Josh Radnor celebrates a major milestone for How I Met Your Mother!
As the CBS hit marked its 18th anniversary on Tuesday, Radnor marked the occasion by sharing a throwback photo of the cast during the show’s debut season.
“Look at you babies!” he wrote Fleishman is in trouble actor, 49. “Supposedly ‘How I Met Your Mother’ premiered eighteen years ago (yesterday, I think)!!! How is that possible?? I’m beyond grateful to have been a part of a show that still means so much to so many people. Hard is to fully appreciate something like that in the moment, but all these years later I’ve gotten nothing but love for that show and the people I made it with.”
Radnor added, “Thank you all for continuing to watch and quote it and remind me of the hilarity and depth of what we created. It means a lot. And happy 18th HIMYM!!”
How I Met Your Mother Cast: Where Are They Now?
How I Met Your Mother ran on CBS from September 2005 to March 2014 for nine seasons. Radnor starred alongside Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel. The series was narrated by Bob Saget, and eventually featured Cristin Milioti as the titular mother.
The Emmy-winning sitcom followed Radnor’s character Ted Mosby as he tells the story of meeting his children’s mother in reverse.
After the successful run of the series, a spinoff called How I met your dad — presentation Barbie directed by Greta Gerwig in the lead role — got the green light. However, it was later canceled after filming of the pilot was completed due to poor reception.
Another spinoff starring Hilary Duff, titled How I met your father, it was later picked up by Hulu. It was recently canceled after two seasons.
Josh Radnor Has Mini ‘HIMYM’ Reunion With Alyson Hannigan: ‘Love This Gal Forever’
Josh Radnor attends The New Yorker’s David Remnick hosted White House Correspondents’ Weekend Dinner at the W Rooftop Hotel on April 26, 2013 in Washington, DC
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After all these years, How I Met Your Mother it remains popular among audiences who have either just discovered the series or are rewatching it in the age of digital streaming. But the series finale still proved divisive for fans old and new, due to the controversial decision to kill off Milioti’s titular character in the final moments.
Coming to the episode’s defense, Radnor said Time magazine“I think a lot of people who have been with the show since day one really get it.”
“I think the series and the final will age pretty well, that’s my feeling,” he said. “The various arts are full of stories of things that were met with outrage and found their place and were looked at in a different way. I think part of that outrage spoke to how passionately people felt about it.”
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All nine seasons How I Met Your Mother are available to stream on Hulu.
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