How I Met Your Father is an American sitcom created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. It is a spin-off to How I Met Your Mother.
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- How I Met Your Father is an American sitcom created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger
- It premiered on Hulu on January 18, 2022.
- It is a spin-off to How I Met Your Mother.
- The series follows the main character, Sophie and her group of friends in New York City’s Manhattan.
- Hillary Duff stars as Sophie along with Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Suraj Sharma, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran, and Kim Cattrall.
- As a framing device, Sophie (Kim 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 February 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.
- The first season was met with mixed reception, with some criticism being directed at its attempts to capitalize on nostalgia without offering anything new.
- At first in 2014 CBS announced a pilot to a spin-off named How I Met Your Dad, which did not move forward.
- Then 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,
- Carter Bays and Craig Thomas served as executive producers.
- 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.
- n 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.This attempt also fell through.
- On April 21, 2021, the spin-off series titled How I Met Your Father was given a 10-episode series order by Hulu. Aptaker and Berger will serve as creators, writers, and executive producers while Hilary Duff will serve as a producer. 20th Television is involved with producing the series.
- Pamela Fryman directed most of the original series’ episodes.
- On June 24, 2021, Pamela Fryman joined the series as an executive producer and to direct the pilot.
- On February 15, 2022, Hulu renewed the series for a 20-episode second season
- Principal photography for the series began on August 31, 2021.
- It’s revealed at the end of the pilot episode that Sid and Jesse live in Ted, Lily, and Marshall’s old apartment.
- Jesse mentions that they got the apartment from an “old married couple” who posted the apartment listing on the Wesleyan University alumni group, implying they took over the lease for Lily and Marshall. The apartment is full of small Easter eggs from the original show, and the original decorative swords are still hanging on the wall
- Season 1 episode 2 episode reveals that Sophie and Valentina have a wooden pineapple in their kitchen. This is a reference to The Pineapple Incident, a first season episode of How I Met Your Mother.
- Hilary Duff and Josh Peck play love interests. Both were massively successful child actors: Hilary being best known for her work with Disney, and Josh for his work with Nickelodeon.
- Robin Scherbatsky appears on the last episode of the first season as Robin. She is a well-known and successful reporter, who gives a piece of advice to young Sophie.
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