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(S03E14) First of all, let's get this out of the way: TedMosbyIsAJerk.com works.

Of course it does. We've come to expect nothing less from Bays and Thomas, as they love to use the Web to further the How I Met Your Mother brand. This site looks like it's fun: cheap 1996-era graphics and text, lots of exclamation points... there's even a song written by poor Anna, who still thinks Barney is Ted. Oh, and that Ted Mosby is a jerk.

It's not a coincidence that HIMYM's first truly funny episode returning from the strike is Barney-centric. Even though Barney seems to be the most one-dimensional character on the surface, Carter and Craig have used him (and the very game Neil Patrick Harris) as a blank canvas, giving him all sorts of backstory elements that seem crazy... but somehow plausible. He used to be a hippie; he has a black gay brother; he slept with Madeline Albright... it all seems entirely possible, doesn't it?

Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, April 18, 2006:

• The Amazing World of Kreskin - The Best Moments of the Amazing Kreskin
• Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 4
• Remington Steele - Season 3
• Sahara - Michael Palin: Sahara
• The Sentinel - The Complete 1st Season
• Thundercats - Season 2, Volume 1

Every Tuesday here on TV Squad , we will highlight the week's TV-on-DVD releases. Some noteworthy releases today, January 17, 2006:

• Adventures of Superman - The Complete 2nd Season
• Doogie Howser, M.D. - Season 3
• Fraggle Rock - Vol 5: Down In Fraggle Rock
• Good Morning, World - Complete Series
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - The Complete 2nd Season
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete 3rd Season
• Mr. Show - Complete Collection
• The Old Grey Whistle Test - Volume 2
• Titus - Season 3