Professor Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Honestly, I'd rather there be no real lead up to the reveal. Just have them meeting be the final scene of the show. When sitcoms (or shows in general) know that it is their final season, it always feels like they drastically change everything toward the very end just because they can. There are no longer repercussions for actions so why not throw every rejected idea we ever had in the last six episodes. I get wanting to build to an 'epic' end, but it always feels different than the series as a whole. Also, I have about 6 seasons behind at the moment, so pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Don't worry, they've built to the meeting throughout the show, to the point where they lay out when and where the meeting happens. Which is my problem with the plan for Season 9. You've played your hand, pull the trigger, and let's spend a season with the mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightAngle04 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm surprised they didn't try to drag it out to get to a 10th season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 They had to practically do everything to get Jason Segal to return for one more season. The prospect of two would have been pushing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 A 10th season would have made virtually no money for CBS. Once a series is on long enough to go into syndication (which HIMYM did a few years back), the cost to produce (largely due to actors' salaries) vs. the profit it generates tips further and further into the "not worth it" area, unless it's a ratings juggernaut that commands enormous advertising rates, which to all appearances HIMYM doesn't. To be honest, I'm shocked CBS was willing to put up the cash for a ninth season, which indicates that they have nothing coming down the road to replace it with. Lord knows they had to back the Brinks truck up Jason Segel's driveway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 HIMYM is a very odd case where it's ratings have actually improved as time has gone on, thanks to the syndication deals. That's why CBS were so desperate for a ninth season, even though story wise it seems like Ted will end up knocking up the kids' mom on his second date with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Is it bad that I want the series to end on Ted just meeting the chick, saying hi, and then that's it, Not even a reveal of her face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I would like that too. After eight seasons of buildup, there's nothing they can give the viewers that will live up to it. However, it's been established that Ted meets the Mother at Barney and Robin's wedding (in fact, we just had the shot of him watching her play bass onstage last week) and that his first kid is born in 2014. Unless season nine somehow manages to take place entirely during the wedding reception, it's more likely they will meet at the end of this season and then have a year of "new couple" stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 it's more likely they will meet at the end of this season and then have a year of "new couple" stories. Didn't they start season 8 with that? All of them being happy, and future Ted saying "Three of the relationships wouldn't last till the end of the year." I'm still enjoying the show, but yeah, I don't know what they can do with a ninth season. Except actually make Ted not suck, which would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm amazed people hung around for 8 seasons. By confirmed the 9th is the last, they could get some pop in the numbers from people wanting to see the build up. I reckon they'll reveal her in the final episode, but she'll be in most of the season, in a Wilson from Home Improvement kind of way, so that you don't know who she is. I hope they don't, but surely we've all got a bad feeling about this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 What is the deal with How I Met Your Mother anyway? I watched the first few episodes when it started, solely because of Alyson Hannigan, but even she couldn't keep me watching for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 They actually do some really great work with the structure and it's come up with some pretty great jokes, even this late in its run (the confetti joke was one of my favourite jokes on Tv this year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 One of the things that's attracted me to the show is the adherence to continuity. I have run into like a handful of comedies where the first couple of episodes are classics that indicate what's to come. Mind you, it also helped that I didn't start watching HIMYM until Season 3 so I didn't have to go week to week for the first couple of episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 At its best, HIMYM is a spectacularly written show with fantastic acting, and is the epitome of a hangout show. However, it can also be lazy, and reminds me a lot of Buffy in that I often find myself thinking "this could be my favorite show if only the lead character weren't on it." However, Harris, Smulders and Segel are three of the funniest people on tv right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 It's my Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 The one episode of HIMYM I watched was filled with so much monotonous sitcom middle-of-the-road humor that I never watched another. And I'm still okay with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 I have to say, the first three series of HIMYM were average at best, with only NPH being an interesting character. I think it's when they broke up Ted and Robin and started teasing Robin and Barney that the show found its feet, and became interesting and funny. As most of those early episodes just contained generic sitcom jokes. I'm not coming out to say the show should have ended years ago, but at the same time, they're really dragging out who the mother is, and it's starting not to make sense why he's telling such an intricate story. I thought the story was of how Barney and Robin got married, and he calls them Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin because he married Barney's half sister, but then they just threw that idea out of the window, just to have a mediocre episode of Ted banging Barney's sister, to almost get revenge for Barney sleeping with his mother. Also, Smash is back for its second series next week, and here's an article on how the first series started off strong, and ended with the show runner, and most of the writers being sacked. http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/how-smash-became-tvs-biggest-train-wreck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Do No Harm got the lowest non-summer premiere of any series in the history of the Big Four Networks. If it gets to a third episode, prepare to be shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 It was pretty mediocre, and the fact that it came right after Office probably didn't help it any. And Smash S2 isn't looking too awful. There's a good show in there somewhere, and maybe the new showrunner can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 To the suprise of no one, Do No Harm is officially canceled. Christina Applegate has quit Up All Night. Yeah, despite the attempted retool, I don't see this show last much longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightAngle04 Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 CW picked up Arrow and Supernatural for next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 How is Supernatural still going? I know nobody that watches it. It doesn't even get talked about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Because Supernatural is not only getting some of the best ratings on the network, they've actually grown in the last year. The show has also dug itself out of it's creative rut. Not only that, but the dvds sell pretty well and it's owned by Warner. If Jared Padelicki and Jensen Ackles are willing to keep on doing it, there's literally no reason not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightAngle04 Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well that's a bit of cheating, they got off the Friday night death slot this year so ratings would of course be higher. And they have a good lead in with Arrow. I'm not sure how creatively they're still going since I'm pretty sure both brothers have survived at least 2 deaths a piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy_uEX_1KfQ Okay NBC. You have my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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