How I Met Your Mother-related stories
Posted Jun 21st 2009 10:22AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
Fathers' Day should be a time of deep reflection and appreciation for the man who brought you into this world, whether you asked him to or not.
Oh sure, the old man may seem like
the worst father of all time sometimes. He yells and screams. He gets on you for growing your hair too long because he knows he couldn't grow hair if he had a Chia Scalp. He constantly walks around the house in his underwear and then scolds you for not eating the sausage Mom made for breakfast.
But a few minor flaws doesn't mean that he's a bad guy. So go out and get him that witty card with the pipe smoking Dad on the cover, pick out a paisley tie that you'll never see him wear and give him a big hug to remind him
he's the best. Because he's your old man and he's not one of the seven bastard sons of hell below.
Continue reading Seven TV dads we're glad aren't ours
Posted Jun 8th 2009 12:02PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Awards, Reality-Free
If you had DVR'd the Tony Awards on CBS last night, or switched off the set after Elton John's
Billy Elliot, The Musical won the final big award of the night -- Best Musical -- you missed the best thing in the entire show. In a word,
Neil Patrick Harris.
At a few minutes after 11 o'clock,
Tony host Neil Patrick Harris wrapped up the broadcast, but instead of just saying goodnight and urging viewers to go see a Broadway show, Neil did a musical number and it was the high point of the night. In true Barney Stinson style, the
How I Met Your Mother star (and sure bet Emmy nominee), performed a song that was as good as any Billy Crystal Oscar opening. Funny, snarky and pointed, it really skewered the Tonys, almost like a
Mad magazine parody.
Continue reading Neil Patrick Harris saves the Tony Awards
Posted Jun 3rd 2009 5:01PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Animation, Celebrities, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory
OK, so she turned evil and veiny and almost destroyed the world after someone murdered her hot lesbian lover. But at heart, Willow Rosenberg was always a computer-hacking, research-loving nerd.
The
Buffy the Vampire Slayer character landed at number one on Topless Robot's list of
"Pop Culture's 10 Greatest Nerds." I was surprised by the pick at first, but I can't think of a better choice to top the list. Willow was a great character, and will probably always be actor Alyson Hannigan's best role (sorry,
HIMYM fans, but it's true).
Continue reading Buffy's Willow tops list of pop culture's greatest nerds
Posted May 27th 2009 12:09PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, How I Met Your Mother, Emmys, Reality-Free
What are the odds that this is the year that
How I Met Your Mother makes it into
that hallowed circle of Emmy nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series? If it were up to me, I'd rank
HIMYM over
Two and a Half Men, for instance, but I'm not the one filling out the ballot. One thing working in
Mother's favor this year, though, is that on July 16 when the nominations are announced, there will be six nominees in each category instead of five.
The folks behind the
HIMYM Emmy campaign must believe they have a good shot.
Look at this trade ad that TV Week reprinted. It's a good ad; clever and memorable. The nod to Magritte is unmistakable, and attests to the wit of the show's creators. If this doesn't send a subliminal message to Emmy voters, nothing will.
Continue reading Is this the year for Mother to snag major Emmy noms?
Posted May 18th 2009 4:05PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
WE has a Golden Girls marathon all night.- At 8, ABC has a new Dancing with the Stars, followed by the season premiere of The Bachelorette.
- CBS has a new Rules of Engagement at 8, then the season finales of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has two new episodes of Deal or No Deal at 8, followed by a new Medium.
- FOX has the two-hour season finale of 24.
- The CW has the season finale of Gossip Girl at 8, followed by the season finale of One Tree Hill.
- PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8, then a new American Experience.
- ABC Family has a new Greek at 8.
- MyNetwork TV has a new Masters of Illusion, followed by a new Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.
- Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- History Channel has two new episodes of Ax Men at 9.
- There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9.
- Also at 9: HBO has three new episodes of In Treatment at 9.
- At 10, MTV has a new episode of The Hills.
- Spike has the season premiere of 4th and Long at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Bachelorette, Two and a Half Men, Good Eats, In Treatment
Posted May 16th 2009 2:00PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Spoilers Anonymous, How I Met Your Mother, Casting, Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
Desperate Housewives, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy, and Brothers & Sisters (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted May 14th 2009 8:33PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Ladies and gentlemen alike know that Neil Patrick Harris has got it all: Perfect comedic timing,
a hit show, old-fashioned song-and-dance skills, a ridiculously diverse audience, and a body built for suits. With such overwhelming levels of snazzy, is anyone surprised that NPH has been asked to
host the 63rd Annual Tony Awards?
Some of the theater-literate out there may know that NPH has done his fair share of musicals onstage, from
RENT to
Sweeney Todd to
Cabaret. Most of you are probably most aware of his Joss Whedon project,
Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog, which provided us with endless joy (and by "endless", I mean "three installments' worth"). Regardless, NPH has the knowledge, the background and the charisma to pull this off.
Continue reading Neil Patrick Harris to host the Tony Awards
Posted May 3rd 2009 2:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Chuck, Reality-Free
To me, this should be a no-brainer. NBC should renew
Chuck for a third season, even if it only commits to 12 episodes, it should bring the show back. However, I'm not one of the geniuses in
Jeff Zucker's world; you know, those mental giants that have committed five hours of prime time to Jay Leno starting next fall and recently signed up for more
Donald Trump celebrity/reality BS. No, I'm just a loyal
Chuck viewer who has seen a show improve from week to week culminating with a superb final two episodes in 2009.
Well, there were rumors that on Monday at NBC's "infront" -- a preview for the "upfront" -- that
Chuck would get a pick up.
TV Guide says that's not the case. On Friday,
Chuck star Zachary Levi told a reporter that Josh Schwartz, the
Chuck exec producer, had emailed him that
NBC's decision about Chuck was on hold. The pick up, if it comes, won't be for a couple of weeks.
Continue reading Renewal for Chuck? Not just yet...
Posted May 1st 2009 7:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we are doing things a bit differently and offering a run down of what will happen during May for the series listed after the semi colon; note that some spoilers may have been posted in previous columns:
24, 30 Rock, 90210, Bones, Brothers & Sisters, Castle, Desperate Housewives, Fringe, Ghost Whisperer, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, House, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, NCIS, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Smallville, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, The Office and Ugly Betty. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous: May Sweeps Edition
Posted May 1st 2009 5:40AM by Isabelle Carreau
10 -
Dollhouse, FOX
9 -
Better Off Ted, ABC
8 -
NCIS, CBS
7 -
Castle, ABC
6 -
The Mentalist, CBS
5 -
Privileged, The CW
4 -
Bones, FOX
3 -
Chuck, NBC
2 -
Reaper, The CW
1 -
How I Met Your Mother, CBS
Want to see the pictures or leave a comment? Click here.Posted Mar 31st 2009 1:06PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Video, How I Met Your Mother, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Who says TV can't change people's lives?
How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan and husband Alexis Denisof, who met on the set of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, welcomed a
baby girl into the world last week.
Satyana Denisof was born March 24, which also happens to be Hannigan's b-day (weird how that happens, huh?).
Here's some more weirdness. During her pregnancy, Hannigan appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' show and talked about having "pregnancy brain," aka short-term memory loss associated with pregnancy. Here's how she described it:
Continue reading Alyson Hannigan gives birth to daughter, loses 'pregnancy brain' - VIDEO
Posted Mar 27th 2009 3:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
tips form or by emailing us at
tvsquad at gmail dot com, or call and leave a message at
(775) 640-8479. Your anonymity is guaranteed, if you wish to remain as such.
This week we have:
90210, Bones, Desperate Housewives, Fringe, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, House, Lost and Monk. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Mar 23rd 2009 4:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
- Sci-Fi has a Star Trek: TNG marathon all night.
- TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.
- At 8, ABC has a new, two-hour Dancing with the Stars, then a new Castle.
- CBS has a new How I Met Your Mother at 8.
- NBC has new episodes of Chuck, Heroes, and Medium.
- The CW has a new Gossip Girl at 8, followed by a new One Tree Hill.
- ABC Family has the season finale of The Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then the series premiere of Roommates.
- TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
- Also at 8: BBC America has a new Top Gear.
- At 9, FOX has a new 24.
- USA has a new Monday Night RAW at 9.
- At 9:30, Food Network has a new Will Work For Food, then a new Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
- At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
- A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.
- There's a new Ax Men on History Channel at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: How I Met Your Mother, 24, Roommates, One Tree Hill
Posted Mar 9th 2009 4:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
TV Land has an Andy Griffith Show marathon all night.- Sci-Fi is showing Star Trek: The Next Generation all night.
- At 7, G4 has a Watchmen debate on a new Attack of the Show.
- At 8, ABC has the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars, then the series premiere of Castle.
- CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, followed by new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, and CSI: Miami.
- NBC has new episodes of Chuck, Heroes, and Medium.
- FOX has a new House at 8, then a new 24.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Kyle XY.
- TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- At 10, Travel Channel has a new Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: Dancing With The Stars, 24, Medium, Anthony Bourdain
Posted Mar 2nd 2009 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
At 8, ABC has the season finale of The Bachelor, followed by the reunion show.- CBS has a new Big Bang Theory at 8, then new episodes of How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men, the season premiere of Rules of Engagement, and then a new CSI: Miami.
- NBC has new episodes of Chuck, Heroes, and Medium.
- FOX has a new, two-hour 24 at 8.
- MyNetwork TV has Masters of Illusion at 8.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, followed by a new Kyle XY.
- TLC has two new episodes of Little People, Big World at 8.
- Also at 8: Food Network has a new Good Eats.
- At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
- At 9:30, Food Network has a new Will Work For Food.
- At 10, TNT has a new Saving Grace.
- History Channel has a new Ax Men at 10.
- A&E has a new Paranormal State at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
Continue reading What's On Tonight: The Bachelor, 24, Chuck, RAW, Saving Grace, Fallon
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