump on the bandwagon of Netflix revivals by using the Bluths in the series.
ReplyDeleteHow I Met My Uncle Father:
Lol, A+ to everyone in this thread
ReplyDeleteConfident title of a show :D
ReplyDeleteHa! XD
ReplyDeleteHow I Met My Neighbor?
The CBS execs just all met their bliss!!
Sidenote:
I'm so glad CBS renamed the series to The Big Bang Theory instead of Lenny, Penny, and Kenny!
Hahaha I forgot all about that, but yeah, that was a real blessing in disguise. Shows that sometimes, but only sometimes, these networks make the right decision! :P
ReplyDeleteOkay, last one:
ReplyDeleteCSI: Slutty Pumpkin
I laughed so hard I almost died! XD
ReplyDeleteOh god, that was the original title of the show? What an awful title.
ReplyDeleteWith A Shovel. And Featured It On Our Monday-Night Line-up. And Are Aiming For It to Last Another 9 Years
ReplyDeleteOr
ReplyDeleteThe Big Bang story of How I Met Your Father
Just before they walked into each new crime scene the lead could say "Suit up!"
ReplyDeleteHaaaaave you met the victim?
ReplyDeleteThe Theory of How I Big Banged Your Mother? Did I just create the perfect title for a future porn film?
ReplyDeleteLOL, I was waiting for someone to go for the porn title after I saw Babar's and you didn't disappoint.
ReplyDeleteYou're killing me with laughter! You win the Internet for not just today, but this entire year! Hahaha!
ReplyDeleteOh God, I'm laughing so hard I can't even right now.
ReplyDeleteI laughed so hard at Bruce's posts I wasn't able to make a sound. I just lied on the floor and clapping like a fucking seal trying desperately to catch even the tiniest breaths of air!
ReplyDeleteBefore I clicked on this link, I thought to myself: "Bwhaha, what is it gonna be called? How I Met Your Father?" Guess I was right
ReplyDeleteNo,no,no and no...
ReplyDeleteGo further down the comments section. We've basically been through every possible name for the spin-off. I think me and the others deserve an actual pay from CBS for doing their work! :P
ReplyDeleteAnd CBS hears that as "Money, money, money and money"
ReplyDeleteI never disappoint! :D
ReplyDeleteThat was my first guess at a title honestly! XD
ReplyDeleteThen came... How I Met My Failure
How CBS Made Everyone Make Fun of a Show's Title
ReplyDeleteHow CBS made everyone Make at least one "How..." Joke
How CBS Lost Their Minds
How CBS ran out of Ideas
How CBS thought they could get more Money
Okay, now I am afraid that they are going to throw these random people (the new group) in the show and ruin the awesome series finale this show deserves.
ReplyDeleteI had the same Thought.
ReplyDelete70 comments in an hour, that must be a record.
ReplyDeleteWould Cristin be in it ?
ReplyDeleteHow I Met Your Father?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's a Halloween trick?
ReplyDeleteIt's too early, in that case. The news hit on October 30. In addition, a joke is for April Fools' Day, while Halloween is meant to scare. This did scare me haha :P but I don't think they have the guts to pull that off no matter how much we want it to be a trick.
ReplyDeleteYeah, a lot of creative titles in here.
ReplyDeleteMaybe since HIMYM characters are all such Star Wars fans, they can do a Star Wars-themed spin-off about old Luke Skywalker telling his kids of all the whacky adventures him and his friends got into while searching for his true father, who he knew was out there and kept looking.
It's called How I Met My Father.
NB! The show's last season takes place exclusively in Cloud City over a weekend and shows how Luke's friends all meet his father, Darth Vader before he does.
No, this is a story of a new group where a woman is in search for her true love.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to find any explanation for this stupid idea :)
ReplyDeleteHIMYM producers, I will give you an advice a wise woman once said:
ReplyDeleteRUN .... RUN TO INDIA :) :)
They just want another show to drag out for 9 years.
ReplyDeleteThis is the problem with tv...it's not the writers that don't have any new ideas, it's the tv execs that refuse to try the new ideas. Who cares if it's a completely different set of characters, it's the same show that we just watched for nine years, enough already!
ReplyDeleteHahaha, Penny
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I don't think there is one except what's going through the CBS' execs minds: "MONEY!!!!"
ReplyDeleteCBS, hire this guy!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, you won a GOLDEN COIN :D
ReplyDeleteYou suck..! So hard!
ReplyDeleteThat line killed me hahahaha
ReplyDeleteMe too! Hahaha, it's on my top 3 list of best lines ever on the show!
ReplyDeleteExcept it would really be called "$*&# it, Patrice!" because they couldn't really use the word "Damn".
ReplyDeleteIf they do make that show I don't think it will make us laugh half as much as we are now!
ReplyDeleteI remember a show on CBS with that exact problem. While CBS did the technique you wrote, a lot of other places used the word "Bleep". So it could also result in "Bleep it, Patrice!" which just does not sound good at all.
ReplyDeleteWhy would we expect her to be in the new show when she's not even in the show in which she's supposedly a series regular!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll pass on this.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteOh god Cathy, you're killing me.
ReplyDeleteThat video cracked me up! Thanks so much for the share! You're on a roll today, Cathy, I've laughed like nonstop ever since this post appeared on STV :P
ReplyDeleteThanks, I had a stressful day and needed the lightheartedness of STV, besides that Cabaret is always appropriate IMO hehehe (loooooooove the movie and musical).
ReplyDeleteI think I might have too much of a spine to be a tv exec... :)
ReplyDeleteThe current show isn't making me laugh as much as all of these posts are! Thank you all for making laundry night enjoyable!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't think that show lasted very long...CBS take a hint!
ReplyDeletegeez, now a "how I met your husband?" feels like the dead horse has had enough already...
ReplyDeleteor...
ReplyDeleteHow I Laughed All the Way to the Bank
My issue with this is that the writers seem to have exhausted all their good ideas. The show was fresh and interesting at the beginning, and stayed pretty good for the middle. There were good moments in the last season or two even when some of the material was getting reused. But season 9 so far is illustrating that they've really stretched this story as far as they can stretch it. They're not coming up with new stuff. They're not taking the story arc to new or rewarding places, and it's dragging. If they can't come up with a stronger finish for the original HIMYM with the great ensemble cast, I'm not feeling confident that a spin-off would be any better.
ReplyDeleteRemember "That's 70's show" spin-off. "That's 80's show"? Yeah, me neither.
ReplyDeleteI feel this is the same situation, they're trying to take advantage of the success of HIMYM, I really doubt it will happen again.
I must say this was the MOST FUN POST EVER.
ReplyDeleteThanks to everyone who contributed with hilarious ideas. It really lightened up my work filled evening sitting in front of the computer (yeah, I'll still meet my deadline, had to work till a bit later because of the post, but it was worth it bc of all the chuckles you all made possible)
I laughed so much.....I have to thank CBS for that... giving us a reason to make fun of their stupid ideas. Cheers!
What i want is an episode of Season 9 called How Your Mother Met Me in wich we see all the important moment from the mother's perspective...
ReplyDeleteThis show already is longer than it should... It took the focus out of Ted in an intent to slow down the ending, but the truth is that a real Season 5 could be about Barney proposing to Robin and then Season 6 about they planning the wedding and the celebration itself with some flashforwards of Ted and the Mother... There's a problem with a show when you can actually cut off 3 Seasons...
Making a Spin Off based on the same premise is a death sentence... People watch the show 'cause they have been in love with the characters for 9 years, but the show itself has become a shadow of what it was...
If you give people the same recurring gags but with new characters... Well, the show is doomed...
Is that a joke?
ReplyDeleteOn the contrary, I am pretty sure.
ReplyDeletehttp://files.sharenator.com/kill_it_with_fire-s670x394-151259.jpg
Really glad I clicked on this post, the spin off names are way better than any actual show will be.
ReplyDeleteHIMYM spin-off and a Charmed reboot? Um, no thank you, CBS. I wouldn't be able to help checking in on it, but I can't see this being a good idea. I know it's a stretch, but think of NEW concepts.
ReplyDeleteBetter idea for a spin-off: (looks at son) "And that's the story of how I met your mother." (turns to daughter) "And here's the story of how I met YOUR mother." (cue theme music)
ReplyDeletespin off for Maclaren's bar? i don't think it's gonna make me like the show if it's not as good, 'coz i am in love with the old casts !!
ReplyDeleteHow they suck...so hard!
ReplyDeleteSo, they're basically rebooting the show, with a female lead?
ReplyDeleteSorry to nitpick, but "on the contrary" is used to make the original statement incorrect. Klutzy didn't know how to feel, and even though you did, the term "on the contrary" isn't used properly in this scenario. And before you say anything, no, I'm not fun at parties :P
ReplyDeleteWell said :)
ReplyDeleteOnly if it follows Cristan Milloti and her friends before she meets Ted.
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