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<i>How I Met Your Father</i>

How I Met Your Father

American sitcom (2022-2023)

How I Met Your Father is an American sitcom created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger that aired from January 18, 2022 until July 11, 2023 on Hulu. It is a spin-off of How I Met Your Mother. The series, which stars Hilary Duff, Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Suraj Sharma, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, and Kim Cattrall, follows the main character, Sophie (Duff), and her group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Sophie (Cattrall), in the year 2050, recounts to her unseen son the events that followed meeting his father in January 2022, and how they ultimately had him. In September 2023, the series was canceled after two seasons.

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Cast and characters

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Main

  • Hilary Duff as Sophie Tompkins,[1] a hopelessly romantic photographer who is looking for her soulmate.
  • Christopher Lowell as Jesse Walker,[1] an aspiring musician who works as an Uber driver and music teacher, who has become an internet meme after being left by his ex-girlfriend Meredith after a failed marriage proposal. He lives with Sid in Ted and Marshall's old apartment.
  • Francia Raisa as Valentina Morales,[1] an impulsive assistant-stylist who is also Sophie's best friend and roommate and Charlie's love interest.
  • Suraj Sharma as Sid,[1] Jesse's best friend and roommate who owns a bar. He is introduced as engaged to his long-distance girlfriend Hannah.
  • Tom Ainsley as Charlie Winthrop,[1] a British aristocrat who abandons his inheritance to follow his love interest Valentina to New York after meeting her at London Fashion Week. He later moves in with Ellen and the two become roommates, before being hired by Sid as a bartender.
  • Tien Tran as Ellen Gilbert,[1] Jesse's adoptive sister who moves to New York City to find romance after her divorce from her wife. She owns a produce farm.
  • Kim Cattrall as future Sophie, who in the year 2050 tells her son the story of how she met his father.

In addition, Stony Blyden co-stars as Jasper, a bartender at Sid's bar, in season 1.

Recurring

  • Daniel Augustin as Ian, Sophie's Tinder date. He is a marine biologist who moves to Australia in the pilot episode, but returns to New York in the season 1 finale.
  • Ashley Reyes as Hannah, Sid's longtime girlfriend to whom he gets engaged in the pilot. She works as a surgeon in Los Angeles, and later elopes with Sid in the season 1 finale after learning that her fellowship has been extended.
  • Leighton Meester as Meredith, a popular musician and Jesse's ex-girlfriend who publicly rejected his marriage proposal
  • Josh Peck as Drew,[lower-alpha 1] the vice principal at the school where Jesse teaches music lessons and Sophie's boyfriend for most of season 1
  • Aby James as Rachel, a new neighbor in Charlie and Ellen's apartment building and Ellen's love interest
  • Michael Cimino as Swish (season 2), a college student that Valentina is briefly engaged to
  • Meaghan Rath as Parker (season 2), Jesse's co-worker[3]

Guest stars

How I Met Your Mother role reprisals

Episodes

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Season 1 (2022)

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Season 2 (2023)

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Production

Development

Following the production of the 2014 CBS pilot How I Met Your Dad, which did not move forward, on December 14, 2016, it was reported that Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger were set to write a new version of the previous spin-off's pilot, re-titled How I Met Your Father, with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas serving as executive producers.[6] It was later announced that, after signing new contracts with 20th Century Fox Television that would see both Aptaker and Berger being promoted to executive producers and co-showrunners on This Is Us alongside Dan Fogelman, the idea would be put on hold until further notice.

On August 8, 2017, Fox chairman Dana Walden told Deadline Hollywood that 20th Television were attempting a spin-off with different writers, for the third time. Three days following the announcement, Deadline reported that Alison Bennett would write the spin-off, with the same title as the previous attempt with Aptaker and Berger. It was also learned that Bays and Thomas were once again hired as executive producers.[7] This attempt also fell through.[8]

On April 21, 2021, the spin-off series titled How I Met Your Father was given a 10-episode series order by Hulu. On June 24, 2021, Pamela Fryman joined the series as an executive producer and to direct the pilot.[9] On February 15, 2022, Hulu renewed the series for a 20-episode second season.[10] On September 1, 2023, the series was canceled after two seasons.[11]

Casting

Upon series order announcement, Hilary Duff was cast to star.[12] On June 16, 2021, Chris Lowell joined the cast as the male lead.[13] In August 2021, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, and Suraj Sharma were cast in starring roles while Brandon Micheal Hall was cast in a recurring role.[14][15] However, a few weeks later, Hall exited the role due to a scheduling conflict and Daniel Augustin was cast to replace Hall.[16] The next day, Josh Peck and Ashley Reyes joined the cast in recurring roles.[2] On November 5, 2021, Kim Cattrall was cast in a recurring role as the future version of Duff's character Sophie.[17] Upon the series premiere, it was reported that Leighton Meester is set to recur.[18] On February 3, 2022, it was announced that Paget Brewster was cast to guest star on the episode,"The Good Mom", which aired on February 8, 2022.[19] On January 18, 2023, Meaghan Rath was cast in a recurring capacity for the second season.[3]

Filming

Principal photography for the series began on August 31, 2021.[20]

Release

How I Met Your Father premiered on Hulu on January 18, 2022.[21] Internationally, the show began streaming on Disney+ via Star and in Latin America on Star+ on March 9, 2022.[22] The second season premiered on January 24, 2023, on Hulu.[23] Internationally, the second season arrived on April 19, 2023, on Disney+. The entire series is also available on Disney+ in the United States via the Hulu tab since December 6, 2023.

Reception

Audience viewership

Season 1

According to Parrot Analytics, which looks at consumer engagement in consumer research, streaming, downloads, and on social media, How I Met Your Father was the fifth most in-demand new show during the week of March 12, 2022, to March 18, 2022.[24][25] According to Whip Media's TV Time, How I Met Your Father was the 5th most watched original series across all platforms in the United States during the week of January 23, 2022,[26] as well during the week of January 30, 2022,[27] the 8th during the week of February 13, 2022,[28] the 4th during the week of March 13, 2022,[29] and the 3rd during the week of March 20, 2022.[30]

Season 2

According to Whip Media's TV Time, How I Met Your Father was the most watched original series across all platforms in the United States during the week of January 29, 2023,[31] and during the week of February 5, 2023,[32] the 2nd during the week of February 12, 2023,[33] the 3rd during the week of February 19, 2023,[34] the 2nd during the week of February 26, 2023,[35] and during the week of March 5, 2023,[36] the 3rd during the week of March 12, 2023,[37] the 4th during the week of March 19, 2023,[38] the 3rd during the week of March 26, 2023,[39] during the week of April 2, 2023,[40] and during the week of May 28, 2023,[41] and the 2nd during the week of June 4, 2023.[42] Whip Media later announced How I Met Your Father was the twenty-sixth most-watched streaming original television series of 2023.[43]

Critical response

For the first season, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 36% approval rating, based on 47 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "How I Met Your Father takes great pains to update its predecessor's formula for a modern audience, but this stilted retread only amounts to a painful slog."[44] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 49 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[45]

The second season has a 33% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 critic reviews.[46]

Accolades

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Notes

  1. Josh Peck is credited as "Special guest star", but is a recurring cast member.[2]

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