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'How I Met Your Mother' season 9 got back some much-needed good will with this past week's flashback-centric "Platonish," but will next Monday's "Mom and Dad" keep the streak alive? 'Dexter' vet John Lithgow returns as Barney's biological father Jerry, while the first clip from the all-new episode breaks out into song! Plus, will a series-long mystery finally be answered? Read

We weren't altogether surprised to learn that CBS would attempt to parlay 'How I Met Your Mother' into a spinoff with 'How I Met Your Father,' but it seems the new female driven series will officially move forward, at least with one small caveat. Kids, get ready to find out 'How I Met Your Dad'!

'How I Met Your Mother''s ninth and final season bought itself a bit of good will this week with "The Lighthouse," but the year is far from over. That said, it looks like the 'HIMYM' gang will give us exactly what we've been missing with next Monday's "Platonish," taking Ted, Marshall, Lily, Robin and Barney back to New York and MacLaren's in flashback, as seen in the latest ph

'How I Met Your Mother''s ninth and final season took a surprising step in the right direction with most recent episode "The Lighthouse," but will the last year for Ted, Marshall, Lily, Robin and Barney continue to improve in the weeks to come? All signs point to yes, as CBS releases a new teaser for the all-rhyming episode "Bedtime Stories," and footage of 'Breaking Bad' star

Just when you thought the ninth and final season of 'How I Met Your Mother' couldn't drag out the inevitable any longer, here comes the spinoff! CBS has entered talks with 'HIMYM' creators Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and 'Up All Night' creator-executive producer Emily Spivey for an offshoot series of the MacLaren's gang titled 'How I Met Your Father,' but what about the series actually seems like it

'How I Met Your Mother' had some huge news to get through recently with CBS' ongoing plot to spinoff the series into a 'How I Met Your Father' next fall, but Ted's struggles to find the one aren't over yet. Next Monday's "The Lighthouse" will see the return of Anna Camp as the world's worst wedding guest, but will Ted be able to break away for long enough to meet his actual dream girl? C

It's been no secret that 'How I Met Your Mother''s final season has dragged a bit in the early episodes by spending so much time with the wedding weekend in Farhampton, but could Monday's "No Questions Asked" right the course? We last left Marshall in something of a pickle, so what happens when Barney comes to the rescue in the latest clips and photos?

Though 'How I Met Your Mother' hasn't exactly gotten far into its final season wedding weekend, the guest list for the big event continues to swell with familiar faces. 'Dawson's Creek' vet and former 'Don't Trust the B' star James Van Der Beek is the latest 'HIMYM' alum to reprise their role, while this coming Monday sees a fresh turn from 'True Blood''s Anna Camp in the latest previews! Read Mor

After suffering a humiliating defeat with freshman comedy 'We Are Men,' CBS has taken a big leap forward with its other fall 2013 efforts. The network has given full-season orders to the Robin Williams- and Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring 'The Crazy Ones,' as well as Anna Faris-Chuck Lorre comedy 'Mom,' and the oft-maligned Will Arnett vehicle 'The Millers,' each of which rank as the most-watched n

Given the increasingly negative press trail that follows 'Star Trek Into Darkness' the farther along we go, and franchise director J.J. Abrams' eventual ship-jump to 'Star Wars,' countless fans have wondered if 'Star Trek' might end up back on the small screen before long. Abrams himself recently refuted the idea, but have franchise writers writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman gotten the idea ba

Don't start shining a Bat-signal at your TV just yet, but it seems Ben Affleck wasn't quite done with his TV takeover of FOX's 'The Middleman.' Affleck has teamed with longtime partner Matt Damon to bring to CBS a new sitcom starring comedian Tom Papa, but what's their 'More Time with Family' all about?

Boy, that Jerry O'Connell just can't catch a break. After ABC had the unfortunate honor of fall 2013's first cancellation in 'Lucky' 7,' CBS is bringing up the rear with its fall-flat comedy 'We Are Men.' Pulled after two episodes, the show -- which starred Kal Penn, Tony Shalhoub and O'Connell -- will fortunately bring about the November return of 'Mike & Molly,' which had previously been abs

We knew CBS wasn't kidding around with its summer series after the commercial success of Stephen King's 'Under the Dome,' but the eye network's big buzzy sci-fi collaboration with Steven Spielberg just got a whole lot bigger. Halle Berry has signed on for her first regular TV role to lead the new astronaut drama 'Extant,' but what about the series will have audiences spinning?

The late-night landscape will look drastically different by this time next year, now that Jimmy Fallon will take over for Jay Leno as host of 'The Tonight Show' in early 2014, but some things will at least stay the same. Extending his own 2014 contract, David Letterman has re-signed to stick with CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' through at least 2015.

The inaugural two episodes of 'How I Met Your Mother' season 9 didn't give us as much insight into the final season format as we might have liked, though next Monday's "Last Time In New York" will likely feel a bit more familiar. As the 'HIMYM' gang nestles in for Barney and Robin's impending nuptials, "The Walking Old" puts everyone on edge, even leading to a shot at 'Homeland

Before Bryan Cranston became so commonly identified as Walter White of 'Breaking Bad' or even Hal of 'Malcolm in the Middle,' you could find the actor somewhere across almost any TV series of the last 20 years. Case and point, Cranston's two-episode 'How I Met Your Mother' stint as Ted's boss Hammond Druthers, now announced to be returning for the ninth and final season!