How I Met Your Father - CBS Eyeing HIMYM Spinoff

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/pam...eries-the-mccarthys-as-exec-producerdirector/

Pamela Fryman Joins CBS Comedy Series ‘The McCarthys’ As Exec Producer/Director
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

After nine seasons as director/executive producer on How I Met Your Mother, Pamela Fryman is joining a new multi-camera CBS comedy series in the same capacity, The McCarthys. Fryman will direct eight episodes of the show’s initial 12-episode order. The McCarthys, from creator Brian Gallivan, Sony TV, CBS TV Studios and Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge Entertainment, landed a series pickup after retooling the original single-camera pilot from last season into a multi-camera version with a revamped cast, which was directed by Andy Ackerman. Sony TV-based Mike Sikowitz joined the project at the pilot stage earlier this year and will continue as showrunner. Sikowitz, Gallivan, Fryman and Gluck executive produce. The McCarthys revolves around a big, sports-crazed Irish Catholic clan in Boston and the gay son (Tyler Ritter) whose greatest sin is not his sexuality, but his desire to spend less time with his family. This past season, Fryman directed three comedy pilots and was slated to executive produce and direct the HIMYM spinoff, How I Met Your Dad, but had to pull out because of a family emergency. That project is still alive and would possibly undergo tweaks. Fryman is with ICM Partners, which also reps Sikowitz.

 

[Sawyer]

http://tvline.com/2014/07/10/how-i-met-your-dad-update-2015-2016-tv-season/

How I Met Your Dad Update: Pilot Dead, Project Alive (We'll Explain)
By Michael Ausiello / July 10 2014, 12:54 PM PDT

How I Met Your Dad still has a pulse.

A source close to the How I Met Your Mother spin-off confirms that the pilot — which was rejected at CBS and subsequently shopped around to other networks — is officially dead.

However, according to the insider, the project remains in development at 20th TV (possibly for as early as the 2015-2016 TV season). I’m told HIMYD cocreators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas are very much invested in keeping the Mother franchise going, and the pair have a lot of boosters at CBS (namely network chairwoman Nina Tassler).

The original incarnation, which was to star indie darling Greta Gerwig and be narrated by rom-com poster girl Meg Ryan, failed to land on CBS’ 2014-15 TV slate, although Tassler noted at the time, “To say we love this show and we love these producers is an understatement. They are beloved, and we have an extraordinary relationship with them. But there were elements in the pilot that didn’t work out.”

Should Dad get a second chance, it’s unclear if a new cast would be brought in to replace Gerwig & Co. (all of whom saw their Dad contracts expire at the end of June).

 

[MadVillainy]

Let it burn

 

[Sawyer]

Let YOU burn.

 

[batdude]

You know, I cared more about this when it was going to be Neal Patrick Harris passing the torch to Eliza Dushku. Now, not so much.

 

[Superman Earth1]

I could care less about this show. I'm sorry but the HIMYM group really pissed me off with that ending to the series.

 

[Steyin]

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/report-met-dad-refuses-die-redeveloped-next-season-230600894.html

Carter Bays: How I Met Your Dad Isn't Happening
TV Guide By Kaitlin Thomas
19 hours ago

Contrary to reports that How I Met Your Dad was still in the works, it seems the How I Met Your Mother spin-off dead after all.

HIMYM boss Carter Bays has rebuffed a TVLine report that said the pilot, which CBS passed on in May, was being redeveloped for the 2015-16 season with a new cast because Bays and co-creatorCraig Thomas were heavily invested in continuing the franchise. "I don't know why I keep reading articles about this, but since nobody bothers asking us: We are really, truly not working on HIMYDanymore," Bays tweeted Friday morning. "HIMYD was fun to work on, terrific cast, terrific writer, but it's over now and we have other stuff we want to do."


"Maybe in the future it could be something, but I think we need to try something new before we go back to it," Bays continued. "To everyone who wanted to see it, I'm sorry. (And to everyone who didn't, you're welcome!)"

 

[Sawyer]

Eh. Well. Silver lining is at least I don't have to come crawling back to CBS's comedy lineup any time soon.

 

[Prison Mike]

I think they should try to do something new. If they're just going to rehash the same story with different actors and from a female perspective then it's probably for the best that the show is dead. I'm sure if the fan reaction to the HIMYM finale was different, CBS would be more willing to trust Bays and Thomas.

 

[Sawyer]

I think they should try to do something new. If they're just going to rehash the same story with different actors and from a female perspective then it's probably for the best that the show is dead. I'm sure if the fan reaction to the HIMYM finale was different, CBS would be more willing to trust Bays and Thomas.

As one of the columnists wrote when HIMYD was first revealed to not be picked up, if CBS cared what people said about their shows online, they would've cancelled Two and a Half Men a long time ago. Numbers are CBS's top priority.

 

[Primal Slayer]

If this does come back somehow, they should rename it "How I Survived My Cancellation"

 

[Prison Mike]

Well I think for the most part, everyone liked season 9. It was just the finale that ruined the show for a lot of people. Personally I enjoyed it and did not feel the ending took away what the series was about. I can still watch a rerun and enjoy it knowing fully well how it all turns out. Regarding the numbers, I don't the exact ratings but I'm sure they were pretty good for season 9. Everyone knew it was the last season so people were going to watch. I'm sure the finale had excellent ratings.

 

[Sawyer]

‘How I Met Your Father’: Hulu Orders Hilary Duff-Led Spinoff – Deadline

What is dead may never die.

 

[Sawyer]

Older Josh Radnor was Bob Saget. Older Greta Gerwig was going to be Meg Ryan.

Curious to know who older Hilary Duff will be.

 

[Sithborg]

Someone only 10 years older.

 

[Lily Adler]

Hillary Duff has me intrigued, but what does this mean for the Lizzie McGuire show?

 

[Kev4000]

This is still a bad idea, HIMYM didnt age well for me. Specially all this bro-jokes and silly Marshall let me roll my eyes.

I have the feeling, noone cares or miss HIMYM.

 

[Fincher]

It could be good. It's hard to get too excited about a show I've basically already seen when brand association doesn't necessarily mean the same level of quality. For the most part, it's not the premise that makes a sitcom, it's the material.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Hillary Duff has me intrigued, but what does this mean for the Lizzie McGuire show?

Wasn’t it kiboshed because Duff was like “Lizzie McGuire is an adult now and should act like an adult (ie have sex)” and Disney was like “um... no”.

 

[Lily Adler]

Wasn’t it kiboshed because Duff was like “Lizzie McGuire is an adult now and should act like an adult (ie have sex)” and Disney was like “um... no”.

Hilary Duff says the 'Lizzie McGuire' reboot is officially dead, and fans are stunned

It should have been sent to Hulu. I guess they wanted a Raven's Home like tone.

 

[Dark Raven]

Hilary Duff says the 'Lizzie McGuire' reboot is officially dead, and fans are stunned

I wanted the HIMYM spin-off to be officially dead!

It was a few years ago. Why has it been revived again?

 

[terry78]

Lizzie McGuire having sex. Like the fanbase wasn't writing that **** long before now.

 

[Sawyer]

“This is a thing I didn’t want so it shouldn’t be allowed to exist!” is always a very funny fandom POV.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Because it's easier to get something tangentially related to a successful show off the ground then to get an original project running.

 

[Lily Adler]

“This is a thing I didn’t want so it shouldn’t be allowed to exist!” is always a very funny fandom POV.

I will lap up your tears when you're disappointed with Duff's version.