How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother is a completed CBS romantic comedy created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. Josh Radnor plays Ted Mosby, who narrates from the future as he recounts the friendships, relationships and decisions that eventually led him to meet his children’s mother. The central ensemble also features Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Cobie Smulders and Neil Patrick Harris, with Cristin Milioti joining the story as the Mother. The series premiered on September 19, 2005, and ran for nine seasons before concluding in 2014. Its storytelling regularly uses flashbacks, flash-forwards, repeated events and an intentionally indirect narrator, so episodes are best watched in order. This page covers the original 2005–2014 comedy, not the later spin-off How I Met Your Father. Running jokes and recurring objects give later episodes meaning beyond their original context.

Where to watch (checked October 9, 2026): Hulu currently lists all nine seasons and 208 episodes in the United States, while Disney+ carries the series in selected countries. Catalogs and subscription requirements vary by territory.

Key facts

• The series premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005.
• Carter Bays and Craig Thomas created the series.
• The completed run contains nine seasons and 208 episodes.
• The Television Academy records 30 Emmy nominations and 10 wins.

Official sources: Hulu series guide; Television Academy record.