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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Air Date: Monday, December 26, 2011
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-8:30 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#6ALH22) "Hopeless" (Repeat)
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BARNEY TRIES TO BOND WITH HIS FATHER, ON A REBROADCAST OF "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER," MONDAY, DEC. 26

John Lithgow Returns as Barney's Father, Jerry

"Hopeless" - When Barney tries to bond with his father, he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin runs into a guy she has a crush on, on a rebroadcast of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Monday, Dec. 26 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. John Lithgow returns as Barney's father, Jerry. (Originally broadcast 4/18/11.)

SERIES REGULARS:

Josh Radnor (Ted)
Jason Segel (Marshall)
Neil Patrick Harris (Barney)
Alyson Hannigan (Lily)
Cobie Smulders (Robin)

RECURRING CAST:

Bob Saget (Narrator)
Jennifer Morrison (Zoey)

GUEST CAST:

John Lithgow (Jerry)
Riley Thomas Stewart (Young Barney)
Cristina Rosas (Penny)
Michael Trucco (Crush)
Kelly Curran (Mindy)
Jill Basey (Mrs. Perkins)
Will Shadley (J.J.)

WRITTEN BY: Chris Harris

DIRECTED BY: Pamela Fryman

RATING: To Be Announced

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS)
Returns in Fall 2012 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/19/05 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
mondays from 8:00 PM-8:30 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
8 (??? episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
renewed through the 2012-13 season (the show's eighth) on 3/7/11
DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's press release, March 2011) HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER has been renewed through the 2012-2013 season as part of a multi-year broadcast agreement between CBS Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox Television. "We are so proud of this show and all of its creative and ratings achievements," said Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment. "HIMYM's brilliant producing team continues to find inventive ways to tell funny stories that stir pop culture conversation; it has become a go-to destination for top guest stars and its amazing ensemble cast brings to life characters that audiences want to hang out with every Monday night." HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER has been an integral part of CBS's top-rated Monday comedy block since its premiere in September 2005.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alyson Hannigan as Lily
· Cobie Smulders as Robin
· Jason Segel as Marshall
· Josh Radnor as Ted
· Neil Patrick Harris as Barney
CREW INFORMATION:
· Carter Bays as EP
· Carter Bays as WRTR (Pilot)
· Chris Harris as EP
· Chuck Tatham as CO-EP
· Craig Thomas as EP
· Craig Thomas as WRTR (Pilot)
· Greg Malins as EP
· Jamie Rhonheimer as CO-EP
· Joe Kelly as CO-PROD
· Kourtney Kang as CO-EP
· Pamela Fryman as DIR (Pilot)
· Pamela Fryman as EP
· Rob Greenberg as CP
· Rob Greenberg as PROD
· Stephen Lloyd as CO-EP
· Stewart Halpern-Fingerhut as PROD
· Suzy Mamann Greenberg as CO-EP/UPM
· Theresa Mulligan as SP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Century Fox Television
· Bays-Thomas Productions