As How I Met Your Mother approaches the end of its eighth season, it's still uncertain whether the show will live to see another year. Although CBS still has a license deal in place until the end of Season 8, creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays have requested that the network reach a renewal decision by the end of this month because of the ongoing storyline of the show, which, as Deadline points out, needs to begin building toward the big mother reveal when an end date is set.
As far as CBS is concerned, another season would be preferable. "We're having conversations right now about extending it, we want the show to come back next year," said the network’s entertainment president Nina Tassler back in August. "We're not there yet in terms of resolving the situation, but we're pretty optimistic."
In September, IGN's own Eric Goldman spoke with Bays and Thomas, who said, despite a potential renewal, Season 8 would function as a final entry for the series. Said Bays, "We're writing this season like it's the end and we'll have to sort of figure it out and have a Plan A and a Plan B going, and we're approaching the moment where those two things will diverge. But we really feel like this launches the last season of How I Met Your Mother."
While the studio, 20th TV, and Thomas and Bays are open to continuing the series, the cast is another story. According to Deadline, Segel has said that he will likely not return for another season, even if he hasn't completely shut the door on it. Nevertheless, all of the cast's contracts are set to expire following Season 8, so it's difficult to say who will come back and who will not at this point.
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