Is How I Met Your Father a sequel?
HULU’S new sitcom How I Met Your Father debuted on January 18, 2022, and fans have been curious if it’s related to CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. The former sitcom ran from 2005 to 2014 and famously starred Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders and Alyson Hannigan. Is How I Met […]
HULU’S new sitcom How I Met Your Father debuted on January 18, 2022, and fans have been curious if it’s related to CBS’ How I Met Your Mother.
The former sitcom ran from 2005 to 2014 and famously starred Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders and Alyson Hannigan.
Is How I Met Your Father a sequel?
How I Met You Father tells the story of how Sophie met her son’s father, which brings viewers back in time to when Sophie and her close-knit group of friends were figuring out who they are as well as how to fall in love in the age of dating apps.
How I Met Your Mother showrunners Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker call How I Met Your Father a “stand-alone sequel” to the former show which lasted for nine seasons.
The show also has a star-studded cast including:
- Hilary Duff as Sophie
- Francia Raisa as Valentina
- Tom Ainsley as Charlie
- Tien Tran as Ellen
- Suraj Sharma as Sid
- Christopher Lowell as Jesse
- Josh Peck as Drew
- Ashlet Reyes as Hannah
- Daniel Augustin as Ian
- Stony Blyden as Jasper
- Kim Cattrall as older Sophie
Season one will reportedly have 10 episodes.
When is it on TV and how can I watch it?
How I Met Your Father is a Hulu original series that debuted in January 2022 and can be streamed only through the service.
Hulu has plans ranging from $6.99 per month to $12.99 per month with yearly options available starting at $69.99.
The streaming service also offers a bundle including Hulu + Live TV, Disney+ and ESPN+, starting at $69.99 per month.
Is it related to How I Met Your Mother?
How I Met Your Father is a reimagined story of the beloved series which does include some things from the original but is not meant to be a reboot.
HIMYM fans will recognize the apartment featured in HIMYF as well as other easter eggs that can be spotted along the way.
“You know there’s a high bar. … You do feel the pressure,” Berger said, via NBC.
“If we’re going to do this, we want to do it right,” she added. “How do we make this new and fresh?”
“We are not trying to reboot and re-create,” Duff, who also serves as a producer on the series, told the media outlet. “We are borrowing some important parts of the [original] show that made people fall in love with it.”
Lowell went on to add that part of the reasons he is excited about the show is because it’s not designed as a reboot.
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“I’m not being tasked with the pressure of being the new whatever, like trying to be the Barney or the Robin or the Ted. To put that on us would be, I think, a disaster for everybody,” he said.
“I think what writers did so brilliantly here is they allowed us to live within the same world without feeling trapped by it. As a result, you get plenty of room for us to become our own characters, for our show to become our own show without abandoning what made the original so special.”
The show’s theme is ultimately a story of finding love in the modern age.
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