How I Met Your Mother

American sitcom (2005–2014)
TVSeries television_series Q147235
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How I Met Your Mother

Summary

How I Met Your Mother is a television series[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • How I Met Your Mother's instance of is recorded as television series[3].
  • Carter Bays wrote the screenplay for How I Met Your Mother[4].
  • Craig Thomas wrote the screenplay for How I Met Your Mother[5].
  • How I Met Your Mother's composer is recorded as John Swihart[6].
  • How I Met Your Mother's genre is comedy drama[7].
  • How I Met Your Mother's genre is sitcom[8].
  • How I Met Your Mother's genre is romantic comedy television program[9].
  • The Mother is named after How I Met Your Mother[10].
  • Future Ted is named after How I Met Your Mother[11].
  • How I Met Your Mother was followed by How I Met Your Father[12].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Jason Segel[13].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Neil Patrick Harris[14].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Cobie Smulders[15].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Alyson Hannigan[16].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Josh Radnor[17].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Cristin Milioti[18].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was David Henrie[19].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Lyndsy Fonseca[20].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Alexis Denisof[21].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Jayma Mays[22].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Eva Amurri[23].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Morena Baccarin[24].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Amy Acker[25].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Mandy Moore[26].
  • A cast member of How I Met Your Mother was Valerie Azlynn[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Screenwriters include Carter Bays[4] and Craig Thomas[5]. Cast members include Jason Segel[13], Neil Patrick Harris[14], Cobie Smulders[15], Alyson Hannigan[16], Josh Radnor[17], and Cristin Milioti[18].

Publication

Genres include comedy drama[7], sitcom[8], and romantic comedy television program[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

How I Met Your Mother was followed by How I Met Your Father[12].

Cultural Impact

Things named for How I Met Your Mother include How I Wet Your Mother[28], a television series episode[29], directed by Lance Kramer[30].

Why It Matters

How I Met Your Mother has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include How I Wet Your Mother[28], a television series episode[29], directed by Lance Kramer[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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