'How I Met Your Mother' renewed for 9th, final season
BY YVONNE VILLARREAL Los Angeles Times
Thursday, January 31, 2013
1/31/13 at 6:46 AM
Mother's Day has come early at CBS: Its veteran comedy "How I Met Your Mother" will indeed return next season - and it will be the final one for the series.
The entire gang is set to return for the show's swan song. And patient viewers of the long-running comedy will finally learn the identity of the enigmatic mother in the title.
The series, from Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, premiered on CBS in September 2005 and became a strong performer for the network among adults 18-49 and among total viewers. This season it is bringing in about 10 million viewers.
What might fans expect in the final episodes of the series?
"We have a plan to bring back many people we've had on the show," Bays said. "Not to steal their idea, but I loved the 'Seinfeld' finale where you saw everyone that's ever been on the show. We have a way to do it that sort of fits in with the universe of our show."
Associated Images:
Jason Segel (left), Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris and Cobie Smulders will finish their run on "How I Met Your Mother" next season. CLIFF LIPSON / CBS / AP
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