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How I Met Your Mother Review: "The Burning Beekeeper" (Episode 7.15)

How I Met Your Mother has only had two episodes since the New Year, but they were pretty top notch. This week the show returned after a few weeks off with a concept episode similar to the early era of the show. This week, “The Burning Beekeeper” sets up the premise that everything that goes wrong and Marshall and Lily’s housewarming party occur within a five minute timeframe. So Future Ted decides to take a nonlinear approach (go figure) and tell the story one room at a time.  read more

CBS Finally Picks Up Louis C.K.'s Sitcom 13 Years Later

It took over a dozen years for CBS to finally give the greenlight to a project Louis CK conceived with Spike Ferestem, a former Seinfeld writer. The two initially came up with the idea of Boomtown 13 years ago.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "46 Minutes" (Episode 7.14)

When Marshall and Lily announce they’re officially moving to Long Island, Ted laments that this is worse than when they cancelled Party of Five for the second time. Sure, the 46 minute train ride between the two How I Met Your Mother groups - the Manhattanites and the Long Islanders - doesn’t seem like too great of a distance, but what if it is?  read more

How I Met Your Mother May Extend Past Meeting the Mother

Fans of How I Met Your Mother have wondered if the series finale would show how Ted finally meets the mysterious mother, or if we’d get to see them date for a bit and see their relationship blossom. Even creators/executive producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas weren’t entirely sure.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Tailgate" (Episode 7.13)

There were a lot of heavy storylines throughout the first half of this season’s _How I Met Your Mother_. The return seems like it will continue with that trend, but surprisingly turns into a lighthearted episode that rung in the new year in a grand way.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Symphony of Illumination" (Episode 7.12)

In the time since the How I Met Your Mother writers decided to drop the shocking revelation that Robin was pregnant, the effect has worn off. In my review of “The Rebound Girl” which aired on Nov. 21, I discussed how crazy this news actually was. I must have forgotten that way back in some of the earlier episodes Future Ted tells his children that Robin doesn’t have children; so either it’s a false pregnancy, or something sad happens. All of this leads us right into this week’s episode.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "The Rebound Girl" (Episode 7.11)

If you haven’t heard about what happened on this week’s How I Met Your Mother do not read any further. Normally I like to recap and make observations about what worked and what didn’t work but still manage to keep the jokes and plot twists somewhat hidden, but this week has left me no choice but to discuss the spoiler ending. The writers have done a great job with balancing the comedy (which all sitcoms must have, right?) and the drama. You’re wrong if you say drama shouldn't be in a comedic series. All great series have some sort of dramatic elements. This season promised there would be a shift in the characters lives, and boy is there.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Tick, Tick, Tick..." (Episode 7.10)

Last week I predicted that the next episode of How I Met Your Mother would be one of the most important episodes not only of this season, but of the entire series. The Ted-Robin-Barney triangle has already been hinted as a catalyst for this season and “Tick, Tick, Tick…” was a giant step on every level.  read more

How I Met Your Mother Review: "Disaster Averted" (Episode 7.09)

How I Met Your Mother’s ability to tackle current events has always been a pleasure to watch, even when the historic even is three months old. This week’s episode centered on the weekend when Hurricane Irene ripped through New York City as the gang reminisces on the importance of the weekend.  read more

CBS Successfully Appeals Janet Jackson Super Bowl Fine

Remember when the Super Bowl halftime show was worth watching? It used to be fun and exciting, but Justin Timberlake had to go and rip Janet Jackson’s shirt off and famously expose her breast. Well, we’re not the only ones who have had to suffer. CBS, the network that carried the NFL game in 2004, was sued by the FCC over the incident.  read more