This situational comedy series was formulated and produced by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays. The lead character, Ted Mosby,  rememorizes to his son and daughter the dealings that led to his meeting their mother, and narrates the past events in greater details.

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The cast is lead by character Ted Evelyn Mosby played by Josh Radnor, who is a Wesleyan University graduate and architect, who narrates the past tales to his son and daughter. Another lead character of the series is Marshall Eriksen Played by Jason Segel. Marshall met Ted and Lily during their freshman year at Wesleyan.

The character of Lily Eriksen is played by Alyson Hannigan who is a kindergarten teacher. She is married to Marshall Eriksen and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Role of Barney Stinson is played by Neil Patrick Harris, a womanizer who favors suits, enjoys playing laser tag and performing magic tricks. One more character Robin Scerbatsky is played by Cobie Smulders who is a Television news reporter/anchor at a local news station.

Among secondary characters, major are Bartender at McLaren’s Bar who is dating a Lebanese girl; James Stinson, an African-American gay who plays an important part in the series; Victoria played by Ashley Williams, Baker at Buttercup Bakery who met ted at a wedding reception for which she had made the cake and character of Stella played by Sarah Chaklke who is Ted’s dermatologist who removes his ill-advised butterfly tramp stamp tattoo.

In a nut shell, How I Met Your Mother is a well packed comedy centered drama where every character justifies his role with sheer importance and dedication. 

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