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Kids, I’m going to tell you a story… the story of how “How I Met Your Mother” is leaving Netflix this week.
The beloved sitcom’s last day on Netflix is Tuesday, Dec. 2.
Set in New York City, “How I Met Your Mother” follows Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) as he tells his children the extensive, often meandering tale of how he eventually met their mother.
This involves countless adventures and MacLaren’s Pub hangouts with his four best friends: Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel), Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), and Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris).
The series premiered on CBS in 2005 and ran for nine seasons, airing its last episode in 2014. Widely considered one of CBS’s biggest hits, the show won 29 awards out of 102 nominations. It also inspired the Hulu spinoff series “How I Met Your Father,” which ran for two seasons starting in 2022 before being canceled.
This past September marked 20 years since “HIMYM” first premiered. Radnor paid tribute to the special anniversary on Instagram.
“Apparently (astonishingly) ‘How I Met Your Mother’ premiered twenty years ago today. Here are some pics from the early years,” Radnor wrote alongside a carousel of photos.
“I cannot overstate how much I’m enjoying rewatching the show, strolling down memory lane, and breaking down each episode,” he said, referring to his podcast, “How We Made Your Mother.”
“We made a show about a man looking back on a pivotal time in his life and the life of his dearest friends. And now all these years later we’re looking back on this pivotal time in our own lives (when we were making a show about a pivotal time in these characters’ lives…),” he continued. “It’s been such a treat to fully appreciate what a brilliant, funny, touching show I was a part of.”
The sitcom arrived on Netflix in June 2024. It’s unclear why it is leaving. Fortunately for fans, “HIMYM” can still be streamed on Hulu.