How I Met Your Mother **Series Premiere** - 09/19/05
09-19-05, 07:31 AM
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How I Met Your Mother **Series Premiere** - 09/19/05
"Pilot"
Cast: Josh Radnor , Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Bob Saget, Lyndsy Fonseca, David Henrie, Saba Homayoon, Marshall Manesh, Joe Nieves, Jack Shearer.
Director(s): Pamela Fryman.
Producer(s): Carter Bays , Craig Thomas.
Writer(s): Carter Bays , Craig Thomas.
Original Airdate: September 19, 2005.
How I Met Your Mother
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Cast: Josh Radnor , Jason Segel, Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Bob Saget, Lyndsy Fonseca, David Henrie, Saba Homayoon, Marshall Manesh, Joe Nieves, Jack Shearer.
Director(s): Pamela Fryman.
Producer(s): Carter Bays , Craig Thomas.
Writer(s): Carter Bays , Craig Thomas.
Original Airdate: September 19, 2005.
How I Met Your Mother
09-19-05, 08:37 AM
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I love Alyson Hannigan, and i guess this show is going to be my new guilty pleasure, or at least hopefully it will. This is actually only the second network television that i've actually set up a season pass for.
09-19-05, 08:40 AM
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LorenzoL, do you have a quick, non-spoiler review? I'm trying to decide between this and Kitchen Confidential.
Edited to add: I figured out that I can watch both since NBC is reairing Surface on the Scifi channel Tuesday nights at 10:00 (central).
to networks who reair content on their cable affiliates. Now I'm set (until Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a sitcom at 7:30 on Mondays).
Edited to add: I figured out that I can watch both since NBC is reairing Surface on the Scifi channel Tuesday nights at 10:00 (central).
to networks who reair content on their cable affiliates. Now I'm set (until Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a sitcom at 7:30 on Mondays).
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09-19-05, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by JasonF
LorenzoL, do you have a quick, non-spoiler review? I'm trying to decide between this and Kitchen Confidential.
Edited to add: I figured out that I can watch both since NBC is reairing Surface on the Scifi channel Tuesday nights at 10:00 (central). to networks who reair content on their cable affiliates. Now I'm set (until Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a sitcom at 7:30 on Mondays).
Edited to add: I figured out that I can watch both since NBC is reairing Surface on the Scifi channel Tuesday nights at 10:00 (central).
to networks who reair content on their cable affiliates. Now I'm set (until Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a sitcom at 7:30 on Mondays).My review (contains minor spoilers):
Spoiler:
09-19-05, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by B.A.
Am I the only person checking this out who doesn't think Alyson Hannigan is anything special?
regarding the show: I saw a preview of it on a CBS promo show, and Neil Patrick Harris seemed like the best part of the show (besides the beautiful woman whom the main character woos). I enjoyed him in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle", so it'd be cool to have him bringing the funny on a weekly basis.
09-19-05, 02:04 PM
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I saw the first episode last week because I got a preview DVD and I thought it was weak. Not very funny and Allyson was wasted. Neil Patrick Harris I thought tried to hard to be the womanizing jerk. Horrible laugh track too.
09-19-05, 03:28 PM
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I will agree with your assessment of Hannigan, B.A.
09-19-05, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Jadzia
I am generally not a sitcom person, but I plan to check it out based on Alyson Hannigan. Hopefully it's not too much of a standard sitcom.
09-19-05, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonF
LorenzoL, do you have a quick, non-spoiler review? I'm trying to decide between this and Kitchen Confidential.
Edited to add: I figured out that I can watch both since NBC is reairing Surface on the Scifi channel Tuesday nights at 10:00 (central). to networks who reair content on their cable affiliates. Now I'm set (until Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a sitcom at 7:30 on Mondays).
Edited to add: I figured out that I can watch both since NBC is reairing Surface on the Scifi channel Tuesday nights at 10:00 (central).
to networks who reair content on their cable affiliates. Now I'm set (until Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a sitcom at 7:30 on Mondays).! You just solved my other conflict!
09-19-05, 04:19 PM
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This lost out to Kitchen Confidential on my TiVo. Sorry, Willow and Doogie!
(I will have to catch re-runs of Surface on Sci-Fi, though. Thanks for the pointer!)
(I will have to catch re-runs of Surface on Sci-Fi, though. Thanks for the pointer!)
09-19-05, 05:28 PM
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Count me as one who will give this watch strictly to see Willow on tv again.
I hope that the show is good enough that that doesn't have to be my only reason to watch.
I think this is the only sitcom that I expect to watch this fall (Curb Your Enthusiasm would be 2 if you count HBO) on the networks.
I hope that the show is good enough that that doesn't have to be my only reason to watch.
I think this is the only sitcom that I expect to watch this fall (Curb Your Enthusiasm would be 2 if you count HBO) on the networks.
09-19-05, 07:41 PM
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Hannigan is very pretty and has a great onscreen persona, but she doesn't make me tingly in that way.
This show sucks. I can't believe TV can suck this much. No wonder I watch almost nothing but HBO.
This show sucks. I can't believe TV can suck this much. No wonder I watch almost nothing but HBO.
09-19-05, 09:08 PM
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I liked the twist at the end.
Cobie Smulders (Robin) is hot.
I didn't like Marshall all that much, just a little too neutered for my taste.
I hope the writing gets better on the show, though.
Cobie Smulders (Robin) is hot.
I didn't like Marshall all that much, just a little too neutered for my taste.
I hope the writing gets better on the show, though.
09-19-05, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman
I liked the twist at the end.
Cobie Smulders (Robin) is hot.
I didn't like Marshall all that much, just a little too neutered for my taste.
I hope the writing gets better on the show, though.
Cobie Smulders (Robin) is hot.
I didn't like Marshall all that much, just a little too neutered for my taste.
I hope the writing gets better on the show, though.
