UPDATE: CBS renews How I Met Your Mother for Monday at 8:30 PM. Given the Britney shtick, there was never any doubt. And Neil Patrick Harris needs to win an Emmy.
I'm told that "bubble shows" won't be notified by CBS until later today or early tomorrow. But in terms of renewals, a network source tells me that the producers of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother were "quietly given reassurance a couple weeks ago that their show would be back". But I just received an email from a show insider saying, "The creators have never been given any real reassurance. Everyone has been progressing as if it would happen, but CBS has never said anything REAL. Doesn't matter, just clarifying." Maybe the HIMYM guys didn't recognize the secret CBS handshake?
Any new word on Moonlight? Any openings on the CW schedule if not CBS? Can you tell I’m a bit desperate? I have to stop crying at work…
Comment by Mariah — May 13, 2008 @ 7:23 am
HIMYM is a great show - funny and creative without being crass and cheap like Two and a Half Men [awful.]
Comment by tv fans — May 13, 2008 @ 7:23 am
Good news. But please, no more Britney and no more use of the word ‘bro.’ It doesn’t make Barney hilarious, it makes him a douche.
Comment by Comedy writer — May 13, 2008 @ 7:35 am
Any word on Moonlight? Does this hesitation suggest there may be hope for it still?
Comment by Jennifer — May 13, 2008 @ 8:03 am
Any news about Moonlight? I have been so depressed since yesterday with all this negative stuff coming out of nowhere. Such a huge surprise after all the positive vibes we have been hearing lately. What is going on?
Comment by Ellie — May 13, 2008 @ 8:03 am
Good news. But please, no more Britney and no more use of the word ‘bro.’ It doesn’t make Barney hilarious, it makes him a douche.
Um, that’s kind of the point.
Comment by Jesse — May 13, 2008 @ 8:12 am
Nikki are the WB and CBS even talking at this point regarding Moonlight….any straws or rumors to grasp at..
All Moonlight fans are in a state of shock, denial. tears…
Comment by Valerie — May 13, 2008 @ 8:15 am
I wouln’t trust CBS’ assurances. I worked on a CBS show and one day a CBS exec came to set, to assure the cast and crew that CBS loved the show and that we were all “going to grow old together on this show”.
Two weeks later we were cancelled…
CBS should keep HIMYM. It is much better than most tv; Plus Pam Fryman is really nice.
Comment by Joe Brown — May 13, 2008 @ 8:19 am
what about old christine which gets better numbers than himym and is way funnier?
Comment by curious — May 13, 2008 @ 8:31 am
If you want Moonlight back call CBS and tell them.
CBS 1-212-975-3247
Comment by Jennifer — May 13, 2008 @ 8:31 am
I wonder which writer for Old Christine wrote this…
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Comment by Jason — May 13, 2008 @ 8:46 am
Moonlight fans are the new Veronica Mars fans.
Take that any way you wish.
Comment by Chris — May 13, 2008 @ 9:07 am
We’re tv viewers, not industry people, and we really like Old Christine. The show has hit its stride and has become really funny - and, it’s waaay better than Big Bang or Rules of Engagement which are boring, dumb, and often tasteless (not to mention Rules has that unwatchable David Spade who makes our skin crawl.)
Comment by love Christine — May 13, 2008 @ 9:09 am
“Comedy writer” 7:35 am:
Stop using the word “douche”
It’s more obnoxious than the word “bro.”
Comment by J. — May 13, 2008 @ 10:02 am
any word on The Tower? Great cast. Heard it was pretty good pilot, too.
Comment by newsman — May 13, 2008 @ 10:14 am
newsman, I heard The Tower is dead in the water. It was a great script too.
Comment by Chris — May 13, 2008 @ 11:37 am