‘How I Met Your Father’ EPs & Stars Tease “Standalone Sequel” To ‘How I Met Your Mother’ That Will Satisfy Both Diehard Fans & Newcomers – TCA

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On Tuesday, the executive producers and stars of How I Met Your Father gathered for a virtual TCA panel teasing the Hulu series’ January 18 debut, noting that the series stemming from beloved CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother is not a reboot, as it has sometimes been described.Per writer, EP and showrunner Isaac Aptaker of This Is Us fame, the new series is in fact a “standalone sequel” which will be enjoyable both for diehard fans of How I Met Your Mother and to newcomers—paying tribute to the original series, while establishing itself as is “its own thing.”“I think it’s important to know that we are our own show,” said the show’s star, Hilary Duff. “The original show was so amazing, [but we’re] trying to create something original, [while] stealing a few things from them that worked really well.”“How I Met Your Father is so spectacular in its own right,” said director-EP Pam Fryman, who was also involved with How I Met Your Mother. “From the first day on stage with masks on, we started rehearsing and instantly knew we had something.”The upcoming series produced by 20th Television is set in the near future, watching as Sophie (Duff) tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021, where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.

Others taking part in today’s panel on the series included cast members Christopher Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley, Tien Tran and Suraj Sharma, and writer-EP-showrunner Elizabeth Berger.Duff described How I Met Your Father as a “feel-good show” that’s “funny,” “real,” and full of