Created by: Carter Bays & Craig Thomas

Cast:
Josh Radnor – Ted Mosby
Jason Segel – Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders – Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris – Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan – Lily Aldrin
Bob Saget – Older Ted (voice)

Plot:
How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all started when Ted’s best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), dropped the bombshell that he was going to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realized that he had better get a move on if he, too, hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest is his friend Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a confirmed bachelor with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way to meet women. When Ted meets Robin (Cobie Smulders), he’s sure it’s love at first sight, but destiny has something else in store. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future.

“The successful CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” stars Neil Patrick Harris as the break-out character Barney. Barney is a shallow man who is only interested in one thing from a woman and has no scruples about how he gets it. We may all remember Neil Patrick Harris as the young genius of the television show, “Doogie Howser, MD.” He has grown up quite a bit since then and he has honed his comedic talent as well.”
AssociatedContent

“Careening through these two love stories is Barney (Neil Patrick Harris, the former Doogie Howser, M.D.), an aggressively single womanizer, whose intimate friendship with this largely sincere and domestic bunch doesn’t make much sense…but often makes for excellent comedy. This goofy quintet of late 20somethings flounder their way through life in New York, wrestling with love and careers. The entire cast is superb (and much more confident this season), but Harris’s inexplicably endearing smarminess really pushes the show into a higher comic bracket. That performance energy–combined with the cunning use of flashbacks and other twisty story techniques–makes How I Met Your Mother both sweet and spicy, a conventional sitcom that tweaks the formula enough to make it feel fresh and engaging.”
Amazon

“Who would have predicted this?  The former child star of the silly, yet fondly remembered Doogie Howser, M.D. is a full-fledged comedy star, one of the most reliable performers on television.  Neil Patrick Harris re-emerged on television with his role as Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, and has been the best part of that series since its inception.  Add to that extended cameos in the two Harold and Kumar films as himself, and NPH has carved himself a niche as a cult comedy icon.”
BuddyTV