How I Met Your Mother

American sitcom (2005–2014)
TVSeries television_series Q147235
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How I Met Your Mother

Summary

How I Met Your Mother is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,653 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How I Met Your Mother's image is recorded as How I Met Your Mother cast.jpg[3].
  • How I Met Your Mother's instance of is recorded as television series[4].
  • How I Met Your Mother's screenwriter is recorded as Carter Bays[5].
  • How I Met Your Mother's screenwriter is recorded as Craig Thomas[6].
  • How I Met Your Mother's composer is recorded as John Swihart[7].
  • How I Met Your Mother's genre is recorded as comedy drama[8].
  • How I Met Your Mother's genre is recorded as sitcom[9].
  • How I Met Your Mother's genre is recorded as romantic comedy television program[10].
  • The Mother is named after How I Met Your Mother[11].
  • Future Ted is named after How I Met Your Mother[12].
  • How I Met Your Mother's logo image is recorded as How i met your mother logo.svg[13].
  • How I Met Your Mother's logo image is recorded as How I Met Your Mother official logo from CBS site.svg[14].
  • How I Met Your Mother's logo image is recorded as How I Met Your Mother (Bays Thomas Productions) logo.svg[15].
  • How I Met Your Mother's followed by is recorded as How I Met Your Father[16].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Jason Segel[17].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Neil Patrick Harris[18].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Cobie Smulders[19].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Alyson Hannigan[20].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Josh Radnor[21].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Cristin Milioti[22].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as David Henrie[23].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Lyndsy Fonseca[24].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Alexis Denisof[25].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Jayma Mays[26].
  • How I Met Your Mother's cast member is recorded as Eva Amurri[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Screenwriters include Carter Bays[5] and Craig Thomas[6]. Cast members include Jason Segel[17], Neil Patrick Harris[18], Cobie Smulders[19], Alyson Hannigan[20], Josh Radnor[21], and Cristin Milioti[22].

Publication

Genres include comedy drama[8], sitcom[9], and romantic comedy television program[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

How I Met Your Mother's followed by is recorded as How I Met Your Father[16].

Cultural Impact

Things named for How I Met Your Mother include How I Wet Your Mother[28], a television series episode[29], directed by Lance Kramer[30].

Why It Matters

How I Met Your Mother ranks in the top 1% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,653 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include How I Wet Your Mother[28], a television series episode[29], directed by Lance Kramer[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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