Looking Towards Next Fall and Season Four of How I Met Your Mother

To clear up a misconception, not only do I watch an inordinate amount of television, I read an inordinate amount about television. After all, how can one fully stay up on the television news if one does not read about it as well as watch it?

Well, one of the things I've read recently has troubled me, troubled me greatly. One of the best shows on television, perhaps the funniest comedy on television, may not get renewed for next season; it is, as the people say, "on the bubble." I'm counting on you, dear reader, to watch the show when it returns next month, to get all your friends to watch the show, and to get all their friends to watch the show. A world in which How I Met Your Mother does not get a fourth season is not necessarily a world I want to be a part of.

Oh sure, you've heard me rant and rave before about How I Met Your Mother is one of the funniest shows on television, about how Neil Patrick Harris is deserving of an Emmy for his portrayal of Barney Stinson, and about how the cast, in general, is superb. But, talk is cheap — now is the time for action. Now is the time for you to click your remote and watch CBS Monday nights at 8.

Sure, sure, some of the same pieces that state that HIMYM is on the bubble also state that the odds are good that it will get renewed because next year would be its fourth and it could then enter the syndication market, but that's not a risk I want to take. That's not a risk you should want to take. You should want, as I do, to protect HIMYM's run via its ratings, not just the possibility of copious amounts of syndication money.

Article Author: Josh Lasser

Josh Lasser, formerly known as "TV and Film Guy," and complete with a Masters Degree in Critical Studies in said areas, gives his opinions on TV, Film, and Entertainment in general. All of which he does in a shameless attempt to try to get paid to do the exact same thing. …

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